Comparison

NetGo vs Booster

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ€” 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

Booster

Features
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A rule-based proxy client for iPhone and iPad. It uses the system VPN to capture traffic on the device and send it direct, through a proxy, or to a block rule โ€” depending on your configuration. The app does not sell or host any servers; you bring your own nodes and rules. Capture HTTP, HTTPS, and TCP traffic from apps on the device and send it to the selected proxy. Works on Wi-Fi and cellular. Inspect recent connections, live speed, and traffic usage. Match rules by domain, domain suffix, domain keyword, CIDR, and GeoIP. Test rules before you rely on them. Import rule files from a URL or Files (including iCloud Drive). Add nodes from subscription URLs, share links, or QR codes; refresh subscriptions on launch. Auto-select and fallback groups, plus latency tests. Block ads and trackers by domain. Local DNS / Hosts mapping. DNS over HTTPS. HTTP URL, header, and body rewrite, plus Map Local. Extra routing lines from the Script section of a profile. Optional IPv6; UDP forwarding can be turned on or off. Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, English, Japanese, Korean, and Russian. VPN access is used only to route traffic according to the rules you configure. Please note: Booster is a standalone networking utility and does not include any proxy services or server resources. Users are responsible for providing their own configurations.

Screenshots

NetGo4 screens
Booster4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: NetGo at daily against Booster's every 2 days. Booster's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

NetGo ships an update daily, Booster every 2 days. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences ยท 4 level
NetGo versus Booster: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNetGoBooster
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyDaily โ€” betterEvery 2 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod โ€” better
Requires iOS17.015.0 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size10 MB66 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFrancesco MolinoLARCO INC.

In-app purchases

None

NetGo

No in-app purchases

None

Booster

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is NetGo free?
NetGo is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Booster free?
Booster is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do NetGo or Booster have ads?
Neither NetGo nor Booster shows ads.
Which is updated more often, NetGo or Booster?
NetGo ships an update daily, and Booster every 2 days. Most recently, NetGo was updated on October 31, 2026 and Booster on October 31, 2026.

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