PacketCircle
Walter Hofstetter Utilities iPhoneiPadiPod touch
PacketCircle is a free Utilities app for iPhone and iPad by Walter Hofstetter. Requires iOS 17.0. Updated October 14, 2026.
- Price
- Free
- on the App Store
- Size
- 16 MB
- Age 4+
- Updated
- Oct 14
- 2026 · v1.3.1
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About PacketCircle
PacketCircle turns packet captures into a clear picture of who is talking to whom. Instead of scrolling endless packet lists, you see communication pairs as an interactive circle: endpoints on the rim, conversations as edges, colors by protocol or session quality. Ideal when you need to understand a capture quickly — on site, in a meeting, or reviewing a file someone sent you. What you can do • Open PCAP and PCAPNG captures • Explore Top talkers on a circle, table, or gauges view • Filter by protocol and focus on the conversations that matter • Inspect session health, ports/services, and application hints • Jump into a Wireshark-style decode (packet list, protocol tree, hex) • Follow TCP streams and export a conversation as PCAP Built for analysis, not noise PacketCircle is a native iOS app with a shared engine designed for conversation-centric troubleshooting — DNS, HTTP, TLS, SMB, and more when the payload is visible — without requiring Wireshark on your phone. Open a capture. See the circle. Understand the network. Made with love for the packet community.
What’s new
Version 1.3.1 · Updated October 14, 2026
PacketCircle now keeps the interface and the analysis engine apart. The core is rewritten in Rust, and analyzing a capture is about 13× faster. Expert is sharper too. A new scan detector names SYN, service, Christmas-tree, and other scans, including common Nmap patterns. Web sessions that close with a reset after the server has already sent data are no longer treated as errors, and a reset that only refuses a connection is a warning instead of a health-score hit.
App privacy
The developer, Walter Hofstetter, reported these privacy practices to Apple.
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
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| App | Rating | Price | Last updated | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PacketCircle | – | Free | October 14, 2026 | |
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