Privacy Policy

Last updated: 15 October 2026

This policy explains what data the NetInspector app (“NetInspector”, “the app”) records, how it is used, and your choices. NetInspector is published by TraLand.com (“we”, “us”). If you have any questions, contact us at support@traland.com.

What the app does

NetInspector scans the local network you ask it to scan and shows you the devices on it: their names, IP addresses, hardware (MAC) addresses, manufacturers, and open ports. It keeps a history of past scans so you can see when a device joined, left, or changed IP address.

What is stored, and where

To provide scan history and change tracking, NetInspector stores the following on your Mac only, inside the app’s own sandboxed storage:

• IP addresses, hostnames, Bonjour names, and hardware (MAC) addresses of devices discovered on the networks you scan;
• the manufacturer associated with each hardware address (looked up from a vendor database bundled inside the app — no network request is made for this);
• open TCP ports observed on each device;
• round-trip response times;
• the date and time of each scan and of each detected change;
• any custom device names or notes you enter yourself;
• for the rating request (see below), how many scans you started that found devices, the last three days you scanned, and the app version it last asked about.

This information never leaves your device. It is not uploaded to any server, is not accessible to the developer, and is not shared with any third party.

Network access

NetInspector uses your Mac’s Local Network access to discover devices. To do this it sends ICMP echo requests (“pings”), probes common TCP ports, performs reverse-DNS lookups, and browses Bonjour services, only on the address ranges you choose to scan. These are ordinary local-network operations directed at devices on your own network. Separately, DNS Lookup, Resolver Benchmark and Check my network send DNS queries, only when you press them, to your own DNS server or to servers you choose. NetInspector never contacts the developer, and it transmits none of your data off your device.

macOS will ask for your permission before NetInspector can access the local network. You can review or revoke this at any time in System Settings › Privacy & Security › Local Network.

Check my network

Check my network tests the connection between your device and your router, and only when you press one of its buttons. Before it starts, it tells you what it will send:

• Pings to your router only, once a second for about 30 seconds.
• 12 lookups of common names (such as apple.com), through the DNS server your device already uses. NetInspector never picks a server for them. Like any lookup, your DNS server may pass them on to the internet; they contain only those common names, nothing about you.
• On a Mac on Wi-Fi, it reads your Wi-Fi signal and runs one Wi-Fi scan, as the Wi-Fi view does. The scan runs only if you have already answered the Location question; the check never asks for any permission itself.
• Devices come from your last scan. The check starts no scan.

The results are kept in memory while the check’s window is open and discarded when it closes. Nothing is saved. Copy summary puts a text summary on your clipboard only when you press it. It can include the addresses and names of devices it mentions, as an export does, but never Wi-Fi network names or their hardware identifiers.

Wi-Fi networks and Location permission (NetInspector for Mac)

NetInspector for Mac can show the Wi-Fi networks around your Mac: their names, signal strength, channel and security. macOS treats the names and hardware identifiers (BSSIDs) of nearby Wi-Fi networks as location information, so it shares them only with apps you have allowed to use Location Services. NetInspector therefore asks for Location permission — only when you open its Wi-Fi view, never at launch.

• NetInspector never reads your location. It does not request your position or location updates; it uses the permission only so that macOS includes network names in its Wi-Fi scan results. Because macOS counts Wi-Fi names as location information, System Settings may show NetInspector as having used Location Services while its Wi-Fi view is open.
• Wi-Fi results are not saved. The networks around you are kept in memory while the Wi-Fi view, or Check my network, is open and discarded when it closes. They are never written to disk, exported, or sent anywhere.
• Marked spots and the connection log (optional, in the Signal view) describe only your own Wi-Fi connection, are kept only until you close the window, and are never saved.
• You can decline or revoke it at any time in System Settings › Privacy & Security › Location Services. Without it, network names are hidden and the Wi-Fi radar is not shown; signal strength and channels still work.

NetInspector for iPhone and iPad does not include this feature and does not ask for Location permission.

Ratings

After you have started several scans that found devices, on different days, NetInspector may ask Apple’s standard rating prompt to appear, at most once per app version and never at launch. Apple decides whether it is shown. NetInspector keeps only the small count described above, on your device, to decide when to ask; it receives nothing about whether or how you rate it.

No tracking, no analytics, no ads

NetInspector contains no analytics, crash-reporting, advertising, or tracking technologies of any kind, and no third-party code that would collect data. We do not build a profile of you and do not track you across apps or websites.

Data retention and deletion

All data lives on your Mac and is under your control:

• Use the app’s history controls to delete individual scans or clear history.
• Removing a device’s record removes it from the app.
• Deleting the NetInspector app removes all of its stored data from your Mac.

Because we never receive your data, there is nothing for us to retain or delete on your behalf.

Children’s privacy

NetInspector is a general-audience utility and is not directed at children. It collects no personal information from anyone, including children.

Changes to this policy

If this policy changes, we will update it here and revise the “Last updated” date above. Material changes will be reflected in a future app update.

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