Comparison

Hetz Hetz vs Network Hamster

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

Head to head
About

Hetz Hetz

Features
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Hetzner management, no browser needed One clear place for Cloud, Robot, storage, and SSH on iPhone and iPad. Fast access to daily infrastructure work, live status, prices, activity, and important server actions. Cloud products - Cloud Servers - Load Balancers - Volumes - Firewalls and firewall rules - Networks - DNS zones and records - Storage Boxes - Object Storage with S3 Cloud server tools - Creation of one or up to 10 servers with current net pricing - Server type search with cost-optimized, regular, and general-purpose plans - Power, restart, rebuild, rescue, and reset controls - CPU, disk, and network metrics - Activity history and running action progress - Snapshot creation, rename, protection, restore, and deletion - Backups, networks, Firewalls, Volumes, Primary IPs, Floating IPs, and placement groups - Built-in VNC console plus copyable URL and password - Traffic, IP details, labels, hardware, and current net prices - Attached resource review before server deletion Dedicated server tools - Dedicated Server management through the Robot API - Server Market offers and server orders - Order transactions and ready-server links - IPs, subnets, and Failover IPs - Robot Firewalls and vSwitches Storage and SSH Storage Box browsing with WebDAV and Object Storage buckets with S3. Folder navigation, file and object details, and transfer management in one Storage tab. Saved SSH hosts, password and private key access, host fingerprint checks, multiple live sessions, fast session switching, and tmux support for sessions that should stay alive. Multiple Hetzner accounts Clear account names for Cloud, Object Storage, and Robot credentials. Account search, product counts, and quick project switching without mixed credentials. Keys stay on the device Local iOS Keychain storage for API tokens, S3 keys, Robot credentials, SSH passwords, and private keys. Direct requests to the configured Hetzner services. Hetz Hetz Pro - More than one Hetzner account - SSH host setup and native terminal access - Storage browser access across accounts Independent app Hetz Hetz is an independent app and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Hetzner. A valid Hetzner account and the matching API credentials are required. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Network Hamster

Diagnose internet issues with a real-time visual indicator and detailed diagnostics. Understand your network's performance, identify bottlenecks like bufferbloat, and generate shareable reports to prove problems to your ISP.

Highlights
  • One-tap network diagnosis
  • Bufferbloat grading and fixes
  • Live ping, jitter, packet loss monitoring
  • Speed test with history
  • Router vs. internet fault isolation
  • Advanced tools like MTR and Ping Lab
  • Shareable diagnostic reports
Features
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Your internet is acting up. Is it your Wi-Fi? Your router? Your ISP? Network Hamster tells you — in plain English. A helmeted hamster pedals a bicycle in real time, matched to your actual latency. Fast connection, fast pedaling. Congested network, and he grinds to a crawl. It's the most honest status indicator you'll ever install. Behind the mascot is a genuinely serious diagnostic toolkit. ONE-TAP DIAGNOSIS Tap Diagnose and get eight checks in under a minute: interface, captive portal, your router versus the internet, NAT topology, DNS, web response time, and latency under load. Then a verdict in words you can act on — "Local network is healthy, high latency is upstream. Your router is not the problem." BUFFERBLOAT GRADING The reason your video calls stutter when someone downloads something. Network Hamster measures how much your latency balloons under load and grades it A+ through F, then tells you exactly how to fix it. FIND OUT WHERE YOU STAND • Live ping, jitter, packet loss, and p95 latency across six rotating servers • Speed test with download, upload, and bufferbloat, plus saved history • Router vs. internet isolation — know instantly whose fault it is • CGNAT, double NAT, and symmetric NAT detection • DNS benchmarking against Cloudflare, Google, and Quad9 ADVANCED TOOLS • Monitor Mode — ping every second for hours, graph the whole session, get alerted the moment your connection drops, and export CSV • MTR traceroute with per-hop whois, reverse DNS, and a map of where your packets actually travel • Ping Lab — test with different packet sizes to expose MTU and queueing problems • Buffer Probe — detects undersized modem buffers that quietly cost you the bandwidth you pay for • Wireless Health — tells you whether jitter is born on your Wi-Fi or upstream • Wi-Fi Guard — catches repeated forced disconnects • Inbound Watch — spots unusual traffic arriving at your device • Cellular coverage mapping and DNS record lookup PROVE IT TO YOUR ISP Every diagnosis exports as a shareable report: latency per server, packet loss, traceroute, bufferbloat grade, and a timestamped event log. Stop arguing from memory. Paste the evidence. BUILT HONESTLY Some things iOS simply does not allow — Wi-Fi signal strength, raw packet capture, cell tower identity. Network Hamster never fakes them. Where a limit exists, the app says so and does the most useful thing that is actually possible. No account. No tracking. No data collection. Just a hamster who is very concerned about your ping.

Screenshots

Hetz Hetz4 screens
Network Hamster4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Network Hamster at none against Hetz Hetz's 2. On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Hetz Hetz sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Network Hamster asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
Hetz Hetz versus Network Hamster: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHetz HetzNetwork Hamster
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequency—Every 3 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size31 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGeekmeHarborViewIT, LLC

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Hetz Hetz

Subscriptions2
  • PRO$3.991 Month
  • Pro$39.991 Year
None

Network Hamster

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Hetz Hetz free?
Hetz Hetz is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Network Hamster free?
Network Hamster is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Hetz Hetz or Network Hamster have ads?
Neither Hetz Hetz nor Network Hamster shows ads.

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