Comparison

Ferret OSINT vs Gnip

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

Head to head
About

Ferret OSINT

Features
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Ferret OSINT brings essential open-source intelligence tools to iPhone for fast, focused technical investigation. Built for mobile workflows, it helps you analyze public domain and footprint data without unnecessary complexity. Your results stay under your control. Ferret OSINT stores all data locally on your device with AES-256 encryption, avoids third-party storage, and uses open, transparent methods based on publicly available sources. Core features: DNS Lookup โ€” Review DNS records grouped for faster analysis of domain infrastructure. WHOIS โ€” Check public registration details, registrar information, and key domain dates where available. Subdomain Discovery โ€” Identify related subdomains to expand visibility into a target's public-facing surface. Public Email Discovery โ€” Find publicly exposed email addresses from open sources using non-intrusive methods. Shodan Integration โ€” Export subdomain results directly to Shodan. Select multiple targets and send them as a batch for deeper infrastructure analysis. Core features: DNS Lookup โ€” Review DNS records grouped for faster analysis of domain infrastructure. WHOIS โ€” Check public registration details, registrar information, and key domain dates where available. Subdomain Discovery โ€” Identify related subdomains to expand visibility into a target's public-facing surface. Public Email Discovery โ€” Find publicly exposed email addresses from open sources using non-intrusive methods. Shodan Integration โ€” Export subdomain results directly to Shodan. Select multiple targets and send them as a batch for deeper infrastructure analysis. Export and share: Long-press any result to share or copy it via the iOS share sheet. Works for DNS, WHOIS, subdomain, and email results. Built for practical investigation: Optimized for iPhone. Clear interface for rapid lookups and structured review. No login, no external account, and no background tracking. Shodan API key stored encrypted on device. (Shodan integration requires the user's own Shodan API key. No keys are provided by the developer) Useful for analysts, incident responders, penetration testers, and OSINT practitioners. Ferret OSINT is designed for lawful security research, digital footprint analysis, and technical investigation using public sources. Whether you are reviewing DNS records, checking WHOIS data, mapping subdomains, identifying public contact indicators, or pivoting to Shodan for deeper analysis, Ferret OSINT gives you a lightweight mobile toolkit for focused OSINT work.

About

Gnip

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Gnip is a network toolkit with a modern terminal interface. COMMANDS myip Your local and public IP addresses, connection type, and carrier. speedtest Download and upload throughput across parallel streams, with latency sampled while the transfer is running rather than only at idle. lanscan Finds devices on your network using an ICMP sweep, TCP connects, the ARP table, and Bonjour discovery. Lists IP address, hardware vendor, device name, and open ports. Add --diff to see only what changed since your last scan, including devices that moved to a new address. mtr Traceroute and ping in a single view that keeps updating, so you can see which hop is dropping packets over time. ping Round-trip time, TTL, packet loss, and jitter, with a sparkline of recent samples. traceroute The route to a host, hop by hop, with timing for each. tcping Connection latency to a specific TCP port, for networks where ICMP is filtered but the service still responds. dig DNS over HTTPS through Cloudflare, Google, or Quad9. Returns full record sets with their TTLs. ifconfig and arp Interfaces, addresses and subnet masks, plus the ARP table with hardware vendor names. weather, just for fun Active warnings and watches first, then current conditions and a short forecast. Requests are kept small so it still loads on a weak connection. THE SHELL Flags behave the way they do on a workstation: -c 5, -c5, --count 5, --count=5, grouped short flags, and -- to stop parsing. Tab completes command names, the history recalls what you ran, and man command prints the full option list. Buttons above the prompt run any command without typing. PRIVACY Gnip has no accounts, no ads, and no analytics, and there are no servers behind it. Scan results and command history stay on your device. Location is used by one command, weather, at approximate accuracy while the app is open. You can supply coordinates yourself instead with weather --coords.

Screenshots

Ferret OSINT4 screens
Gnip4 screens

Verdict

The call

Ferret OSINT and Gnip are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters โ€” price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them โ€” neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Ferret OSINT versus Gnip: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFerret OSINTGnip
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsโ€”
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod โ€” betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 โ€” better16.4
Further details โ€” not scored
Size20 MB31 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKonstantin ShvetsovChris Greninger

In-app purchases

None

Ferret OSINT

No in-app purchases

None

Gnip

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Ferret OSINT free?
Ferret OSINT is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Gnip free?
Gnip is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Ferret OSINT or Gnip have ads?
Neither Ferret OSINT nor Gnip shows ads.

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