Comparison

mDNSShark vs SafeType Keyboard

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

mDNSShark

Explore your local Wi-Fi network with ease. This app discovers printers, media servers, and IoT devices by tapping into network protocols. It offers a simple, private way to understand what's connected and how services communicate, with no external servers or data collection.

Highlights
  • Local network scanning
  • mDNS, DNS-SD, SSDP protocol support
  • Device and service discovery
  • Private and no data collection
  • Open-source development
  • User-friendly interface
Features
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mDNSShark is an open-source iPhone app that shows what is on your local network. It uses Multicast DNS (mDNS), DNS-SD, and SSDP to find printers, media servers, IoT gadgets, and other services on your Wi-Fi, with no setup. WHAT YOU GET - Device discovery: Bonjour/mDNS, SSDP, and optional subnet scans, with manufacturer lookups. - Security assessment: flags risky exposed services and checks device manufacturers against CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog and the NVD. - Packet capture: see which hosts your phone talks to (DNS, SNI, ports) and export to pcap for Wireshark. - TLS Inspection (optional subscription): decrypt and read your own device's HTTPS traffic using a certificate you install and trust. PRIVACY Scans and analysis run on your phone. Your device list and scan results are never uploaded. There is no telemetry, no analytics, and no trackers. Two things leave your device, and both are visible to you: DNS lookups go to the resolver you choose (Google Public DNS by default), and the Refresh CISA Data button you tap yourself downloads CISA's public catalog and asks the NVD about device vendors seen on your network. The only permission the app needs is local network access. SUBSCRIPTION TLS Inspection Monthly is an auto-renewing monthly subscription. The price and any free trial are shown in the app before you subscribe. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase, or when a free trial ends. The subscription renews automatically unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel any time in Settings > Apple Account > Subscriptions. Discovery, scans, and the Security tab are free. OPEN SOURCE mDNSShark is built by engineers who like transparent, lightweight tools, and it is open to anyone curious about local networks. Report bugs, suggest features, or contribute code in our public repository: https://github.com/Shapehaven-Innovations/mDNSShark Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://shapehaveninnovations.com/privacy.html

About

SafeType Keyboard

This keyboard prioritizes your privacy by performing all functions, including autocorrect, autocomplete, and speech-to-text, directly on your device. It ensures no keystrokes or typed data are ever sent to external servers or collected.

Highlights
  • On-device autocorrect and autocomplete
  • Local speech-to-text functionality
  • No network access or data collection
  • Emoji suggestions
  • No account required
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Every word you type. Every message. Every search. Every note to yourself at 2 AM that you deleted before sending. Your keyboard has seen all of it. Most keyboards send your keystrokes to a server for autocorrect and "improvements." The permission is buried in the terms of service. The data travels whether you meant it to or not. SafeType doesn't. There is nothing to send. Autocorrect, autocomplete, emoji suggestions, and on-device speech-to-text — everything works locally on your iPhone. No network calls. No telemetry. No log of what you typed, when, or to whom. This is not "we encrypted it." This is not "we anonymized it." This is: it never left your phone. That claim is backed by architecture, not policy. What you get: • Full keyboard with autocorrect and autocomplete • Emoji suggestions • On-device speech-to-text — no microphone data sent anywhere • No account required What we don't do: • No network access — by design, not by setting • No data collection of any kind • No keystroke logging • No analytics or telemetry • No cloud processing You type. The words are yours. That's it. From Digital Disconnections — software that works without watching you.

Screenshots

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: mDNSShark at Free against SafeType Keyboard's $4.99. mDNSShark also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.5). On ratings volume, in-app purchases and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

mDNSShark is free to download; SafeType Keyboard costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

mDNSShark holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
mDNSShark versus SafeType Keyboard: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParametermDNSSharkSafeType Keyboard
PriceFree — better$4.99
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better3.5 (2 ratings)
Number of ratings12 — better
Update frequencyEvery 11 days—
AdsNo—
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone — better—
Requires iOS18.217.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB163 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperShapeHaven Innovations LLCCassidy Barton

In-app purchases

None

mDNSShark

No in-app purchases

None

SafeType Keyboard

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is mDNSShark free?
mDNSShark is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is SafeType Keyboard free?
SafeType Keyboard costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, mDNSShark or SafeType Keyboard?
mDNSShark is rated higher. mDNSShark averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while SafeType Keyboard averages 3.5 from 2 ratings.

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