Comparison

Service Browser vs APN Assistant 2

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Service Browser

Discover and browse devices and services on your local network. Analyze network information, including IP addresses, DNS servers, and MAC addresses. Useful for understanding your home or office network infrastructure.

Highlights
  • Local network service discovery
  • Bonjour service analysis
  • Internet information display
  • MAC address vendor lookup
  • Network property analysis
  • Offline MAC vendor database
Features
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Explore and browse your local network. Search for Bonjour services like iTunes libraries, shared file systems, AirPlay speakers, Apple TVs, AirPrint printers, Apple Remote Desktops, Mac computers, AirPort and Time Capsule devices and so on... Service Browser is a very powerful tool for discover the available Bonjour (Zeroconf) capable devices on your home or office local network. ABOUT BONJOUR Bonjour is Apple's implementation of Zero-configuration networking (Zeroconf), a group of technologies that includes service discovery, address assignment, and hostname resolution. Bonjour locates devices such as printers, other computers, and the services that those devices offer on a local network using multicast Domain Name System (mDNS) service records. Typical Bonjour services: • File sharing and Time Machine disk detection. • Printer sharing and AirPrint. • AirPlay audio (wireless speakers) and video streaming, screen mirroring (Apple TV). • iTunes Library sharing, pairing and remote controlling. • Home Sharing (iTunes, Apple TV), pairing and remote controlling. • Remote login to OSX computer (SSH, Telnet). • Screen sharing (VNC) and Apple Remote Desktop. • Optical disk sharing. • Apple AirPort family base station and status service. • Remote Apple Events. • Media streaming and controlling. CACHING iOS uses a cache of Multicast DNS records to prevent hosts from requesting information that has already been requested. For example, when one host requests, say, a list of LPR print spoolers, the list of printers comes back via multicast, so all local hosts see it. The next time a host needs a list of print spoolers, it already has the list in its cache and does not need to reissue the query. The Multicast DNS responder is responsible for maintaining the cache; application developers do not need to do anything to maintain it. SERVICE BROWSING • Search for available and currently running Bonjour services. • Analyze and describe Bonjour service name, type, protocol, port, IP addresses and other properties. • Show Bonjour host local name, domain name, MAC address (with vendor information), PING capability. INTERNET INFO • Show default gateways, IP addresses, networks. • Show DNS servers, search domain names, local MAC addresses, host name resolve. • Depth external address analysis: ISP name, autonomous system name, whois, ping, regional internet registry info. • Full offline MAC vendor database. 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.

About

APN Assistant 2

This utility helps users configure APN settings for their mobile devices, especially when using MVNO SIM cards. It provides a bookmarking feature for APN information from various providers and allows users to manually note their own settings, even without an internet connection.

Highlights
  • Configure APN settings
  • Bookmark MVNO APN information
  • Manual APN note-taking
  • Offline APN setup
  • Supports iPhone and iPad
Features
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This app can help you if you change SIM card usually. Sometimes, you choose SIM card of minor operator that called MVNO. And you have to set "APN", via downloading configuration profiles from Safari, receive E-Mail. It's need Internet, almost case using free Wi-Fi network. But, you can not all find free Wi-Fi while traveling. This app can help to set new APN even you're devices can't access to Internet. This app bookmarks APN information released from MVNO. You don't need looking for every single MVNO information if you have this app. And this app also can note APN information on yourself. Have a good iPhone & iPad life!!

Screenshots

Service Browser4 screens
APN Assistant 24 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Service Browser at 67% against APN Assistant 2's 35%. Service Browser also leads on update cadence (every 3 months vs every 8 months). APN Assistant 2's advantage is price ($2.99 vs $3.99) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 13.0). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Service Browser costs $3.99 and APN Assistant 2 $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Service Browser ships an update every 3 months, APN Assistant 2 every 8 months. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Service Browser versus APN Assistant 2: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterService BrowserAPN Assistant 2
Price$3.99$2.99 — better
Rating—2.6 (12 ratings) — better
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews — better35.3% of reviews
Number of ratings—12 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 months — betterEvery 8 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.010.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB38 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCsaba IranyiJchanKchan

Customer experience

Service Browser

Written reviews3 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

APN Assistant 2

All ratings12 ratings
Positive25.0%
Neutral16.7%
Negative58.3%
Written reviews17 reviews
Positive35.3%
Neutral11.8%
Negative52.9%

In-app purchases

None

Service Browser

No in-app purchases

None

APN Assistant 2

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Service Browser free?
Service Browser costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is APN Assistant 2 free?
APN Assistant 2 costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Service Browser or APN Assistant 2 have ads?
Neither Service Browser nor APN Assistant 2 shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Service Browser or APN Assistant 2?
Service Browser ships an update every 3 months, and APN Assistant 2 every 8 months. Most recently, Service Browser was updated on October 18, 2026 and APN Assistant 2 on October 24, 2026.

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