Speaker Discover vs IP Infos
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Speaker Discover
This utility helps you discover detailed information about your AirPlay wireless speakers. It reveals firmware versions, supported protocols, audio formats, Wi-Fi capabilities, and physical connectors. Gain comprehensive insights into your speaker devices.
- Detect AirPlay supported wireless speakers
- Show speaker model, version, and firmware
- Display supported audio formats and quality
- Reveal Wi-Fi capabilities and standards
- Identify physical connectors
- Show host IP, MAC address, and Bonjour info
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Have a set of AirPlay speakers at home? Do you want to know more about your wireless speakers? The Speaker Discover is the best choice for you. It is a small and useful utility that lets you see detailed information about your speaker device from version and firmware informations to supported AirPlay protocols and formats and more. WHAT IS AIRPLAY AirPlay is a proprietary protocol stack developed by Apple Inc. that allows wireless streaming between devices of audio, video, device screens, and photos, together with related metadata. Originally implemented only in Apple's software and devices, it was called AirTunes and used for audio only. AirPlay receiver devices include AirPort Express, Apple TV, and third party speakers such as Libratone, Bose, Yamaha, Philips, Marantz, Bowers & Wilkins, Pioneer, Sony, and Denon. FIND AIRPLAY SUPPORTED WIRELESS SPEAKERS • Detect wireless speakers with Apple AirPlay support on your local home or office Wi-Fi network (included Bluetooth PAN connection). • Detect device vendor, model, type. Common AirPlay devices: • Apple AirPort Express base stations (802.11g [2004] and 802.11n models [2008, 2012]). • Apple TV (2nd [2010], 3rd [2012/13], 4th [2015] generations). • Apple Mac Mini (2006-2017). • Apple iMac (2006-2017). • Apple MacBook (2006-2015). • Apple MacBook Air (2008-2017). • Apple MacBook Pro (2006-2017). • Libratone wireless speakers. • Bose SoundTouch wireless speakers. • Yamaha network AV receivers, pre-amplifiers, players. • Marantz AV receivers, pre-amplifiers, players. SHOW DEVICE INFORMATION • Detect speaker model type, model number, release date, firmware version, service version, and so on. • Detect AirPlay capabilities: • Supported audio formats (codecs). • Supported metadata types (text, artwork, progress). • Supported audio quality (number of channels, sampling rate, bit depth). • Supported transport protocols (UDP, TCP). • Detect AirPlay security features: • Password protection. • Supported encryption types (clear, RSA, FairPlay, stc). • Detect wireless speaker Wi-Fi capabilities: • Detect wireless standards supported by your device (802.11a/b/g/n/ac/ad). • Detect wireless speed-up features (short guard interval, STBC, HT duplicate). • Detect wireless operation frequencies and channels. • Detect available antennas, MIMO config, spatial streams. • Detect wireless security options and modes (WPA standards and EAP modes). • Detect wireless optimization (WMM) and access features (Wi-Fi Direct, Miracast, Voice). • Detect max. physical wireless speeds. • Detect wireless speaker physical connectors: • Analog or digital audio output connectors and quality (SPDIF). • Digital video output connectors and capabilities (HDMI). • USB connectors. HOST INFORMATION • Show IP address, Bonjour and DNS hostnames, PING capability. • Show MAC address, MAC vendor, country, postal address. BONJOUR SERVICE • Show Bonjour service informations: name, type, transport protocol. • Detect further Bonjour services on wireless speaker with detailed informations. 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 informations. • Long press on a cell to copy/print/send/open as/share the cell value. • Shake your device to refresh the informations.
IP Infos
Discover detailed information about any IP address, including its geographic location. Utilize extensions for quick access to your current IP and server details directly from Safari.
- IP address lookup
- Geographic location details
- Today extension for current IP
- Safari Action extension for server info
- Domain name to IP conversion
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Automatically find IP Address from websites or domain name and get all infos on that IP including geographic location. Use the Today extension to view your current external IP and visible location (perfect to verify that your VPN is working). Get infos on any website servers directly from safari with the Action extension.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: IP Infos at 67% against Speaker Discover's 0%. IP Infos also leads on rating (3.0 vs 1.0) and price ($1.99 vs $2.99). Speaker Discover's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 8 months). On ratings volume, 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
Speaker Discover costs $2.99 and IP Infos $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
IP Infos holds the better App Store score, 3.0 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 2 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Speaker Discover's written reviews are positive against 67% of IP Infos's.
Speaker Discover ships an update every 2 months, IP Infos every 8 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Speaker Discover | IP Infos |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | $1.99 — better |
| Rating | 1.0 (3 ratings) | 3.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 8 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 20 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Csaba Iranyi | Mathieu Bolard |
Customer experience
Speaker Discover
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In-app purchases
Speaker Discover
No in-app purchases
IP Infos
No in-app purchases








