Comparison

Printer Discover vs NetScope

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

About

NetScope

Features
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See what is happening on networks you own or manage with NetScope, a focused toolkit for network diagnostics and device inventory. DISCOVER AND SCAN • Scan IPv4 subnets, individual hosts and supported IPv6 ranges • Check custom TCP and UDP ports or start with practical presets • Use ICMP-assisted discovery and reverse DNS • Inspect service banners, HTTP responses and TLS certificates • Optionally match detected product/version keywords with public NVD records DIAGNOSE • View public IP and local network details • Run ping, traceroute and DNS lookup tools • Discover Bonjour and SSDP services • Use read-only SNMP and Wake-on-LAN tools • Calculate IPv4 subnet ranges BUILD A USEFUL INVENTORY • Save discovered devices as editable assets • Track names, IP and MAC addresses, VLANs, locations, owners, warranties and notes • Compare scans and spot new, missing or changed hosts • Export assets and scan history as CSV, JSON, PDF or XLSX PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your inventory and scan history stay on your device. NetScope contains no advertising, analytics or tracking SDKs. Use scanning features only on systems and networks you own or are authorized to assess. Results are informational and can be affected by firewalls, Wi-Fi isolation and iOS network restrictions. Refined design with interactive speed and scan charts, a live ping latency graph, and selectable risk summaries. Public IPv4 is prominent with IPv6 below. Choose inventory networks from a dropdown.

Screenshots

Printer Discover4 screens
NetScope4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: NetScope at Free against Printer Discover's $2.99. Printer Discover's advantage is device support (4 vs 2) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). On ads and in-app purchases 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

NetScope is free to download; Printer Discover costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Printer Discover versus NetScope: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPrinter DiscoverNetScope
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating1.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCsaba IranyiTHEODOR TIBERIUS STEFAN

In-app purchases

None

Printer Discover

No in-app purchases

None

NetScope

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Printer Discover free?
Printer Discover costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is NetScope free?
NetScope is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Printer Discover or NetScope have ads?
Neither Printer Discover nor NetScope shows ads.

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