mDNS Utility vs MAX Daylight
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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.
MAX Daylight
Track remaining daylight and receive sunset notifications. Explore solar data globally, compare locations, and generate reports. Calculate distances to the Equator and poles.
- Real-time sunset time
- Sunset notifications
- Global sunrise/sunset monitoring
- Location comparison
- Distance to Equator/Poles
- Solar data reports
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I wrote this app to help me get home before dark while riding my bicycle. You can see at a glance how much time until sunset, and set notifications for when you are running out of sunlight. Your loved ones will no longer worry or complain. Then I added everything solar but the kitchen sink, just for fun. Not only for your current location, you can monitor sunrise, noon, and sunset anywhere on Earth. You can compare locations, make movies, and generate reports comparing a location you select to places around the globe. Check the distance to your location, the Equator, and the North or South Pole from anywhere on Earth. Quick and easy for its headline purpose, but enough detail to satisfy almost any nerd. Most of the USA is far enough north to have little sunlight in mid-winter, rapid changes in the amount of sunlight in spring and fall, and a glorious abundance in summer. You need this app to keep on top of all that.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: MAX Daylight at 94% against mDNS Utility's 17%. MAX Daylight also leads on price (Free vs $0.99) and rating (4.9 vs 1.6). mDNS Utility's advantage is iOS requirement (7.0 vs 15.6). On update cadence, 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
MAX Daylight is free to download; mDNS Utility costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
MAX Daylight holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 1.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: MAX Daylight has 62 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 17% of mDNS Utility's written reviews are positive against 94% of MAX Daylight's.
mDNS Utility ships an update fortnightly, MAX Daylight every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on July 16, 2026 and August 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | mDNS Utility | MAX Daylight |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 1.6 (5 ratings) | 4.9 (62 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 16.7% of reviews | 93.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 62 — better |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 7.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 32 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kenny Millar | Stephen Mykytyn |
Customer experience
mDNS Utility
MAX Daylight
In-app purchases
mDNS Utility
No in-app purchases
MAX Daylight
No in-app purchases
