Useless
Totally useless. Wouldn’t even find the Wi-Fi in my house. Don’t waste your time.
I hope this makes a comback
works well for figuring out the networks around you SSID and help pick channels to use. whats intersting though it scans WiFi with no data turned on the device. What does that tell ya. Yup.
Even in 2024 this thing is great
Here in 2024 reviewing the Apple airport and this app.
It’s so good. It’s easy to set up and dramatically increased my Wi-Fi speed.
It’s so good. It’s easy to set up and dramatically increased my Wi-Fi speed.
Reliably measure WiFi signal strength
It still works for me on iOS 17.1.1. But it remains the only iOS way to do a WiFi survey. Really great for channel planning and access point positioning.
works great!
went looking for a utility to view raw wifi signal strength -- theres a bunch of shovelware on the app store that claims to, but this is an official utility from Apple and has some special permission from the OS that gives it low level access. Once you turn on "wifi scanning" in the app store settings you can just hit "Scan wi-fi" and it works perfect.
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2023 test.
It actually works great. Since there isn’t instructions I think most people just give up without reading some important information that I found posted in these reviews. After installing the app you need to turn on the wifi scanner that is off by default. You can only do this by going to your device settings application, scrolling down to the Airport Utility app then turning on the wifi scanner. Now launch the app and do a scan from the top right corner text link. Now play around for a bit. You will see your wifi network name and probably neighbours if you scroll way down. Now just check it out. Do scans from different rooms and compare the dbm signal info. Enjoy!
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Needs update! Only RSSI app around!
This is about the only app on the apple app store that has a true wifi spectrum analyzer and tells you the RSSI of your wifi connection which is very important information.
It really needs an update since some buttons in the corners can be used on newer iPhones since they are mostly off screen.
The app crashes occasionally
The wifi scan information is really limited, it could really use displaying the same image as macOS does: (channel, rssi, noise, SDR Rating, phy mode, ect)
Lastly, it would be nice if there was options to group search results by same channel so it’s easier to see how many ppl around you are using the same channel and also sums up which channels are being used instead of this very long unorganized list of results.
It really needs an update since some buttons in the corners can be used on newer iPhones since they are mostly off screen.
The app crashes occasionally
The wifi scan information is really limited, it could really use displaying the same image as macOS does: (channel, rssi, noise, SDR Rating, phy mode, ect)
Lastly, it would be nice if there was options to group search results by same channel so it’s easier to see how many ppl around you are using the same channel and also sums up which channels are being used instead of this very long unorganized list of results.
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A total POS
Doesn’t do a thing - doesn’t move past home page.
Apple should be embarrassed at this POS!!
Apple should be embarrassed at this POS!!
Gonna miss it when I have to replace my 6th gens
Apple Airport wifi was by far the easiest to set up with multiple base stations.
Still enough to saturate my internet connection so I keep using them until they stop getting firmware updates.
Still enough to saturate my internet connection so I keep using them until they stop getting firmware updates.
The only wifi scanner allowed on the App Store
Since apple removed all wifi scanners from the App Store except their own, this is the only one available to use. Minimal interface, but it does the job perfectly!
