Comparison

Vays 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

Vays

Features
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Your AI writes Markdown all day. Now you can read it anywhere. VAYS MD is a native iPhone and iPad reader and editor for .md files β€” READMEs, specs, meeting notes, transcripts. Open a file and read it like a document, with real typography, not source code. No cloud in the middle. Nothing leaves your device. READ β€’ GitHub Flavored Markdown: tables, task lists, strikethrough β€’ Callout cards β€” GitHub [!NOTE] / [!TIP] / [!WARNING] and Obsidian styles β€’ Display math typeset natively β€” no web view β€’ shields.io badges drawn natively, front-matter shown as a tidy card β€’ Footnotes become superscripts with gathered definitions β€’ Mermaid blocks appear as clean code cards (full diagram rendering is on the roadmap) β€’ Dark mode tuned for night reading WRITE β€’ Source editor with Markdown highlighting β€’ Autosave straight back to the file β€” no export dance β€’ Works with the Files app: iCloud Drive, On My iPhone, and any provider PRIVATE BY DEFAULT No account. No analytics. No network requests. Your documents stay in your storage, exactly where they were. BETTER TOGETHER WITH THE MAC APP VAYS MD Reader for Mac adds a folder library, Mermaid diagrams rendered offline, a visual diagram creator, QuickLook, PDF export and Claude Code integration. Same design, same privacy. PART OF THE VAYS FAMILY From the maker of Vays, the private voice-note app. Record on the go, read the transcript beautifully. Built by a solo developer. Every feedback email is read.

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

Vays4 screens
Digger DNS lookup4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Digger DNS lookup at 15.1 against Vays's 17.0. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

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.

Scorecard1 real difference Β· 5 level
Vays versus Digger DNS lookup: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVaysDigger DNS lookup
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyFortnightlyβ€”
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod β€” better
Requires iOS17.015.1 β€” better
Further details β€” not scored
Size14 MB28 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperARVIND JUNEJA OUMMCheng Yao

In-app purchases

None

Vays

No in-app purchases

None

Digger DNS lookup

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Vays free?
Vays 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 Vays or Digger DNS lookup have ads?
Neither Vays nor Digger DNS lookup shows ads.

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