mDNS Utility vs mDNS
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.
mDNS
Discover and manage Bonjour, DNS SD, and Avahi services on your local network. Filter, sort, and verify network services with detailed insights and direct access to URLs.
- Discover Bonjour, DNS SD, and Avahi services
- Browse by service type with presets and custom options
- View IPv4 and IPv6 addresses
- Filter by instance name, hostname, type, and more
- Sort and manage scan results
- Perform TCP/UDP reachability checks
- Open HTTP/HTTPS URLs in browser
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mDNS Browser helps you discover Bonjour, DNS SD (DNS Service Discovery), and common Avahi-advertised services on your local network. What you can do • Browse by service type, with useful presets and custom types • See IPv4 and IPv6 together, and filter what matters to you • Quick filter across instance name, hostname, type, addresses, and TXT records • Sort results so large scans stay manageable • Open a detail view, copy IPs and TXT lines, and run TCP or UDP reachability checks (chosen automatically from the service type) • Open HTTP or HTTPS in the system browser when a service resolves to a usable URL Privacy • Discovery runs on your LAN; the app is not designed to upload your scan results to our servers (there is no account system in the app). Notes • Whether a service appears depends on it actually advertising on the current network, and on multicast not being blocked by routers, VLANs, or firewalls. • Some services bind only to certain interfaces or subnets and may be invisible from other devices. Turn noisy LAN discovery into a clear, filterable, verifiable dashboard.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: mDNS at 5.0 against mDNS Utility's 1.6. mDNS Utility's advantage is ratings volume (5 vs 1) and price ($0.99 vs $1.99). On ads, in-app purchases, 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
mDNS Utility costs $0.99 and mDNS $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
mDNS holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: mDNS Utility has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
| Parameter | mDNS Utility | mDNS |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 — better | $1.99 |
| Rating | 1.6 (5 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 16.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 7.0 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 29 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kenny Millar | 海锋 蓝 |
Customer experience
mDNS Utility
mDNS
In-app purchases
mDNS Utility
No in-app purchases
mDNS
No in-app purchases
