Comparison

NetGo vs MistRoute

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

Head to head
About

NetGo

Features
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Manage your firewalls from wherever you are. NetGo puts your FortiGate firewalls in your pocket. Check status, review configs, and make changes when you're away from your desk, all from a fast, no-nonsense mobile app built for people who actually run networks. Works with FortiGate devices running FortiOS 7.4. and later MONITOR AT A GLANCE Live CPU, memory and session graphs, system info and HA cluster status. Interfaces with real-time throughput, IPsec VPN tunnels, firewall policies with live hit/session counters. Traffic logs with mobile-friendly filtering. CHANGE THINGS SAFELY: THREE WRITE MODES Use a read-only API token when you just want to look, or a read/write token when you need to fix things. Then choose how changes apply: Direct: applied instantly. Confirmation: approve each change before it's sent. Draft: queue changes and deploy them in one batch. Edit policies, address & service objects, static routes, DNS/DDNS, SD-WAN, interfaces & VLANs, zones, security profiles (Application Control, IPS, SSL inspection) and FortiSwitch ports. ALERTS THAT REACH YOU Push notifications the moment something goes wrong: an interface goes down, a VPN tunnel drops, an HA failover, high CPU, conserve mode, a reboot, license or certificate expiry, and more. You hear about problems before your users start calling. SEE WHO'S CONNECTED Browse Wi-Fi and FortiSwitch clients with search and filters, and inspect live sessions (search, select and end sessions). BUILT FOR NETWORK PEOPLE A clean interface designed for real admin work. Biometric app lock (Face ID / Touch ID). Secure connections with certificate pinning. Multiple FortiGates, synced across your devices via iCloud Keychain. PRIVACY Your FortiGate tokens and passwords stay on your device (in the iOS Keychain) and are never sent to us. No ads, no tracking, nothing sold. Push alerts are delivered through a stateless relay that stores no data. NetGo is an independent app and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Fortinet, Inc. FortiGate is a trademark of Fortinet, Inc.

About

MistRoute

Features
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MistRoute is a native iOS traffic inspector and rule-based router, powered by the open-source mihomo (Clash.Meta) core. Most clients of this kind open onto a list of nodes. MistRoute opens onto your traffic: what your device is actually talking to, which rule matched it, and where it was sent. You change the routing once you can see it. MistRoute provides no servers, subscriptions, or network access of its own. You bring your own configuration and it runs locally on your device. TRAFFIC • A live connection stream as the main screen — not a node list • Group by host, by matched rule, or by outbound to see where bandwidth goes • Searchable request history that survives after connections close ROUTE EXPLANATION • Tap any connection to see the full decision chain: request → matched rule → policy groups → actual outbound • Answers "why did this site go the wrong way" without guesswork • Read straight from the core — no extra requests are made RULE PLAYGROUND • Enter a domain or IP and see which rule would match and which node it would use, evaluated against your live rule set • Generates no real traffic ROUTING • Every policy group and node, with per-node and per-group latency testing • Rule, Global and Direct outbound modes PROFILES • Add by subscription URL, file import, or QR code • Built-in YAML editor; switch profiles live, no restart MORE • Home Screen widget: tunnel status, current outbound, total usage • Core logs, VPN start-up diagnostics, GeoIP / GeoSite management • Custom hosts, latency test URL, external controller PRIVACY No data collection. No analytics, no tracking, no accounts, no telemetry. Your configuration, records and logs never leave your device and can be cleared at any time. REQUIREMENTS • iOS 15.0 or later • A mihomo/Clash-format configuration you already have access to

Screenshots

NetGo4 screens
MistRoute4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: MistRoute at 15.0 against NetGo's 17.0. 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.

Scorecard1 real difference Ā· 5 level
NetGo versus MistRoute: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNetGoMistRoute
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyDaily—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB114 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFrancesco MolinoStarHub Info

In-app purchases

None

NetGo

No in-app purchases

None

MistRoute

No in-app purchases

Questions

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

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