Comparison

mDNS vs NetToolbox Pro

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

Head to head
About

mDNS

Discover and manage Bonjour, DNS SD, and Avahi services on your local network. Filter, sort, and verify network services with detailed insights and direct access to URLs.

Highlights
  • Discover Bonjour, DNS SD, and Avahi services
  • Browse by service type with presets and custom options
  • View IPv4 and IPv6 addresses
  • Filter by instance name, hostname, type, and more
  • Sort and manage scan results
  • Perform TCP/UDP reachability checks
  • Open HTTP/HTTPS URLs in browser
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mDNS Browser helps you discover Bonjour, DNS SD (DNS Service Discovery), and common Avahi-advertised services on your local network. What you can do • Browse by service type, with useful presets and custom types • See IPv4 and IPv6 together, and filter what matters to you • Quick filter across instance name, hostname, type, addresses, and TXT records • Sort results so large scans stay manageable • Open a detail view, copy IPs and TXT lines, and run TCP or UDP reachability checks (chosen automatically from the service type) • Open HTTP or HTTPS in the system browser when a service resolves to a usable URL Privacy • Discovery runs on your LAN; the app is not designed to upload your scan results to our servers (there is no account system in the app). Notes • Whether a service appears depends on it actually advertising on the current network, and on multicast not being blocked by routers, VLANs, or firewalls. • Some services bind only to certain interfaces or subnets and may be invisible from other devices. Turn noisy LAN discovery into a clear, filterable, verifiable dashboard.

About

NetToolbox Pro

Features
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NetToolbox is a professional network toolkit for iPhone and iPad — 80+ native tools in one app, with no tracking and no accounts. CALCULATORS Subnet and VLSM planning, CIDR aggregation, subnet membership, EUI-64, MAC/OUI lookup, base and text converters, hashing and JWT, regex tester, password and QR generators. DIAGNOSTICS Public IP & ISP, ping, world ping, traceroute, MTR, HTTP request, headers and timing, port scanner, banner grabbing, speed test, uptime and NTP checks. DNS & DOMAINS DNS lookup, NSLookup, DNS-over-HTTPS, multi-resolver compare, DNS health and reliability, WHOIS and RDAP. SECURITY TLS/SSL inspection with a grade, certificate expiry and transparency logs, email security (SPF, DKIM, DMARC), blocklist and password-breach checks. PROFESSIONAL Native SSH terminal with key authentication and host-key verification, SFTP, Telnet, FTP, TFTP, MikroTik API, SNMP v1/v2c/v3 and traps, Syslog, WebSocket, MQTT, SMTP, Redis, Memcached, Modbus, CoAP and iperf3. LOCAL NETWORK & BGP Network overview, LAN and IP-range scanner, Bonjour/SSDP discovery, Wake-on-LAN, saved hosts, Wi-Fi and WireGuard QR codes, and IP-camera control over ONVIF and RTSP. ASN info, IP-to-BGP and RPKI validation. BUILT FOR PROFESSIONALS Every tool has a built-in "?" explanation in English and Arabic, with full right-to-left support. Everything runs on your device: secrets live in the Keychain, backups can be encrypted with a passphrase, and an optional Face ID / passcode lock keeps your saved connections private.

Screenshots

mDNS3 screens
NetToolbox Pro4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: NetToolbox Pro at Free against mDNS's $1.99. On ads, in-app purchases, device support 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

NetToolbox Pro is free to download; mDNS costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference · 7 level
mDNS versus NetToolbox Pro: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParametermDNSNetToolbox Pro
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.6 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size29 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer海锋 蓝Mustafa Jaber

In-app purchases

None

mDNS

No in-app purchases

None

NetToolbox Pro

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is mDNS free?
mDNS costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is NetToolbox Pro free?
NetToolbox Pro is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do mDNS or NetToolbox Pro have ads?
Neither mDNS nor NetToolbox Pro shows ads.

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