Comparison

DDNS Updater vs Pi

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

Head to head
About

DDNS Updater

Features
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DDNS Updater keeps your DNS records aligned with your real public address when your ISP gives you a dynamic IP. Point your domain at home servers, NAS, VPN, or remote desktop without memorizing changing numbers. What you can do • Automatic updates — Push your current IPv4 and/or IPv6 to the DNS records you choose. • 60+ DNS providers — Including Cloudflare, GoDaddy, Namecheap, DuckDNS, No‑IP, DigitalOcean, Route53, deSEC, OVH, Porkbun, and many more (full list in the app). • Dual stack — Configure IPv4 and IPv6 separately so both A and AAAA stay accurate. • Flexible IP sources — Detect public IP the way that fits your network (e.g. via URL or interface-style options where supported). • Multiple profiles — Manage several domains or hosts from one place; run updates when you need them. • Import & export — Back up and move configuration between devices or your own automation. • Notifications — Optional alerts when your address changes so you are not surprised by a stale record. • Looks the way you like — Light, dark, or system theme with Material Design 3. • Multilingual UI — Use the app in the language you prefer. Who it’s for Home users, small offices, and builders who self‑host behind dynamic IPs and want a straightforward mobile client instead of router-only or script-only setups. Privacy-minded Your provider credentials and configuration stay on your device; the app talks to your DNS provider and IP-detection endpoints only as needed to perform updates you configure. Note Background update behavior may depend on iOS battery and background policies; open the app or use supported scheduling as needed for your provider’s TTL and change frequency.

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Pi

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Your Pi-hole, in your pocket. Pi-hole Remote finds the Pi-hole on your network and puts it under your thumb — the blocking switch, the numbers, and the log of everything your devices ask for. No IP address to hunt down, no account to create, and nothing about you leaves your phone. Set up in seconds Tap once. The app sweeps your network, finds your Pi-hole, and all that's left is your password. If it lives somewhere unusual — a custom port, HTTPS with a self-signed certificate, a path behind a reverse proxy — you can type the address in yourself. Pause blocking, then forget about it Something won't load? Pause for thirty seconds, five minutes, an hour — and it turns itself back on. No more discovering a week later that protection has been off since Tuesday. See what your network is really asking for Every query, as it happens: which device asked, which domain, and whether it was blocked, cached or forwarded. Search it, filter it, and find out why that one app is so chatty. Block or allow with a swipe An ad slipped through? Swipe the row and it's blocked. A site broken by the blocklist? Swipe and it's allowed. The rule is written straight to your Pi-hole, with one tap to undo it if you swiped the wrong row. Your lists, your rules Check your adlists, run a Gravity update, and manage the allow and deny rules you've made — flip one to the other side or remove it, all from the phone. Built to be private No account. No analytics, no advertising, no third-party SDKs of any kind. Your Pi-hole's password lives in the iOS Keychain on your device, and your DNS data goes from your Pi-hole to your screen and nowhere else. There is no server of ours for it to sit on. == What's inside: - Automatic discovery — no IP address needed - Manual entry for custom ports, HTTPS, self-signed certificates and reverse-proxy paths - Pause blocking for 30 seconds, 5 minutes, 30 minutes, 1 hour, or until you switch it back on - Live counters and a 24-hour chart of queries, blocked, and block rate - Top blocked domains, top allowed domains, top clients, and upstream servers - Full query log with search and filtering by blocked or allowed - Swipe any query to allow or block that domain, with undo - View, flip and remove your own allow and deny rules - Adlists overview and one-tap Gravity update - Unlimited Pi-hole instances, switched instantly - App Password and two-factor authentication supported - Designed for dark mode, with full VoiceOver support - Available in 15 languages == Note: Pi-hole Remote is a remote control. It needs a working Pi-hole, version 6.0 or newer, running on your own network — the app does not block anything by itself. Pi-hole® is a registered trademark of Pi-hole LLC. This is an independent third-party app that uses the Pi-hole API, and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by the Pi-hole project. Learn more at https://pi-hole.net/ Full access is offered as an auto-renewing subscription: weekly, including a 7-day free trial for new subscribers, or yearly. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel in your Apple Account settings after purchase. Any unused portion of a free trial is forfeited when a subscription is purchased. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

DDNS Updater4 screens
Pi4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Pi at Free against DDNS Updater's $4.99. DDNS Updater's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and device support (4 vs 2). On ads 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

Pi is free to download; DDNS Updater costs $4.99 up front. Pi sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. DDNS Updater asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard4 real differences · 2 level
DDNS Updater versus Pi: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDDNS UpdaterPi
Price$4.99Free — better
Update frequency—Every 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size31 MB17 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHefei Yunyilian Intelligent Technology Co., LtdMNB DIGITAL LLC

In-app purchases

None

DDNS Updater

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Pi

Subscriptions2
  • Pi-hole Remote Premium7 Days trial$4.997 Days
  • Pi-hole Remote Premium$19.991 Year

Questions

Is DDNS Updater free?
DDNS Updater costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Pi free?
Pi is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do DDNS Updater or Pi have ads?
Neither DDNS Updater nor Pi shows ads.

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