Comparison

Network vs DOBI Pay

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

Head to head
About

Network

Features
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Network Doctor finds out why your home network feels slow โ€” and shows the evidence behind every conclusion. WHAT IT MEASURES Every check runs a fixed, deterministic sequence: idle latency, latency under load in both directions (bufferbloat), request loss, time-boxed saturation download and upload throughput, and server-assisted path MTU โ€” which detects the reductions typical of DS-Lite and PPPoE lines. ROUTER INTELLIGENCE, NO CREDENTIALS NEEDED Network Doctor auto-detects FRITZ!Box, Telekom Speedport, Vodafone Station/EasyBox, O2 HomeBox, and any UPnP-capable router. It classifies your line as native dual stack, DS-Lite, carrier-grade NAT, or double NAT from the WAN address, reads the line sync rates, and compares them with the Wi-Fi throughput it actually measured: your line delivers 100, your WLAN delivers 31. FRITZ!BOX DEEP EVIDENCE (OPTIONAL) With optional credentials โ€” strictly read-only โ€” Network Doctor maps your mesh: which repeater serves your phone, the backhaul medium and its bottleneck rate (Wi-Fi, Ethernet, or Powerline, including devolo), 100-Mbit cable detection, channel utilization, and topology loops. FINDINGS YOU CAN CHECK Every finding names the measurements behind it and states a confidence. Typical findings: weak mesh backhaul, bufferbloat, congested channel, recurring evening losses, double NAT. GUIDED A/B TESTS Is it your home network or your provider? Compare WLAN against cellular. Is it coverage? Compare where you are against next-to-router. SAFE REMEDIATION Every suggested change comes with a preview and a rollback path, is confirmed explicitly, and is validated by the next measurement: resolved, improved, unchanged, or regressed. Router access is strictly read-only โ€” Network Doctor never changes router settings. HISTORY AND TRENDS Every check is stored locally, with trends and per-room sparklines. History-based rules catch patterns a single check misses, such as losses that recur every evening. PRIVACY Local-first by design: no account, no tracking, no third-party SDKs, and a privacy manifest. Optional cloud analysis (Claude) is off by default, never sends network names or addresses, and the exact payload can be previewed in the app before anything leaves your device. A support report can be exported via the share sheet. A NOTE ON LANGUAGE Network Doctor is developed German-first. The user interface is available in English, but the diagnostic finding texts currently appear in German. Requires iOS 18 or later. For iPhone and iPad.

About

DOBI Pay

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DOBI Pay turns any DOBI-connected machine into something you can use in seconds: scan the QR code on it, pay, and the machine runs. No account. No sign-up. We never ask for your name, email or phone number. HOW IT WORKS 1. Point the camera at the QR code on the machine. 2. See exactly what it offers and what it costs, before you commit to anything. 3. Pay from the wallet in the app. 4. The machine executes โ€” the charger starts, the vending machine dispenses. YOUR WALLET IS YOURS The wallet is non-custodial. Your recovery phrase is created on your phone and stored in the iOS Keychain. It never reaches our servers, and we cannot recover it for you, so back it up. Payments settle on public blockchains (Base, BOT Chain and Solana), which means every payment is verifiable by anyone โ€” including you. WHAT DOBI PAY DOES NOT DO โ€ข No analytics, advertising or tracking SDKs of any kind. โ€ข The camera is used only to read the QR code. Nothing is recorded or uploaded. โ€ข No access to your contacts, photos, location or microphone. DOBI is an agent-native IoT protocol: real machines, autonomous agents operating them, and payment settled per use. More at dobi.guru.

Screenshots

Network4 screens
DOBI Pay4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: DOBI Pay at Free against Network's $4.99. DOBI Pay also leads on iOS requirement (16.4 vs 18.0). On 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

DOBI Pay is free to download; Network costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard2 real differences ยท 4 level
Network versus DOBI Pay: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNetworkDOBI Pay
Price$4.99Free โ€” better
Update frequencyโ€”Monthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad โ€” betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.016.4 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size1 MB50 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKonrad KernEhive S.P.A.

In-app purchases

None

Network

No in-app purchases

None

DOBI Pay

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Network free?
Network costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is DOBI Pay free?
DOBI Pay is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Network or DOBI Pay have ads?
Neither Network nor DOBI Pay shows ads.

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