Network Radar vs NetTools
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Network Radar
Discover and manage devices on your network with this powerful yet user-friendly IP scanner. Get detailed insights into connected devices, including IP addresses, open ports, and more. Includes built-in network utilities for troubleshooting and analysis.
- Network scanning
- Device discovery
- Detailed device information
- Custom IP range scans
- Saved scan history
- Built-in network utilities (Ping, Port Scan, Whois, DNS lookup)
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Whether for troubleshooting, security, or simple curiosity, it’s always helpful to know which devices are connected to your network. Network Radar is a powerful yet easy-to-use network scanning and management tool for iPhone and iPad that gives you detailed insights into all devices on your network. As Network Radar scans, it instantly displays newly discovered devices. For each device, you can view comprehensive information such as IP address, DNS names, mDNS name, open ports, response time, and more. You can also create scans with custom IP ranges. All scans are saved and can be revisited later — even when your device is no longer connected to that network. Take advantage of the built-in network utilities, including Ping, Port Scan, Whois, and DNS lookups (forward and reverse). These tools work not only within your local network but also with external IP addresses and domains. Network Radar is not limited to your local network. Specify custom start and end addresses to scan any reachable segment of any network from your device. With its intuitive user interface, Network Radar is simple to use across all your iOS devices. It’s a modern, efficient app designed for iOS with minimal impact on your network. By the way, Network Radar is also available for macOS — check it out!
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 price: NetTools at Free against Network Radar's $9.99. NetTools also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.5) and update cadence (every 3 months vs every 7 months). Network Radar's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). On review sentiment, 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
NetTools is free to download; Network Radar costs $9.99 up front. NetTools sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Network Radar asks for nothing beyond the download.
NetTools holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Network Radar has 296 ratings behind it against 48, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 71% of Network Radar's written reviews are positive against 67% of NetTools's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Network Radar ships an update every 7 months, NetTools every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Network Radar | NetTools |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $9.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.5 (296 ratings) | 4.8 (48 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 71.2% of reviews — better | 66.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 296 — better | 48 |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 17.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 25 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Daniel Witt | Oleg Gutlyanskiy |
Customer experience
Network Radar
NetTools
Bugs and requests
Network Radar
Reported bugs
9 issues- App crashes on startup with black screen
- Unable to refresh scan error on iPad
- Scan function grayed out preventing operation
- Crashes after completing scan
- Blank page with horizontal lines display
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- Incompatibility with iOS 12.0.1 and older versions
- Fails to detect devices in upper IP ranges
- List not displaying new scans immediately
- Cannot delete cancelled scans
Requested features
8 requests- Dark mode implementation
- Device renaming and custom naming functionality
- IPv6 support
- Traceroute with world map visualization
- Bonjour, UPnP, and NetBIOS scanning
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- More device icons
- Ethernet connection monitoring
- Better service grouping and integration
NetTools
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Network Radar
No in-app purchases
NetTools
- Premium features$3.99








