Comparison

Network Tunnel vs PacketTrends

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

Head to head
About

Network Tunnel

Features
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NetPulse is a clean and intuitive network monitoring tool that helps you quickly understand your current network speed, upload and download performance, latency changes, connection stability, and historical trends. The app provides a speed dashboard, network health score, signal map, history records, and security status overview, making it easier to observe real-time performance on Wi-Fi or mobile networks. All history data is stored locally and used to display recent network changes, helping you identify network fluctuations, increased latency, or connection issues.

About

PacketTrends

Features
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PacketTrends keeps an eye on the hosts and services you care about and alerts you the moment something breaks. Connect the app to your PacketTrends workspace to see your whole fleet at a glance โ€” every monitored host, colour-coded by health, with latency and packet loss right there. โ€ข ICMP ping checks โ€” reachability, round-trip latency, jitter, and packet loss โ€ข TCP port checks โ€” handshake success, time-to-connect, and timeout/refused rates for any port (443, 22, 8089, and more) โ€ข One host, many checks โ€” track a server's ping plus several ports independently โ€ข Per-host history โ€” latency and connect-time trends over minutes, hours, and days โ€ข Push alerts โ€” get notified instantly when a host goes down, and again when it recovers โ€ข Manage on the go โ€” add, edit, and remove hosts and toggle alerts from your phone No account? Tap "Explore the demo" on the first screen to browse a live sample workspace โ€” no sign-up required. PacketTrends is a companion app for an existing PacketTrends monitoring account.

Screenshots

Network Tunnel4 screens
PacketTrends4 screens

Verdict

The call

Network Tunnel and PacketTrends 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
Network Tunnel versus PacketTrends: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNetwork TunnelPacketTrends
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyโ€”Every 8 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS15.0 โ€” better16.4
Further details โ€” not scored
Size8 MB38 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDGVantage Pte LtdEdwin R Matos

In-app purchases

None

Network Tunnel

No in-app purchases

None

PacketTrends

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Network Tunnel free?
Network Tunnel is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is PacketTrends free?
PacketTrends is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Network Tunnel or PacketTrends have ads?
Neither Network Tunnel nor PacketTrends shows ads.

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