mDNS Utility vs Printer Discover
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.
Printer Discover
Easily discover and gather detailed information about your network printers. This utility app identifies printer models, capabilities like scanning and faxing, and network protocols. It provides comprehensive details on printer status, supported media types, and administrative website access.
- Network printer discovery
- Printer manufacturer and model detection
- AirPrint support detection
- Printer capabilities analysis (scanning, faxing, color)
- Network information (IP, Bonjour services)
- Printer status monitoring
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It is a great time to explore your network printers. Printer Discover helps you to find all information about your network printers from printer description to detailed features. PRINTER BROWSER • Discover the shared printers on your office or home network. The app can discover direct network printers, shared USB printers or re-shared network printers. • Detect AirPrint support. AirPrint is a feature in Apple Inc.'s operating systems starting with OS X Lion and iOS 4.2.1, for printing via a wireless LAN (Wi-Fi), either directly to AirPrint-compatible printers or non-compatible printers by way of a Microsoft Windows or GNU/Linux PC, or an Apple Mac (via sharing or AirPrint activator). • Printer manufacturer and model detection. Commonly supported printer vendors: Astro-Med, Aurora, Brother, Canon, Dell, Develop, Epson, Fuji Xerox, Gestetner, HP, infotec, Konica Minolta, Kyocera, LANIER, Lenovo, Lexmark, NRG, NTT, Oki Data, Olivetti, RICOH, RISO, Samsung, SAVIN, Sharp, Sindoh, TA, Toshiba, Xerox, Zink and more... • Detect administration website for printer (if exists). • Detect current printer working state (idle, printing, stopped). PRINTER NETWORK INFORMATION • Analyze and describe Bonjour service name, type, protocol, port, IP addresses (IPv4 and IPv6) and other properties. Supported Bonjour services: • Internet Printing Protocol (IPP). • Internet Printing Protocol over HTTPS (IPPS). • Internet Printing Protocol over TLS (IPP-TLS). • Line Printer Daemon (LPD). • Page Description Language (PDL). • Show Bonjour printer local name, domain name, MAC address (with vendor information), PING capability. DETECT PRINTER CAPABILITIES • Scanning. • Faxing. • Color or BW support. • Two sided printing output. • Collating output. • Sorting output. • Binding output. • Stapling output. • Fast copies. • Punch holes. • Custom paper size support. • Maximum paper size support (A4, A3, A2). • Supported media types (disc, document, envelope, label, large-format, photo, postcard, receipt, roll). DETECT PRINTER PROPERTIES • Required authentication (none, client certificate, username/password, Kerberos). • Supported TLS version. • Printer priority. • Number of printing queues and queue name. • Supported PDL MIME types. • Transparent characters support. • Binary characters support. • Tagged Binary Communication Protocol (TBCP) support. REACH UI FEATURES • Info menu with feedback and privacy settings • Use the camera icon (upper-right corner) to create and print/send/share a screenshot from the entire page. • Pull down with your finger to refresh the information. • Long press on a cell to copy/print/send/open as/share the cell value. • Shake your device to refresh the information.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: mDNS Utility at 1.6 against Printer Discover's 1.0. mDNS Utility also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 3 months) and review sentiment (17% vs 0%). Printer Discover's advantage is device support (4 vs 2). On ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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 Printer Discover $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
mDNS Utility holds the better App Store score, 1.6 against 1.0. 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. Written reviews point the same way: 17% of mDNS Utility's written reviews are positive against 0% of Printer Discover's.
mDNS Utility ships an update fortnightly, Printer Discover every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on July 16, 2026 and September 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | mDNS Utility | Printer Discover |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 — better | $2.99 |
| Rating | 1.6 (5 ratings) — better | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 16.7% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — better |
| Requires iOS | 7.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kenny Millar | Csaba Iranyi |
Customer experience
mDNS Utility
Printer Discover
In-app purchases
mDNS Utility
No in-app purchases
Printer Discover
No in-app purchases
Questions
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