Comparison

Network Tools vs IP Finder

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

Head to head
About

Network Tools

Features
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A network engineer's toolkit that runs entirely on your iPhone. Seventeen tools, no account, no server of ours, and nothing about you collected. THE TOOLS • Ping — ICMP latency and packet loss, with a live chart • Traceroute — the hop-by-hop path, each router named • LAN scan — every device on your subnet, named and identified: routers, NAS boxes, printers, Macs, phones • Port scan — TCP connect scan with banners and service names, from a handful of ports to all 65535 • DNS — your own wire-format resolver: every record type at once, any public resolver you choose, DNS-over-HTTPS, reverse lookups, and a comparison mode that queries five resolvers and flags the one that disagrees • HTTP check — status, redirect chain, the DNS/connect/TLS/TTFB split, security headers • TLS — the full certificate chain, expiry, SANs, cipher suite, and whether the system trusts it • WHOIS — the referral chain followed to the registrar that actually holds the record • Wi-Fi — link quality graded against local thresholds, and a walking survey that compares rooms • Speed test — download, upload, latency and jitter, against Cloudflare or a URL you name • iperf3 — throughput against your own iperf3 server, up or down, multi-stream • IP calculator — CIDR maths, masks, host ranges, binary, and subnet division including VLSM • MAC lookup — 39,000 vendor prefixes, bundled and fully offline • Wake on LAN — the magic packet, sent to every address that might reach a sleeping machine • Network interfaces — addresses, subnets, flags and live throughput • Telnet — a raw TCP terminal for switches, PDUs and console servers • SSH — see below A REAL SSH CLIENT Not a wrapper. The protocol is implemented in Swift, and it does the things you actually need from a phone: • Jump hosts — reach a machine behind one bastion or several, each hop with its own account, its own credential and its own host key to confirm • Port forwarding — bind a local port to a service on the far side, then open it in a browser inside the app: a router's web interface, a database, a dashboard listening only on the server's loopback • scp — send a file up or pull one down, straight to the Files app • ssh-copy-id — put your public key in a server's authorized_keys without a second terminal • Keys — generate ed25519 on the device, or import ed25519, ECDSA and RSA in OpenSSH or PEM form, protected or not. Private keys live in the Keychain and can be exported under a passphrase when you need them elsewhere • Snippets — the commands you always type, one tap above the keyboard • A proper terminal — a real VT/xterm emulator, so vim and htop work, with esc, ctrl, alt, arrows and F-keys on a row of their own

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IP Finder

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IP Finder shows the public IP address your iPhone or iPad uses on the internet, with the provider and an approximate, IP-based location. It adds a few focused tools to check your connection: IP lookup, live ping, a DNS leak test and a log of IP changes. YOUR PUBLIC IP • Public IPv4 and IPv6 address, internet provider and approximate location • Copy or share the address with one tap • Local network: connection type, local IPv4 and IPv6, subnet mask and DNS servers, as far as iOS provides them IP LOOKUP • Look up any public IPv4 or IPv6 address • Provider, ASN, country, region, city and time zone, with the approximate position on a map LIVE PING • Ping several hosts at once, such as a website, a DNS server or your router • Live latency chart; full statistics (average, jitter, packet loss) with IP Finder Pro • Save targets and share the result as an image DNS LEAK TEST • See which DNS servers answer your device's requests, grouped by country and provider • Useful with a VPN: if your internet provider's DNS servers appear, your DNS requests may be leaving the VPN • Keep a history of past tests IP ADDRESS LOG • Records when your public IP changes, with the network and location at that time • Can also check in the background when iOS allows it • Stored only on your device WIDGETS • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets with your public IP • Choose IPv4 or IPv6, mask part of the address, and refresh or copy with a tap • Requires IP Finder Pro IP FINDER PRO A one-time purchase, no subscription. Pro removes the daily limits and unlocks the widgets: • Unlimited IP lookups (5 per day without Pro) • Unlimited DNS leak tests (3 per day without Pro) • Up to 5 favorite ping targets (2 without Pro) • Every ping statistic: average, minimum, maximum, jitter and loss • The full IP address log (the last hour without Pro) • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets GOOD TO KNOW • Location is approximate and based on the IP address. It is not your GPS position. • IP Finder is not a VPN: it does not hide your IP address or change your DNS settings. • No account, no ads, no tracking. Your IP log and history stay on your device.

Screenshots

Network Tools4 screens
IP Finder4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Network Tools at none against IP Finder's 1. On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. IP Finder sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Network Tools asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard1 real difference Ā· 5 level
Network Tools versus IP Finder: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNetwork ToolsIP Finder
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB13 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPavel KhorenianHai Tran Xuan

In-app purchases

None

Network Tools

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

IP Finder

One-time1
  • IP Finder Pro$4.99

Questions

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

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