Subnet Plus vs Local Scale Factor
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Subnet Plus
Calculate IP subnets with ease on your iPhone or iPad. This tool helps visualize binary and hex information for subnets, aiding in network studies and professional calculations. Save your calculated networks for future reference.
- Subnet calculation
- Save calculated networks
- Binary and hex display
- Network address ranges
- Broadcast IP addresses
- Study aid for networking exams
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Subnet Plus is a fast, beautiful subnet calculator for network engineers, sysadmins, and students — now completely rebuilt for iPhone and iPad. Type any IPv4 or IPv6 address and instantly see the network address, broadcast, usable host range, subnet mask, wildcard mask, prefix length, total and usable hosts, IP class, and address type. A live prefix stepper lets you dial the mask up or down and watch every value update in real time. NETWORK CALCULATIONS • IPv4 and IPv6, auto-detected • Binary view with network/host bits color-coded • Visual address-space map PRO TOOLS • VLSM Designer — carve a network into right-sized subnets and save the plan • CIDR to subnet mask to wildcard converter • Subnet membership — is an address inside a network? • Range to CIDR, and supernet / aggregate • CIDR cheat sheet NETWORK UTILITIES • DNS Lookup — A, AAAA, MX, NS, TXT, CNAME, SOA, SRV, and reverse PTR — using your device's resolver or any IPv4/IPv6 DNS server you add • Ping — round-trip time and packet loss • Traceroute — see the path to any host • Path Monitor (Pro) — a live, MTR-style traceroute with per-hop packet loss and latency • Network Scanner (Pro) — find the active devices on your local network, their names, and open ports • Email Auth — check a domain's SPF, DKIM, and DMARC records SIRI, WIDGETS & APPLE INTELLIGENCE • Explain this — turn any subnet calculation or Email Auth report into a plain-English explanation, generated on-device by Apple Intelligence • Siri & Shortcuts — calculate a subnet, ping a host, check a port, or ask "What's my network?" by voice, and use the same actions in your own Shortcuts • Live Activities — follow Path Monitor and Network Scanner from the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island • Home Screen widget — pin any saved subnet, with a different subnet per widget SAVE & SYNC • Label and save subnets, VLSM plans, and lookups • Everything syncs across your devices with iCloud • Share and export your results Available in 45 languages. Remove ads with a one-time in-app purchase.
Local Scale Factor
This tool calculates local scale factors and Cartesian coordinates from WGS84 GPS positions. It supports numerous local grid transformations and can convert between local postcodes and geodetic positions. It also offers map navigation to selected coordinates.
- Local scale factor calculation
- Cartesian coordinate conversion
- WGS84 GPS position input
- Local grid transformations
- Postcode to geodetic position conversion
- Map navigation
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For professional surveyors and geodesists who need to know the local scale factor and Cartesian coordinates based on WGS84 GPS positions Hundreds of local grid transformations built in. A full list of available transformations can be found at https://www.nrgsurveys.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/transformations.txt Converts latitude and longitude using local ellipsoid parameters and Helmert 7 step transformations As a bonus it converts local postcodes to geodetic positions and vice versa Open Maps navigation to the selected coordinates (If available)
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Local Scale Factor at none against Subnet Plus's 1. Local Scale Factor also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (100% vs 89%). Subnet Plus's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months). On price, monetization model 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. Subnet Plus sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Local Scale Factor asks for nothing beyond the download.
Subnet Plus ships an update every 2 weeks, Local Scale Factor every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Subnet Plus | Local Scale Factor |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (54 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 89.2% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 54 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 10.3 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 65 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ted Trentler | NRG Surveys Ltd |
Customer experience
Subnet Plus
Local Scale Factor
Bugs and requests
Subnet Plus
Reported bugs
8 issues- Text in subnet netmask field too large, last octet not visible
- Values truncated, cannot view full values
- Subnet mask and IP addresses truncated
- Cannot read all data
- Numbers truncated on iPhone 5s
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- Fields populated by app cannot be expanded
- Screen cannot fit full mask on iPad
- Calculation for number of subnets may be incorrect
Requested features
5 requests- Export option to share saved subnets
- Pay to remove ads
- Landscape mode for iPad Pro
- Update for visualising or adjusting screen on iOS 9
- Ability to type netmask
Local Scale Factor
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Subnet Plus
- remove Ads$4.99
Local Scale Factor
No in-app purchases
Questions
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