Network Analyzer Pro

Review by eFreeware

Network Analyzer Pro is an Android app in the Tools category, made by Jiri Techet, and it gathers a wide set of network diagnostics into one place. It is an all-in-one Wi-Fi and network scanner, with Wi-Fi analysis, LAN device discovery, ping and traceroute, port scanning, DNS and whois lookups, speed testing and service browsing. It costs $3.99, carries no ads and offers no in-app purchases, so what you pay at the store is the whole arrangement.

The reason to consider it is breadth without a desktop. Instead of moving to a laptop and installing separate utilities for each job, you get the same categories of tool on the phone already in your pocket. The app has been on Google Play since February 2016 and was updated in August 2026, with a 4.8 average across more than 19,000 ratings and over 100,000 installs. That history suggests a tool that has been kept in working order rather than left to sit.

Home users first, IT staff close behind

Two audiences stand out. The first is the household user dealing with a specific annoyance: a video call that stutters in one room, a smart speaker that keeps dropping off, or a nagging suspicion that someone else is using the connection. The second is the IT professional or network administrator who needs to check something quickly without opening a laptop, whether that is confirming a device is reachable or finding out which ports answer on a host.

Students and hobbyists learning how networks behave also fit well, because the app exposes the details that textbooks describe. Ping and traceroute show the path traffic takes, with the delay at each hop, and the traceroute can be drawn on a map so the route is visible rather than just a list of addresses. That is a useful teaching aid as much as a diagnostic one.

What ties these groups together is a preference for depth over simplicity. The app assumes you know, or want to learn, what a subnet mask, a BSSID or an MX record is. Anyone who just wants a single button that says whether the internet is working will find far more here than they need.

Wi-Fi analysis in detail

The Wi-Fi side is the part most people will open first. The app shows nearby networks in both graphical and text form, with the channels they occupy and the strength of each signal, so you can see at a glance which channel is crowded and which is comparatively clear. A channel usage graph adds per-channel utilization, which is the practical way to decide whether moving your router to a different channel is likely to help.

It covers the 2.4 GHz, 5 GHz and 6 GHz bands, and reports the security type in use: WEP, WPA, WPA2 or WPA3, along with the encryption method, AES or TKIP. You also get the router's MAC address, the manufacturer behind it, whether WPS is supported, the channel bandwidth, and information elements such as theoretical maximum speeds. That combination tells you not just how strong a signal is but how modern and how well configured the access point is.

For anyone trying to improve a home network, this is the section that earns its keep. Two apartments in the same building can be fighting over the same channel, and seeing the overlap laid out makes the fix obvious. The same view is handy when a router is set to an old security mode and you want confirmation before changing it.

Finding every device on the local network

The LAN scanner detects the devices connected to your network and lists their IP addresses, along with names resolved through NetBIOS, mDNS (Bonjour), LLMNR and DNS where those are available. It also reports IPv6 availability and any IPv6 addresses it finds, and each discovered device can be checked for reachability with a ping test. Filtering and searching keep a long list manageable in an office or a busy home.

Scans can be pointed at custom IP ranges rather than only the local subnet, and the app includes Wake on LAN, including remotely, so a machine that is switched off can be brought back up from the phone. That last feature is the sort of thing that turns a diagnostic app into a small administrative tool.

The practical use is identification. When a device appears in the list that you do not recognize, the address, the resolved name and the manufacturer information give you something concrete to work with. When a printer or a media server has gone silent, a ping test tells you whether the problem is the device or the network.

Ping, traceroute, ports and lookups

Ping and traceroute are handled with more context than the command line usually provides. Each network node along the route is reported with its round-trip delay, IP address and hostname, plus geolocation details such as latitude, longitude, country, city and time zone, the autonomous system number and the network name. A complete traceroute can be visualized on a map, and ping statistics are drawn as a graph that updates in real time. Both IPv4 and IPv6 can be selected.

The port scanner uses an adaptive scanning algorithm and distinguishes closed, firewalled and open ports, with descriptions of the services known to run on the open ones. You can scan common ports, the full range, or a list you define yourself, again over either IPv4 or IPv6. Whois lookups cover domains, IP addresses and AS numbers, and DNS lookup works along the lines of nslookup or dig, with support for A, AAAA, SOA, PTR, MX, CNAME, NS, TXT, SPF and SRV records.

The speed test measures download and upload rates, shows the result as a graph and keeps a history so you can compare runs over time. A network information panel rounds things out with the default gateway, external IP in both versions, DNS server and HTTP proxy settings, geolocation for the external address, Wi-Fi details such as SSID, BSSID, subnet mask and signal strength, and cell network information covering 3G, LTE and 5G, including signal strength, provider and the MCC and MNC codes.

Local service discovery adds a Bonjour browser and a UPnP/DLNA browser, which is how you find printers, media servers and similar devices announcing themselves on the network. Recent updates have added TCP ping, an audible ping, a don't-fragment option for determining MTU, SNMP name resolution in the LAN scanner, support for SVCB and HTTPS DNS records, a DNS +norec flag and a modern RDAP-based whois, along with speed tester reliability fixes and general bug fixes.

What the $3.99 buys

The app is a one-time purchase at $3.99. There are no ads and no in-app purchases, which matters for a tool you might open in the middle of a support call or while standing next to a rack.

Against the free alternatives that dominate this category, that is the trade being made: you pay once and get an uninterrupted tool. There is also a light and dark theme, full IPv6 support throughout, a history of performed tasks with the ability to star favorites, export and sharing by email among other routes, copy and paste support, and detailed help. The help documentation is worth noting for an app with this many screens, since the terminology alone can be a barrier for newcomers.

How it compares with the alternatives

Most people reach for free single-purpose apps: one for Wi-Fi scanning, another for speed tests, a third for ping. That approach costs nothing and keeps each app small, but it spreads results across several places. Network Analyzer Pro replaces that collection with one paid app, which is simpler to work with when you are diagnosing something and want the Wi-Fi view, the device list and a ping result side by side.

The other option is a laptop with dedicated utilities. Those tools go deeper in their individual specialties and are easier to work with on a large screen, but they require carrying the laptop and being at a desk. The app is a reasonable middle ground for the times when the phone is what you have.

There is also the question of scope. Someone who needs only an occasional speed check will find a free speed test sufficient and the rest of this feature set unused. The value here comes from using several of the tools, not one.

A toolkit for people who want the details

The 4.8 average from more than 19,000 ratings, the install count above 100,000 and the steady update history all point to a tool that has been maintained rather than abandoned.

It suits the home user who wants to understand why the Wi-Fi is poor and the IT professional who needs a capable diagnostic set on a phone. It suits students and hobbyists who want to see how traffic actually moves. It is less suited to anyone after a single one-tap check, since the depth is the point.

At $3.99 with no ads and no further purchases, the cost is easy to weigh against what you get. If you regularly troubleshoot networks and would rather not carry a laptop to do it, this is a straightforward recommendation.

What's new in version 5.1

- add TCP ping, audiable ping, and "don't fragment" support for determining MTU - improve NAT64 network support for external IP, ping and traceroute - add DNS +norec flag - add modern RDAP-based whois - add SNMP name resolution in LAN scanner - add support for SVCB/HTTPS DNS records - various speed tester reliability fixes - lots of bug fixes and minor improvements