Network Intrusion Detection vs Flying Chalk
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Network Intrusion Detection
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Mobile Intrusion Detection System -Deep Network Visibility, Mobile-First Stop wondering what's on your network. NetScanner gives you instant, detailed visibility into every device on your LAN with two scan modes: Turbo Scan - Sub-minute sweep of your subnet. ARP discovery + top ports (SSH, HTTP, HTTPS, SMB, RDP). Fast enough to run on every WiFi connect. Deep Scan -Full protocol analysis across 60+ ports including Kubernetes API, Docker, Grafana, Prometheus, ESXi, databases, and message queues. Probes each web port for HTTP response headers and page titles. Discovers services via mDNS/Bonjour, SSDP/UPnP, LLMNR, NetBIOS, and WSD. Smart Device Tracking - Devices are assigned a permanent UUID on first discovery and matched across scans using weighted trait-based similarity scoring (hostname, Bonjour name, MAC, open ports, web server signatures, page titles, vendor, IP). No more lost devices when an IP changes or a service restarts. Change Detection & Alerts - Push notifications for new devices, IP changes, and devices going offline. Per-device change logs track every detected change with timestamps and old/new values. Devices offline for 7+ days are flagged for cleanup. Built for Home Labbers - Recognizes VMware ESXi, Kubernetes NodePorts, Docker, NFS, iSCSI, Grafana, Prometheus, Elasticsearch, RabbitMQ, and dozens more. Vendor identification from MAC OUI lookup. Auto-classifies Apple, Samsung, Google, Amazon, Raspberry Pi, and smart home devices. Privacy-First - Runs entirely on your device. No cloud, no accounts, no telemetry. Export your device list as JSON. Scheduled background scans with configurable intervals (1h / 6h / 24h). Multi-network aware - only scans the network you've selected. Authorize & Monitor - Mark trusted devices as verified. Nickname your devices. Spot the unknown ones instantly.
Flying Chalk
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Chalk that behaves like chalk. Every stroke is stamped grain by grain — not traced with a smooth line. Flick your wrist and the stroke feathers and breaks up, the way a real stick skips across a board. Slow down and it packs in, dense and powdery. Press harder and it bites. Lay the Pencil over on its side and you get a broad, soft side-stroke — the same move a teacher uses to shade in a hillside. Built for iPad, in landscape, with Apple Pencil. FOR THE CLASSROOM Pick the surface the lesson needs: a classic chalkboard, a green board, a whiteboard, kraft and sketch paper, ruled and grid pages, a character practice grid for handwriting, Xuan paper, a music staff. Change the board and your drawing stays exactly where it was. Trace guides break a simple drawing into steps, so a class can follow along stroke by stroke — the point is the stroke order, not the finished shape. Shapes give you clean lines, arrows and polygons when you need a diagram instead of a doodle. Layers let you build a diagram up and peel it back. FOR KIDS It is just a board and a stick. Tap, draw, wipe it off. The trace guides turn into a quiet game: follow the guide line, finish the cat. THE THINGS PEOPLE COMPLAIN ABOUT - A tip that goes thin when you want it thin, and stays thin. - Pinch to zoom deep into the board and keep drawing at full grain. - Palm rejection. Rest your hand on the glass; only the Pencil writes. - The toolbar fades out the moment you put the Pencil down and comes back when you lift it. On a projector or a shared screen, what is on the board is all anyone sees. - Mix your own colors. They are still there tomorrow. KEEP AND SHARE Save a drawing to your works library and come back to it later, filed by date. Turn any board into a share poster, with a QR code if you want one, and send it to a class group or a parent. Chalk sound is there if you like it. Turn it off if you do not. The interface language is switchable inside the app. Everything happens on your iPad.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is device support: Flying Chalk at 2 against Network Intrusion Detection's —. Network Intrusion Detection's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.0). On price and in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | Network Intrusion Detection | Flying Chalk |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | — | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | — | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | — | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 19 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Adam Lowery | Weiyanda (Shanghai) Information Technology Co., Ltd. |
In-app purchases
Network Intrusion Detection
No in-app purchases
Flying Chalk
No in-app purchases
Questions
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