Comparison

Speaker Discover vs Trace Pad Pro

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

About

Trace Pad Pro

Features
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Trace Pad Pro provides a simple white screen for tracing, with the option to add a reference image you can resize, rotate, and move using simple on-screen gestures. Includes trace effect, screen brightness control, and screen locking. Image brightness, contrast, and opacity can also be adjusted. New tools: flip images horizontally, overlay a proportional tracing grid (long-press to change grid size), and toggle grayscale for clearer line work.

Screenshots

Speaker Discover4 screens
Trace Pad Pro3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Speaker Discover at every 2 months against Trace Pad Pro's every 6 months. Trace Pad Pro's advantage is price ($0.99 vs $2.99). On ads, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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

Speaker Discover costs $2.99 and Trace Pad Pro $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Speaker Discover ships an update every 2 months, Trace Pad Pro every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on September 26, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Speaker Discover versus Trace Pad Pro: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSpeaker DiscoverTrace Pad Pro
Price$2.99$0.99 — better
Rating1.0 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 6 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better14.0
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCsaba IranyiKanta Kikubo

In-app purchases

None

Speaker Discover

No in-app purchases

None

Trace Pad Pro

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Speaker Discover free?
Speaker Discover costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Trace Pad Pro free?
Trace Pad Pro costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Speaker Discover or Trace Pad Pro have ads?
Neither Speaker Discover nor Trace Pad Pro shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Speaker Discover or Trace Pad Pro?
Speaker Discover ships an update every 2 months, and Trace Pad Pro every 6 months. Most recently, Speaker Discover was updated on September 26, 2026 and Trace Pad Pro on September 30, 2026.

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