Comparison

Light Here vs Visual MTR

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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).

About

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.

Highlights
  • 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)
Features
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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/

Screenshots

Light Here4 screens
Visual MTR3 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

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.

Scorecard5 real differences · 4 level
Light Here versus Visual MTR: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLight HereVisual MTR
Price$4.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better3.0 (2 ratings)
Number of ratings12 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB210 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBrian Ukestad超 张

Customer experience

Light Here

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Visual MTR

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

In-app purchases

None

Light Here

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Visual MTR

One-time1
  • VisualMTR Pro Lifetime$3.99

Questions

Is Light Here free?
Light Here costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Visual MTR free?
Visual MTR is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Light Here or Visual MTR?
Light Here is rated higher. Light Here averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Visual MTR averages 3.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Light Here or Visual MTR have ads?
Neither Light Here nor Visual MTR shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Light Here or Visual MTR?
Light Here ships an update every 2 weeks, and Visual MTR every 4 days. Most recently, Light Here was updated on November 8, 2026 and Visual MTR on November 10, 2026.

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