Smart Home Life: Tested

NEW: The measured Thread map Every Thread app guesses. This one asks. Smart Home Life now reads the routing tables your Thread devices keep and draws the real thing: which router each device talks through, shown with your device names and real product photos instead of anonymous hex codes. A ranked list of routers with their devices beneath them, plus a zoomable map grouped by network. Free, on iOS 18 and later. NEW: Mesh Health, a verdict instead of a graph The app tracks how often each device loses its place in the mesh and says it plainly: Settled, Restless, or Struggling, with the fix spelled out ("Move it closer to the Kitchen HomePod or add a router between them"). Struggling devices surface right in Home Health as hanging on by a thread, and a daily background check keeps the verdict fresh. Part of Network Intelligence. NEW: Split network detection Many smart home hubs quietly start their own separate Thread network instead of joining the one you already have, and devices on different networks cannot route for each other. The app now names every Thread network it finds and warns you when your home is split. Free. NEW: Every link, with receipts Tap any connection for its measured strength in dBm, its quality rating, and how often the device switched routers, since restart and week over week. Weak links draw dashed red so they stand out. Part of Network Intelligence. IMPROVED: Thread tools Pull down to rescan any time, share the whole map as an image or a PDF, and the map opens fitted to your screen and scrolls like a page. FIXED Guide rewards reliably open your unlocked guides. Distances and prices now follow your region settings, the app is about 20 MB lighter, and dozens of small fixes from a full app audit ride along, including faster, hang-proof mesh scans.