Lens vs Visual MTR
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Lens
A private web browser focused on speed and simplicity. It blocks ads and trackers by default, offers customizable search engine options, and features automatic tab archiving. Enhanced privacy controls include Face ID protection for private tabs.
- Search-first interface
- Ad and tracker blocking
- Customizable search engines
- Automatic tab archiving
- Face ID protected private tabs
- Link preview and translation
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Lens is a web browser that stays out of your way. Open it and type: search comes first, your favourite sites are one tap away, and there's nothing else to learn. No ads, no trackers, no account, and nothing collected about you. Free. SEARCH FIRST • Lens opens straight to search, with your pinned sites one tap away. • Pick your search engine: DuckDuckGo, Brave, Kagi, Ecosia, Google or Bing. THE WEB, WITHOUT THE NOISE • Ads, trackers and most cookie pop-ups don't load. • Hide anything that bothers you on a page, and it stays hidden next time. PRIVATE ON ITS OWN • No account, no analytics, no tracking. Lens doesn't know who you are. • Lock private tabs with Face ID. • Forget This Website clears everything a site saved. • Secure connections everywhere, and tracking codes are cleaned from links. TABS THAT TIDY THEMSELVES • Tabs you haven't opened in a day move to the Archive. Nothing is lost. • A tab with a half-filled form stays open until you send it. • Pinch a page to see your tabs, swipe along the bar to switch, flick a tab up to close it. SMALL THINGS THAT HELP • Mini Player: keep listening while you browse, with Picture in Picture. • Downloads that keep going in the background. • Reader, in seven soft colours. • Translate pages right on your iPhone. • Press and hold a link to preview it, and scroll it, before you open it. • Buttons for Reader, Translate, video and Downloads show up only when you need them. • Zoom, fullscreen, desktop site and blocking, set for each site. • Swipe anywhere on a page to go back or forward. • Copy an article as clean Markdown. MADE FOR iPHONE DUO • Open, the page gets the whole big screen, with the bar down the side. • Half-fold it in landscape, and Reader becomes a book you turn page by page. • Closed, it's the same Lens you know from iPhone. WORKS WITH YOUR iPHONE • Make Lens your default browser. • iCloud Passwords, passkeys, one-time codes, Apple Pay and Wallet passes. • iCloud sync for pins, history and tabs, end-to-end encrypted. • Buttons for Control Center and the Lock Screen, and Siri and Shortcuts. FOR DESIGNERS AND DEVELOPERS Select any text to see which font draws it. Tap anything to see its box, colours and contrast, measure the gap between two elements, or pause the page to look at a menu. Turn on Developer Tools in Settings. LENS FOR MAC A free menu bar app with your pins, your iPhone's tabs and the pages you send from your iPhone. No feeds, no clutter, no AI you didn't ask for. If you like Lens, you can leave a tip and unlock extra app icons.
Visual MTR
Diagnose network routes with detailed hop-by-hop analysis for both IPv4 and IPv6. Inspect response times, identify network organizations, and visualize your network path. Offers advanced features for deeper troubleshooting with a one-time purchase.
- IPv4 and IPv6 route tracing
- Per-hop IP addresses and response times
- Offline ASN lookup
- Adjustable hop limit and probe timeout
- Multi-round MTR with statistics
- Report export (PDF, JSON, text)
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Understand your network route, one hop at a time. VisualMTR brings native IPv4 and IPv6 route tracing to iPhone and iPad. Inspect responding hops, compare latency, and identify network organizations with bundled offline ASN data. FREE FEATURES • Single-run IPv4 and IPv6 route tracing • Per-hop IP addresses and response times • Adjustable hop limit and probe timeout • Offline IPv4 and IPv6 ASN lookup • Up to three configurable DNS servers • Layouts designed for iPhone and iPad PRO LIFETIME Unlock deeper diagnostics with a one-time purchase: • Multi-round MTR with independent round statistics • Minimum, average, and maximum RTT • Response statistics and RTT variation • RTT trends and hop-by-round heatmaps • Visual ASN route topology • Unlimited saved diagnostic history • PDF, JSON, and text report export Built for network troubleshooting, homelabs, and IT work. Diagnostic history stays on your device, and offline ASN lookup works without a cloud account. UNDERSTANDING RESULTS Some routers limit or ignore ICMP probes. An unanswered intermediate hop does not necessarily mean forwarded traffic is being lost. ASN country labels describe registration information, not physical router locations. IPv6 tracing requires an available IPv6 network path. Pro is a lifetime, non-consumable in-app purchase. No subscription is required. TERMS & PRIVACY Pro Lifetime is an optional, one-time in-app purchase. Payment is charged to your Apple Account upon confirmation. There are no recurring subscription fees. Use Restore Purchases to restore a previous purchase made with the same Apple Account. Use network diagnostics only on networks and systems you are authorized to test. Terms of Use (Apple Standard EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://mtr.opshome.run/privacy/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Lens at 4.9 against Visual MTR's 3.0. Lens also leads on ratings volume (54 vs 2). Visual MTR's advantage is iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Lens sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and Visual MTR sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Lens holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Lens has 54 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Lens ships an update every 2 days, Visual MTR every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 12, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Lens | Visual MTR |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (54 ratings) — better | 3.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 54 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days — better | Every 4 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 67 MB | 210 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Maximos Angelakis | 超 张 |
Customer experience
Lens
Visual MTR
In-app purchases
Lens
- Coffee$3.99
- Coffee & Snack$6.99
- Lunch$14.99
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- Big Thank-You$29.99
Visual MTR
- VisualMTR Pro Lifetime$3.99





