Network Scanner vs TermBridge
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Network Scanner
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Network Scanner app is a powerful yet intuitive network analysis tool designed to give you full visibility into your local area network. Whether you're a developer, IT professional, or just curious about what’s connected to your Wi-Fi, it helps you quickly identify active devices, scan open ports, and understand the protocols running across your network. With a sleek interface and fast scanning engine, Network Scanner turns complex network diagnostics into a simple, accessible experience. Key Features: • LAN Device Discovery Instantly scan your local network to detect all active IP addresses and connected devices. View device details like hostname, IP, and MAC address where available. • Advanced Port Scanning Identify open ports on any detected device. Choose from quick scans or deep scans depending on your needs. • Protocol Detection Go beyond basic port scanning. Network Scanner intelligently maps open ports to commonly used protocols (HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, SSH, and more), helping you understand what services are running. • Real-Time Results, Easy to Use One Tap Scan Get fast, accurate results with live updates as scans progress. • Secure & Private All scans are performed locally on your device. No data is sent to external servers. Please feel free to mail me for any requests, bug reports, feedbacks or just to say hi: gulderengulkara@icloud.com Terms of Use: https://www.dual-messenger.com/termsandconditions.html Privacy Policy: https://www.dual-messenger.com/privacy.html
TermBridge
Control and observe any terminal on your Mac from your phone, anywhere. Dictate commands, attach files, and sync clipboards. Securely manage your development workflow remotely.
- Remote terminal control
- Live agent monitoring
- Push notifications for agent prompts
- Voice command dictation
- File and image attachment
- Two-way clipboard sync
- End-to-end encryption
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Control and observe any terminal on your Mac from your phone — from anywhere. TermBridge attaches at the shell layer, so it works across every terminal you already use: iTerm2, Terminal.app, the integrated terminals in VS Code, Zed, and Cursor, plus tmux. There's no new terminal app to live in and nothing to reconfigure. The exact shell you're already typing in simply shows up on your phone, live. VIBE CODING, UNTETHERED Start a long Claude Code, Codex, or Cursor agent run on your Mac, then walk away. TermBridge keeps you in the loop from wherever you are. • Watch any agent run live, character by character, exactly as it appears on your Mac. • Get a push notification the moment an agent is waiting on you — tap it to jump straight into that exact terminal, ready to answer. • See every agent running across all of your Macs in one place, with status at a glance: working, waiting, finished, or errored. • Step in and type when the agent asks a question, then step back out while it works. DO REAL WORK FROM YOUR PHONE TermBridge is built to get things done, not just watch. • Dictate commands and prompts by voice, with a live waveform so you know it's listening. • Attach a file or image from your phone. It uploads to your Mac and the path drops into the terminal, ready to run or hand to your agent. • Browse your Mac's files, and preview what the agent touched — Markdown and READMEs rendered, working-tree diffs, even a localhost dev server it just started. • Two-way clipboard sync: copy on your Mac, paste on your phone, and back. WHAT MAKES IT DIFFERENT Most remote-terminal apps only see sessions they created, on a server you SSH into. TermBridge is the opposite. • Attach to the terminals you're ALREADY in — not just sessions this app spawned. • See your editor's integrated terminals (VS Code, Zed, Cursor) on your phone. • Spawn a fresh shell on your Mac from your phone, on demand. • Mirror any window on your Mac, not just terminals — watch a build, a browser, or a design live. • Pair multiple devices (iPhone + iPad) to one Mac, and switch between Macs instantly — each keeps its own live connection, so an offline Mac never drops the one you're using. MADE YOURS • Themes and fonts to match your setup. • A custom on-screen key row and macros for the keys you actually use. • A full-color terminal with deep scrollback on iPhone, and a 3-panel layout on iPad. • A touch keyboard bar with Tab, Esc, Ctrl-C, arrows, and the modifiers a terminal needs. SECURE BY DESIGN Your terminal is sensitive. TermBridge treats it that way. • End-to-end encrypted with X25519 + AES-256-GCM — the relay only ever sees ciphertext. • Forward secrecy: fresh keys every session, so a future compromise can't unlock past ones. • Zero-knowledge relay — your secrets never touch a server, and no inbound port is opened on your Mac. • QR-code pairing, approved right on your Mac, with a fingerprint you can verify. RELIABLE • Reconnects the instant your network changes or your phone comes back online. • Sessions keep running when you step away — pick up exactly where you left off. • Missed output replays on attach, so you never lose what happened while you were gone. PERMISSIONS — ONLY WHEN YOU USE THE FEATURE • Notifications — to alert you when an agent on your Mac is waiting; tap to jump into that terminal. • Camera — to scan the QR code that pairs your phone with your Mac. • Microphone & Speech Recognition — only when you dictate by voice; transcription runs on-device. • Photos — only if you choose to attach an image to send to your Mac. • Local Network — to discover and connect to your Mac for the fastest, lowest-latency link. GETTING STARTED Install the free TermBridge menu-bar app on your Mac, scan the QR code once, approve on the Mac, and your terminals are with you everywhere. No SSH keys, no ports to forward, no servers to rent. Learn more at https://termbridge.clovinyx.io Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Network Scanner at none against TermBridge's 3. TermBridge's advantage is iOS requirement (16.4 vs 18.0). On price, ads and device support 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. TermBridge sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Network Scanner asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Network Scanner | TermBridge |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | — | Every 10 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 16.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 56 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Gulderen Gulkara | Clovinyx |
In-app purchases
Network Scanner
No in-app purchases
TermBridge
- TermBridge Pro$3.991 Month
- TermBridge Pro$29.991 Year
- TermBridge Pro Lifetime$79.99









