PingPlotter vs Best NetTools
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PingPlotter
Diagnose and resolve network issues with advanced graphing and alerting tools. Visualize latency and packet loss over time to quickly identify performance bottlenecks and receive audio notifications when problems arise.
- Graphical traceroute and ping
- Latency and packet loss graphing
- Timeline performance visualization
- Audio-based network alerts
- Report generation for hops
- Customizable tracing intervals
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Be the hero - network troubleshooting powers for mortals Get notified about network problems the moment they occur and find culprits quickly with PingPlotter's graphing and alert system. Our best in class graphical traceroute and ping tools go wherever your network needs you. With a desktop and mobile version at your disposal, you can pinpoint network problems anywhere, anytime. For instant vision into network performance, simply enter a target address and PingPlotter will begin graphing latency and packet loss. The multi-dimensional output is displayed on two graphs - a trace graph that plots current measurements for all participating routers and a timeline graph that shows individual router performance over time. Audio based monitoring keeps hands and eyes free for other activities while playing sounds that inform ears about network performance. A monitoring system especially useful during visually demanding, network dependent, activities like online gaming. While PingPlotter Mobile is streaming background audio, players can keep their eyes on the game, hear when network performance deteriorates, and take cover before lag negatively effects their experience. FREE - Graph latency and packet loss - Scroll through performance timelines - Zoom in on interesting periods - Generate reports for individual hops - Save and send collected data - Customize tracing intervals, packet options, and graph ranges - Ping any website with IPv4 or IPv6 protocol UPGRADE (in-app purchase) - Unlimited length timelines - Graph intermediate hop history - Audio alerting system - Keep screen on while tracing - Load data collected by mobile or desktop versions
Best NetTools
This utility app provides a suite of network tools for information searching, traceroute, ping, WHOIS, and DNS lookups. It's designed for network operators, website owners, and programmers seeking a fast and convenient assistant.
- Network information searching
- Traceroute
- Ping
- WHOIS lookup
- DNS dig
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Best NetTools is a toolkit that have many network utilities. Includes network information searching, traceroute, ping, whois, dig and other services. It is the popular used toolkit for network operators, websit owners, programmers and so on. It's a fast, simple, convenient assistant. Free users have a limit number of queries, please contact us for commercial license.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Best NetTools at none against PingPlotter's 1. Best NetTools also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 8 months). PingPlotter's advantage is review sentiment (55% vs 33%) and ratings volume (36 vs 6). On price, rating, ads 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
Both are free to download. PingPlotter sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Best NetTools asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 3.4 for PingPlotter against 3.5 for Best NetTools. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PingPlotter has 36 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 55% of PingPlotter's written reviews are positive against 33% of Best NetTools's.
PingPlotter ships an update every 8 months, Best NetTools every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PingPlotter | Best NetTools |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.4 (36 ratings) | 3.5 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 55.1% of reviews — better | 33.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 36 — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 8 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 62 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Pingman Tools LLC | Beijing Tiantexin Technology Co., Ltd. |
Customer experience
PingPlotter
Best NetTools
In-app purchases
PingPlotter
- PingPlotter Standard$8.99
Best NetTools
No in-app purchases
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