# Walabot DIY — user reviews > 128 indexed App Store user reviews of Walabot DIY by Vayyar Imaging LTD, rated 4.14/5 from 318 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/walabot-diy/id1474817785/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/walabot-diy/id1474817785.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 229 · 4★ 18 · 3★ 10 · 2★ 11 · 1★ 50 ## What do users think of Walabot DIY? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 🚀 Accurate stud and object detection - 👍 Helpful for DIY projects - 🔍 Ability to see inside walls - 💡 Innovative technology - 🎯 Pinpoints stud locations **Cons** - 🐛 Connectivity issues - 🔄 Frequent recalibration required - 🔧 Needs additional accessories for full functionality - 📱 Inconvenient to use with phone **Commonly reported bugs** - App crashes or disconnects frequently - Inaccurate readings or missed objects - Compatibility issues with newer phones **Most requested features** - Integrated display instead of phone app - Improved calibration process - Compatibility with more wall types - Automatic stud detection ## Newest reviews (14 of 128) ### 5/5 — Amazing Product *2024-12-03, version 2.89* Works exactly as advertised. It does pretty much everything I need it to do. I've used it on almost every job before mounting anything. Come across a few items in the wall that had no business being there using this product. Definitely a purchase I am grateful for. Great product!!! ### 5/5 — Better than my other stud finders. *2024-11-21, version 2.86* I didn’t use all the functions because all,I was doing is hanging some shelves for our cats to play on. The clear location of the studs made the minute or two I spent calibrating it worth every circle. It really showed me the exact location. I didn’t try to find any pipes or electrical wires with it but I think it would work for locating them too. ### 5/5 — Great item for any DIYer *2024-11-19, version 2.86* Received as a Christmas gift, was surprised at how easy it was to setup and use. Has definitely solved many issues working within my older home, so much faster and more efficient than any other I have ever had!, ### 5/5 — A *2024-11-19, version 2.86* Great product. Works very well. I recommend it. ### 5/5 — Must have TOOL *2024-11-18, version 2.86* Fortnox ### 5/5 — Never miss a stud again! *2024-11-15, version 2.86* This things magic… you can literally see plumbing, electrical, metal, anything in your walls. This was an awesome gift! ### 5/5 — Very Cool addition to my tool bag *2024-11-14, version 2.86* I received the Walabot as a gift. It was easy to use and takes stud finding (and other hidden items) to the next level. It’s been reliable and a must have when hanging shelves or photos on the wall. ### 5/5 — Amazing Device. *2024-10-30, version 2.81* This device is fantastic!!! Every time I use it, it gives me the exact location of where there is wood in the walls to make a hole or hammer a nail. I am truly very satisfied with this purchase and I recommend it 100%. ### 5/5 — Works Perfectly! *2024-10-30, version 2.81* I’ve used the Walabot for the past two years for various projects and each time it has provided pinpoint accuracy. Great investment. ### 5/5 — Awesome *2024-10-23, version 2.78* Awesome awesome awesome product. Was able to hang a television in record timing found the stud drilled hung no more 10 or 15 nail holes, measuring tapes, quick fast and accurate. ### 5/5 — Worth the buy *2024-09-09, version 2.73* Works great ### 5/5 — TWP *2024-08-03, version 2.71* Excellent product ### 5/5 — Walabot *2024-07-30, version 2.71* Très pratique et facile à utiliser vraiment efficace ### 5/5 — Success *2024-07-01, version 2.70* I was installing an in- line fan for my laser engraver, and needed to cut a 4” hole to vent it outside, 1st time drilling thru a double wall. I just bought a stud finder, however, I wasn’t comfortable to use it, because, close to where I was drilling was my main outside electrical box. So, I bought my Walabot DIY2 for my iPhone, from EBay, found where the stud was at & the electrical wire, drilled hole via the double wall without hitting anything. So, in my opinion, this is a 5 Star product. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Absolute Headachr *2025-12-16, version 4.13* Absolutely has to update the software on the unit but absolutely can not do that making this a 200 dollar paperweight. I can get an equally useless thing for much less next time. ### 1/5 — I couldn’t use it *2025-09-07, version 4.05* 👎🏻👎🏻👎🏻 ### 1/5 — Waste of money *2025-04-11, version 4.01* Will not connect to my iPhone. ### 1/5 — Help me understand *2024-08-10, version 2.71* I am a DIYer I bought my walabot some time ago I am not drilling holes in my walls all the time therefore I use it every so often why do I need to contact customer support or spend another 100 and some dollars at least $160 actually to buy a newer model so every couple of years I need to spend that much money just so that I can use this device? Please help me understand. ### 1/5 — Let me delete app *2024-07-13, version 2.71* I want to delete this app, I am unable to use it. ### 1/5 — Older Walabot on IPhone 15 *2024-06-13, version 2.65* I have an older Walabot and got a new IPhone 15 I downloaded the Walabot app. When I open the app and connect the Walabot it show a screen if you have one of these devices contact tech support. I did and their response was well send you a $50.00 coupon on the purchase of a new Walabot. So why can’t the tech team write an app for the older devices. ### 1/5 — Why the excessive logging in? *2024-05-30, version 2.65* The constant logging in makes this difficult to use on a regular basis ### 1/5 — Doesn’t work *2024-05-21, version 2.61* It usually takes about 3 tries to connect to it. Then it wants to calibrate every single time. I hold it up to the dry wall and can’t usually get through a single circle of calibration before it disconnects. After doing this for 45 minutes it finally calibrated! Then no matter where on the drywall it was moved to it just displays a centered “wood stud”. Can’t believe I wasted $250 bucks on this device. Total garbage. ### 1/5 — Developed by Aliens who have never used a stud finder *2024-04-14, version 2.61* Every time you set the device down for more than a few minutes, it disconnects from the app on your phone, then you have to reconnect it AND recalibrate it… literally every time you want to use it again. Furthermore, the image isn’t even on the device, it’s on the phone app, (which you the reviewer must know by now, unless you are one of the rare few who thoroughly research something before purchase), so the visuals aren’t displayed in alignment with the physical object being measured, making the device irrelevantly distinct from a regular, non-visualized stud finder. Moreover, bluetooth reconnection takes significantly longer than an average Bluetooth device (every time you need to reconnect), and calibration takes like 10 seconds… every single time you pick up the device to use it during a job. Why on earth would anyone ever use this device? Why did someone invent it? It it’s like it was made by someone who has never actually used a stud finder. As though the creator was an alien, who merely theorized about why a human might use a stud finder, and then crafted a device exclusively on the assumption that the only criterium that matters to the human user is to divine the knowledge that a stud exists behind the drywall, and that this knowledge would be greatly enhanced if confirmed by an arbitrary visual representation of that knowledge in a mobile application, since humans use those for everything these days. Why? Why did you make this device and its accompanying app? This question is like the mystery of Atlantis. What happened? Did an alien make this product or was it the result of an early-stage attempt to replace human UX designers with under-developed AI robots? I literally threw this device in the garbage after the first time I used it because of how insufferable it is to use it. A regular stud finder can be picked up and used immediately and gives me the exact same data. The impossibly slowly rendered visual representation on my phone adds no value. I am unsure how this device/app has even one good rating. ### 1/5 — No use *2024-04-13, version 2.61* Useless app unless you buy the expensive gadget that goes with it. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Great tool *2025-12-13, version 4.13* I used to put holes in drywall to find the stud not any more! ### 5/5 — Walabot *2025-12-02, version 4.13* Great tool it has made my home projects extremely easy ### 5/5 — Ultra *2025-09-28, version 4.06* Visión ### 5/5 — Excellent *2025-07-01, version 4.03* Save yourself headaches with this stud finder works really great. ### 5/5 — Love mine! *2025-03-31, version 4.01* Best present I’ve ever got. ### 5/5 — not expecting *2025-02-13, version 2.93* I love this tool. It has helped me not hit water lines nor powerlines inside my walls. And being able to see the edge of the two by fours is extremely helpful. ### 5/5 — A real stud finder *2025-02-11, version 2.93* so far the unit cannot see thru the tub surround , there is likely a 1/2 plywood behind so no worries i went on the other side and found them no problem, drill a 3/6 hole right thru the stud to mount shower handles for old people like me it sees thru drywall with no issues, have used it to mount shelf that were mounted in the drywall and of course fell off because the previous peoples could not see the stud and not to mention the electric wires i am using it everyware i need to find a stud i will be getting some velcro (hook and loop) to mount it to my phone,as not to keen on placing a magnet on phone (using with i phone13) i totally love this unit, the confidence it brings ,i have a few stud finders but was always nervous as some times i hit the side of stud not the middle i have a few more studs to find in an area where the electric wire is stapled to the stud , will see how that looks when it gets a bit warmer ### 5/5 — Best wall scanner in the world *2025-01-16, version 2.90* I have been looking for a wall scanner like this for many years, this product makes stud finding a breeze. Thanks Walabot it’s a pleasure to use. ### 5/5 — Works like a charm *2024-12-11, version 2.89* I like the fact that I can see whatever is behind the walls (electric and plumbing) in addition to the beams. Less chance of mistakes. ### 5/5 — Product Review *2024-12-04, version 2.89* Walabot was very useful. We bought right before coming back home after our full renovation. It helped me dodge some pipes and wires behind the walls, the only concern now is hopefully when I need it again in a few years that it keeps working as well as the first time we bought it. --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-08-10.*