Cloudcheck vs NetTools
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Cloudcheck
This app offers comprehensive internet connection testing, including Wi-Fi, cellular, and broadband. It helps identify performance bottlenecks and allows you to map Wi-Fi speeds in your environment. Additionally, it provides cloud-based network monitoring and optimization for compatible routers.
- Speed test for Wi-Fi, cellular, broadband
- Identify connection bottlenecks
- Wi-Fi speed mapping
- Record and label Wi-Fi spots
- Smart router monitoring and optimization
- Remote router management
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Cloudcheck Version 2.9.19 A new and improved version of Cloudcheck for better, faster internet® Cloudcheck Version 2.9 includes four core functions Speed Test ● Test the individual components in your internet connection including Wi-Fi, cellular and broadband. ● Choose the nearest Cloudcheck test node to ensure the accuracy of your results. ● Determine the "bottle neck" in your connection and whether each link is good, average or poor relative to it's maximal capability. ● Provide feedback via the thumbs up/down as to your perception of connectivity quality. W-Fi Sweetspots ● Turn your mobile device in to a Wi-Fi speed probe. ● Walk through your environment to probe and determine the Wi-Fi speed in any location. ● Record and label each spot of interest for future reference. ● The audio on/off feature emulates a "geiger counter". Smartifi® ● Smartifi makes your wireless router intelligent. ● When connected to a Cloudcheck enabled Wi-Fi router/access point you can register and activate Cloudcheck's monitoring and optimization service known as Smartifi. ● Smartifi monitors and optimizes your network from the cloud to ensure maximal performance on your Wi-Fi network and give you visibility on the speed of each device connected to the network. ● Smartifi displays the current speed and previous 7 days average speed. ● Smartifi enables user preferences such as blocking specific devices. Remote management ● This feature provides the Smartifi functionality, for users to monitor and manage Cloudcheck enabled routers remotely on the cloud. For security reasons, to enable this feature, while connecting to a Cloudcheck enabled router, the user needs to grant the privilege.
NetTools
Diagnose network issues with a suite of powerful tools on your phone. Explore local and external networks, check server availability, and scan for devices. Features include ping, traceroute, port scanning, and DNS lookups.
- Network information
- LAN explorer
- IP range scanner
- Ping and Traceroute
- Port scanner
- DNS records lookup
- Server availability check
- Wake On Lan
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Common tools for network diagnostics right in your pocket. This app allows to explore lan and external networks, check internet connection or servers availability with using your phone. The following tools are currently available: 1) Network information - displays external ip and detailed info about internet connection.. 2) LAN explorer - will find all devices in local network. 3) IP range scanner - search hosts by ip range, allows to dynamically check ports and filter hosts by opened ports. 4) Ping - easy way to check internet connection. 5) Traceroute - displays route to the host. 6) Port scanner - check ports in selected range, supports TCP and UDP protocols. 7) DNS records - find DNS records for selected domain. 8) Whois - displays information about domains owner. 9) Server check - checks availability of selected servers (supported methods: ping, tcp, http, https) 10) Wake On Lan - wake up machine by network. 11) TCP client - may be used for testing of servers those use text protocols (HTTP, whois, ...) 12) IP calculator App interface allows to use several tools in one moment, call tools from each other and also share result of their working or copy it to the clipboard. Every tool has multiple settings - IP scanner supports several modes. Ping and Traceroute can work with ICMP and UDP protocols. Also app allows to enter manually DNS servers those will be used by tools in the settings.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: NetTools at 4.8 against Cloudcheck's 3.9. NetTools also leads on review sentiment (67% vs 51%). Cloudcheck's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). On price, ratings volume, update cadence 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
Both are free to download. NetTools sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Cloudcheck asks for nothing beyond the download.
NetTools holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 62 and 48 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 51% of Cloudcheck's written reviews are positive against 67% of NetTools's.
Cloudcheck ships an update every 2 months, NetTools every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Cloudcheck | NetTools |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (62 ratings) | 4.8 (48 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 51.1% of reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 62 — better | 48 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 17.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 30 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Axon Networks Inc. | Oleg Gutlyanskiy |
Customer experience
Cloudcheck
NetTools
Bugs and requests
Cloudcheck
Reported bugs
34 issues- No longer works
- Can't connect to server
- Never loads
- Stopped working
- Locks up without connecting
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- Locks up at 'connecting'
- Speed test not loading
- WiFi speed equals broadband speed
- Won't connect to internet
- App freezes on remote
- App crashes
- Paid version not updating
- Error message: incompatible iOS
- Error message: This device is not compatible with this app
- App not compatible with this phone
- Upgrade not compatible
- Pulses and pulses on initialize screen
- Initialization screen pulsing at startup
- Shut down and kick me out frequently
- Error message: incompatible ios
- Error message: This device is not compatible with this app
- Black screen
- New update has broken it
- Update doesn't work
- Crashing on IOS 9.3
- Issue with version 2.8.3 (SmartFi Broadband connection shown as 0.5Mbps)
- Incompatible device (RT-AC68U)
- Smartifi not working on Asus RT-AC66R router
- Doesn't support Apple routers
- Still iPhone 6 screen support missing
- Not the least bit accurate (speed readings)
- Broadband speed check bad (only indicates burst speed)
- Black screen on launch after update
- App crashing after new update
Requested features
5 requests- Allow changing location names
- Add parental controls (adjust time, etc.)
- Support for more routers (e.g., Apple routers)
- Fix iPhone 6 screen support
- Add 'Boost' and 'Prioritize clients' feature
NetTools
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Cloudcheck
No in-app purchases
NetTools
- Premium features$3.99








