Comparison

PacketTrends vs PacketCircle

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

Head to head
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 — every monitored host, colour-coded by health, with latency and packet loss right there. • ICMP ping checks — reachability, round-trip latency, jitter, and packet loss • TCP port checks — handshake success, time-to-connect, and timeout/refused rates for any port (443, 22, 8089, and more) • One host, many checks — track a server's ping plus several ports independently • Per-host history — latency and connect-time trends over minutes, hours, and days • Push alerts — get notified instantly when a host goes down, and again when it recovers • Manage on the go — 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 — no sign-up required. PacketTrends is a companion app for an existing PacketTrends monitoring account.

About

PacketCircle

Features
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PacketCircle turns packet captures into a clear picture of who is talking to whom. Instead of scrolling endless packet lists, you see communication pairs as an interactive circle: endpoints on the rim, conversations as edges, colors by protocol or session quality. Ideal when you need to understand a capture quickly — on site, in a meeting, or reviewing a file someone sent you. What you can do • Open PCAP and PCAPNG captures • Explore Top talkers on a circle, table, or gauges view • Filter by protocol and focus on the conversations that matter • Inspect session health, ports/services, and application hints • Jump into a Wireshark-style decode (packet list, protocol tree, hex) • Follow TCP streams and export a conversation as PCAP Built for analysis, not noise PacketCircle is a native iOS app with a shared engine designed for conversation-centric troubleshooting — DNS, HTTP, TLS, SMB, and more when the payload is visible — without requiring Wireshark on your phone. Open a capture. See the circle. Understand the network. Made with love for the packet community.

Screenshots

PacketTrends4 screens
PacketCircle4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: PacketTrends at every 8 days against PacketCircle's monthly. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

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

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

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

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PacketTrends ships an update every 8 days, PacketCircle monthly. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard1 real difference Ā· 5 level
PacketTrends versus PacketCircle: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPacketTrendsPacketCircle
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 8 days — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.4 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size38 MB16 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEdwin R MatosWalter Hofstetter

In-app purchases

None

PacketTrends

No in-app purchases

None

PacketCircle

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is PacketTrends free?
PacketTrends is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is PacketCircle free?
PacketCircle is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do PacketTrends or PacketCircle have ads?
Neither PacketTrends nor PacketCircle shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PacketTrends or PacketCircle?
PacketTrends ships an update every 8 days, and PacketCircle monthly. Most recently, PacketTrends was updated on October 31, 2026 and PacketCircle on October 31, 2026.

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