Comparison

EmitSignal vs Digger DNS lookup

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

Head to head
About

EmitSignal

Features
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EmitSignal turns anything that can make an HTTP request into a push notification on your phone. No SDK, no client library. If it can run curl, it can send a signal. Built for developers, EmitSignal lets you pipe deploys, CI results, cron jobs, server alerts, and webhooks straight from your shell to your phone. Send it once and watch it show up in real time. HOW IT WORKS Publishers send a message to a named topic. Subscribers just subscribe to that topic β€” no registration or setup on the publisher side. Messages arrive instantly as push notifications and in the live feed. curl -X POST https://api.emitsignal.com/publish/alerts -H "X-Title: Deploy finished" -H "X-Priority: high" -d "v2.4.0 shipped to production" WHAT YOU GET IN THE APP β€’ Live feed β€” messages show up in real time over a persistent connection β€’ Push notifications β€” every signal can land right on your lock screen β€’ Topics β€” subscribe to any topic and organize them by project, service, or environment β€’ Priorities β€” five levels, from quiet to critical, so important alerts stand out β€’ Tags & actions β€” add context and interactive actions to your messages β€’ Publish from your phone β€” send a signal to any topic in a couple of taps β€’ Message history β€” go back and find anything you've received β€’ Attachments β€” send files along with your messages β€’ Light & dark themes β€” follow your system or choose one yourself INTEGRATIONS Connect the tools you already use through webhooks. EmitSignal includes ready-to-use templates for GitHub, Grafana, Stripe, and Vercel, plus a custom format for anything else. SCHEDULING Don't need to send something right away? Schedule it for later with a relative delay like 30m, 2h, or 1d, or pick an exact time. Handy for reminders, maintenance windows, and anything that needs to happen later. SIGN IN YOUR WAY Use a magic link, Apple or GitHub. Pick whatever works best for you. OPEN & SELF-HOSTABLE EmitSignal is self-hostable. Use the hosted service, or run your own instance and keep your data under your control. Stop tailing logs and refreshing dashboards just to see if something happened. Send a signal. Know when it matters.

About

Digger DNS lookup

Features
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Digger is a DNS lookup tool for iPhone. Enter a name, pick a record type, and inspect the full current Resultβ€”without uploading your queries. It talks DNS directly. It does not run the dig command. Switch between a structured view and generated dig-style text, then copy or share the view you are looking at. Query A, AAAA, CNAME, MX, TXT, NS, SOA, PTR, SRV, CAA, HTTPS, and SVCB. Use the system resolver or a custom server. Choose automatic, UDP, or TCP. EDNS is on by default; the DO bit is optional. Cancel a Query in flight. Results include the response code, flags, all four sections, timing, and wire size. NXDOMAIN and SERVFAIL are DNS Results, not crashes. Digger does not validate DNSSEC. Privacy: Query data is not uploaded. Results are discarded when you leave them. Recent Queries stay on this device as name + type only. Clear History anytime in Settings. Digger is not a VPN or device-wide DNS changer. No DoH, DoT, or zone transfers.

Screenshots

EmitSignal4 screens
Digger DNS lookup4 screens

Verdict

The call

EmitSignal and Digger DNS lookup are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters β€” price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them β€” neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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

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

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

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
EmitSignal versus Digger DNS lookup: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEmitSignalDigger DNS lookup
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksβ€”
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod β€” better
Requires iOS16.415.1 β€” better
Further details β€” not scored
Size53 MB28 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKeven LeoneCheng Yao

In-app purchases

None

EmitSignal

No in-app purchases

None

Digger DNS lookup

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is EmitSignal free?
EmitSignal is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Digger DNS lookup free?
Digger DNS lookup is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do EmitSignal or Digger DNS lookup have ads?
Neither EmitSignal nor Digger DNS lookup shows ads.

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