PacketCircle
Look at packets from the sofa
Only for iPhone
Free · Designed for iPhone. Not verified for macOS.
iPhone
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.
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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.
The developer, Walter Hofstetter, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
Accessibility
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Information
- Provider
- Walter Hofstetter
- Size
- 16.4 MB
- Category
- Utilities
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 17.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 14.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2026 Walter Hofstetter