Comparison

AstroLite vs mDNS Utility

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

Head to head
About

AstroLite

Track Vedic rituals, fasts, feasts, and festivals with this app. It provides daily calendar details, planetary positions, and a comprehensive list of events for any chosen city worldwide. Ideal for those interested in following Vedic traditions.

Highlights
  • Daily calendar with sunrise/sunset
  • Lunar month and tithi tracking
  • Festival and event listings
  • Planetary position charts
  • South/North Indian chart formats
  • Vedic almanac glossary
Features
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“AstroLite” helps keep track of days for Vedic rituals, fast, feast and festivals. This is a basic version of AstroPro published already. While AstroPro is mainly for amateurs and professionals in Vedic astrology, AstroLite is for general public those who are interested in following Vedic rituals in day-to-day life. Users can set any major city around the world and work with different key menu categories with its features discussed as follows. Home Screen: This provides current calendar date with Sunrise, Sunset, day’s star with its transition time, lunar month, tithi and year followed by any major festival events for the given city of choice. Users can navigate through days and months for the current year that gives corresponding Vedic almanac details as well as charts for planetary positions. Charts can be displayed under South or North Indian formats. One can quickly switch between these chart formats using the tool bar button as shown in the screen shots. Almanac: This section gives the almanac details for any given month that enables the user to quickly glance through the list of important festivals, days for rituals etc. This Vedic calendar is further supplemented with ephemeris data and table is provided in a separate section. This enables users to cast their own charts for any specific day and time of the month in the given year. In addition users also can generate a comprehensive list of festivals and important lunar days for the given year and city that helps users to plan respective Vedic ritual ahead of time. Help Help file provides a Vedic almanac glossary with brief writing on various keywords, terminology and legend used in different sections of this app. It is quite educational and people can quickly comprehend its significance with different computational logic used for the purpose. AstroLite is published in response to requests received and to help people living abroad to keep track of important days for Vedic rituals. We dedicate this app as a tribute to our late parents. With Best Compliments from Kaup Shenoy Associates.

About

mDNS Utility

Discover and browse mDNS and Bonjour services on your network. Find devices like printers, servers, and storage, and access their IPv4 and IPv6 addresses. Easily copy network addresses and TXT records.

Highlights
  • Discover mDNS and Bonjour services
  • Find network devices (printers, servers)
  • View IPv4 and IPv6 addresses
  • Browse network shares
  • Copy addresses to clipboard
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The mDNS Utility allows you to find all mDNS and Bonjour services and devices on your network. It is useful for discovering and browsing services, finding addresses such as IPv4 and IPv6. Use it to locate printers, servers, networks storage, shares and more. Copy and paste addresses and TXT records to the clipboard to use in other apps.

Screenshots

AstroLite4 screens
mDNS Utility3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: AstroLite at Free against mDNS Utility's $0.99. AstroLite also leads on rating (5.0 vs 1.6). mDNS Utility's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 6 months) and ratings volume (5 vs 1). On ads, in-app purchases and device support 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

AstroLite is free to download; mDNS Utility costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

AstroLite holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: mDNS Utility has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

AstroLite ships an update every 6 months, mDNS Utility fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on July 4, 2026 and July 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
AstroLite versus mDNS Utility: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAstroLitemDNS Utility
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better1.6 (5 ratings)
Positive reviews—16.7% of reviews
Number of ratings15 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS14.37.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMuralidhar ShenoyKenny Millar

Customer experience

AstroLite

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

mDNS Utility

All ratings5 ratings
Positive20.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative80.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive16.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative83.3%

In-app purchases

None

AstroLite

No in-app purchases

None

mDNS Utility

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is AstroLite free?
AstroLite is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is mDNS Utility free?
mDNS Utility costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, AstroLite or mDNS Utility?
AstroLite is rated higher. AstroLite averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while mDNS Utility averages 1.6 from 5 ratings.
Do AstroLite or mDNS Utility have ads?
Neither AstroLite nor mDNS Utility shows ads.
Which is updated more often, AstroLite or mDNS Utility?
AstroLite ships an update every 6 months, and mDNS Utility fortnightly. Most recently, AstroLite was updated on July 4, 2026 and mDNS Utility on July 16, 2026.

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