HE.NET Network Tools vs IDEATOR
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
HE.NET Network Tools
A comprehensive suite of network diagnostic tools for professionals. It offers features like ARP/NDP lookup, DNS queries, IP calculations, bandwidth testing, and port scanning. Securely manage two-factor authentication codes and view network routing tables.
- ARP/NDP lookup
- DNS lookup
- IP Calculator
- iperf bandwidth test
- Port Scan
- SSL/TLS Information
- Two-factor authentication code storage
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This suite of networks tools implements most of the network diagnostics that you need as a Network Engineer or System Administrator. Please help us improve it by giving us feedback. + ARP / NDP: Lookup local devices found on your network using either ARP (IPv4) or NDP (IPv6). + Bonjour Browser: See what DNS-SD/Bonjour services are available on your network + DNS lookup: Search for a servers DNS zone records such as SOA, NS, A, AAAA, MX, PTR. + Interface Information: Get information regarding your device's current network state. + IP Calculator: Calculate the Netmask, Wildcard, Network, Host range, and Broadcast for a given subnet. + iperf: Check bandwidth against remote iperf services. + One Time Password: Securely store and view your TOTP and HOTP (two-factor authentication) codes. TOTP codes are available on the Apple Watch. + Ping: Send ICMP packets to a single IPv4/IPv6 address. + Ping Sweep: Send ICMP packets to an entire subnet range. + Traceroute: Find the route packets take to reach your destination. + Progressive Traceroute: Get detailed statistics for a given route. + Port Scan: Scan a list of TCP ports on any server. + Routing Table: See your local device's routing table. + SSL/TLS Information: Check available ciphers, protocols and what's being used when connecting to a remove service. + Whois: Get information regarding network resources. + NO ADS! Note: Recent iOS releases secure certain low-level network information, and as such will not be available in-app, such as MAC addresses for other network devices.
IDEATOR
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IDEATOR is an idea generating tool, which supported both by verbal and visual thinking. It can help users get more image stimuli while brainstorming, to get inspired, boost creativity, improve thinking efficiency, and to identify the core problem. Especially, IDEATOR also helps users clearly organizing the structure of idea map to communicate ideas with others. Features: Mind map development: It is used to unfold the association of users’ text concepts, and each concept word can be directly used as a keyword for retrieving relevant images on-line. Image board: During the collaborative discussion, users can mark important images with stars, which enables team members quickly organize and display images that been considered most important. If users marked certain concept words as different color for categorizing on the mind map, the frame color of the images showed in a concept word will be consistent with the category color of the concept word, allowing the users clearly identify the association between the images and concept words. Images preview: The images collected in a concept word can be previewed on the mind map, by which the users can view and memorize the images that have been retrieved from a concept word; and all the image preview window can be closed once the users pressing the close preview button. Annotation for image categorizing: In the mode of mind map development, each concept word can be marked with different color to show the categories. If the users long pressed a concept word frame and moved it to another branch with different color category, the moved concept word will be applied the category color which consistent with the branch concept word to show their category relationship. Collaboration synchronization: Besides the operation of a single user, IDEATOR allowing users to share project links to their team member for collaborating, by which the team members can join the team work, edit the mind map and discuss the ideas even if they are working in different spaces. Account switch: Directly switching account in IDEATOR can help different users get into their collaborative project quickly on the same mobile device and keep their privacy of the working content. Autosave: There is no need to click any save icon, the IDEATOR will autosave all data in a short time and not worry about the disappearance of data.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: HE.NET Network Tools at every 2 months against IDEATOR's every 38 months. HE.NET Network Tools also leads on device support (4 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
HE.NET Network Tools ships an update every 2 months, IDEATOR every 38 months. The most recent releases landed on September 2, 2026 and May 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | HE.NET Network Tools | IDEATOR |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (70 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 77.8% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 70 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 38 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 13 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Hurricane Electric, LLC | Lexars Digital Design Co., Ltd. |
Bugs and requests
HE.NET Network Tools
Reported bugs
12 issues- Interface Information crashes app immediately
- iperf3 fails with 'operation not permitted' error
- iperf2 crashes on iOS 8+
- DNS lookups not responding after updates
- iperf3 only runs for 1 second despite longer duration settings
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- iperf3 fails to start intermittently
- App crashes when selecting tools from menu
- Crashes on iOS 11 and later versions
- Neighbor Discovery crashes on iPhone 6
- Dark mode text hard to read on iPhone
- App crashes on iPad for multiple functions
- Ping and basic tools crash on iOS 11+
Requested features
12 requests- Vision Pro compatibility and controls
- SRV record lookup in DNS tool
- IPv6 subnet calculator
- WOL (Wake-on-LAN) magic packet support
- MTR (My Traceroute) tool
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- Telnet command for port testing
- Stop/pause button for running tests
- Multiple iperf test execution
- Configurable iperf parameters and bandwidth limits
- LAN device scanning capability
- Dark mode text color options
- Apple Watch app with full functionality
IDEATOR
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
HE.NET Network Tools
No in-app purchases
IDEATOR
No in-app purchases
Questions
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