Light Here vs Visual MTR
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Light Here
This app displays clocks for different locations, color-coded to indicate the best time to contact people. It helps you find optimal times to call, message, or connect with family and friends across time zones, offering various display options and offline functionality.
- Color-coded time zones for optimal contact
- Find the best time for everyone to connect
- Direct calling and messaging integration
- Always-on display with Night Look
- Multiple clock designs and widgets
- Works completely offline
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Light Here shows the places where your people live as clocks, colored by whether it's a good time to reach them. • Gold: a good time to call • Coral: early or late, maybe send a message • Blue: they're probably asleep KNOW WHEN TO CALL • Up to four places, each with its own reachable hours • "+1 day" shows when they're already into tomorrow • Time differences between every place, at a tap FIND THE RIGHT TIME • Slide ahead to see everyone's time at once • "Find a time for everyone" jumps to the next time every place is awake • Share the time with each place's local time spelled out REACH FAMILY, FRIENDS, CO-WORKERS FROM THE APP • Add people from Contacts, no Contacts permission needed • Tap their face to call, message, FaceTime, WhatsApp or Telegram • A gentle check before you call someone who's likely asleep DISPLAY IT ANYWHERE • Made to stay on: on your nightstand, desk or an unused iPad • Stays awake while charging, and Night Look dims the faces after dark • Slow drift helps protect the screen THREE DIFFERENT DESIGNS AND WIDGETS • Airport analog clocks, LED, or a flip board • 12- or 24-hour time • Home screen, StandBy and lock screen widgets PRIVATE • Works completely offline, with over 159,000 cities and towns built in • No accounts, no ads, no tracking. Nothing leaves your device. Town names from GeoNames.org (CC BY 4.0).
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 price: Visual MTR at Free against Light Here's $4.99. Visual MTR also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 2 weeks). Light Here's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 3.0) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). On ratings volume, 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
Visual MTR is free to download; Light Here costs $4.99 up front. Visual MTR sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Light Here asks for nothing beyond the download.
Light Here holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively.
Light Here ships an update every 2 weeks, Visual MTR every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Light Here | Visual MTR |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 3.0 (2 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 210 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Brian Ukestad | 超 张 |
Customer experience
Light Here
Visual MTR
In-app purchases
Light Here
No in-app purchases
Visual MTR
- VisualMTR Pro Lifetime$3.99





