Volume Remote vs WiFi Heat Map & Analyzer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Volume Remote
Control your Mac's volume and put it to sleep remotely over your wireless network. Ideal for enjoying media or managing your computer from another room. Offers optional password protection for added security.
- Remote Mac volume control
- Remote Mac sleep function
- Wireless network operation
- Multi-device support
- Optional password protection
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Provides remote control of the volume of your Mac computer. You mute the sound. You can also remotely put your computer to sleep. Great when listening to music or watching a movie on your computer. The Volume Remote app can be used from any room in your house, or the convenience of your arm chair. The app uses your wireless network so it doesn't suffer the drawbacks of infra-red controllers. Features • Remotely control your computer's volume • Remotely sleep your computer • Works from multiple iOS devices at the same time • Optional password protection, to stop the kids taking over. (Set the password in the server software). Requires • A MacOS computer with system software OS-X 10.10 or later installed • An iPhone or iPad with the Volume Remote software installed • Installation of free server software on the Mac Free server software can be obtained from https://www.jazzmedia.com.au/volume/ If you have a feature request or bug to report, please use the support link instead of leaving a comment. In this way we can better communication with you to resolve any issue. Thank you.
WiFi Heat Map & Analyzer
Visualize your local network in 3D and 2D, analyze its performance, and discover connected devices. It offers tools to scan ports, identify services, and measure network latency and throughput.
- 3D animated network view
- Network analyzer tools
- Wireless network heatmap
- Device discovery
- Open TCP port scanning
- mDNS/Bonjour service discovery
- Latency and throughput measurement
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Find your home WiFi dead zones in under 10 minutes, using nothing but your iPhone. Walk from room to room, tap to measure, and watch a color map of your actual WiFi performance build itself — speed and latency, where you really live. No subscription. No ads. No account. One purchase, yours forever. WHAT YOU CAN ACTUALLY FIND OUT - Which rooms are slow, and how slow, in numbers you can act on - Whether the problem is your WiFi or your internet connection - Where to put a mesh node, an extender or the router itself - Which of the devices on your network is eating your bandwidth - What every IoT device on your network is broadcasting about itself HOW IT WORKS 1. Pick one of the ready-made floor plans, or use a photo of your own plan 2. Walk to a spot, tap once — the app measures throughput and latency there 3. Repeat for each room. The heat map builds as you go 4. Save the finished map to your photos, to compare after you move the router Step-by-step mode does the setup for you: no target to choose, no protocol to configure, no documentation to read. The advanced interface is still there when you want full control. NO EXTRA HARDWARE. NO SUBSCRIPTION. Professional WiFi surveys need an Ekahau Sidekick or a WLAN Pi. This app needs your iPhone. And unlike almost every other WiFi analyzer on the App Store, there is no weekly plan, no annual plan, and no ads — you buy it once. ALSO A COMPLETE NETWORK TOOLKIT - Scan every device on your LAN, with vendor, IP address and open ports - Discover every mDNS/Bonjour service: HomePod, Apple TV, printers, IoT - Ping and latency to local devices and to any internet host - Throughput measurement against another device running this app, any TCP CHARGEN/DISCARD server, or the internet - Run a TCP CHARGEN or DISCARD service on your own device - 3D animated view of your local network topology FULL SNMP CLIENT INCLUDED Query any SNMP agent on your routers, switches, access points and printers. SNMP v1, v2c and v3, with noAuthNoPriv, authNoPriv and authPriv, MD5 and SHA1 authentication, DES and AES privacy. 64 standard MIBs are bundled, so object identifiers are resolved to readable names offline — no server, no subscription, nothing to configure beyond the agent address and credentials. FOR HOMES AND FOR PROFESSIONALS Built by a network engineer. Simple enough to diagnose your apartment on a Sunday afternoon, precise enough that telecom professionals use it on the job. BEFORE YOU BUY — WHAT THIS APP DOES NOT DO Apple does not let any third-party iOS app read WiFi signal strength or scan neighboring networks, and no App Store app can do it — this is why professional tools need external hardware. This app maps what it can measure at the spot where you are standing: real throughput and latency. That is what a home heat map needs. It measures the network you are connected to, one heat map at a time.
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Verdict
Volume Remote and WiFi Heat Map & Analyzer both sit at 4.0 stars, but that hides the real split: 71% of Volume Remote's written reviews are positive against 33% of WiFi Heat Map & Analyzer's. Volume Remote also leads on price ($0.99 vs $3.99). WiFi Heat Map & Analyzer's advantage is iOS requirement (16.6 vs 18.6). On rating, ratings volume, update cadence and ads there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Volume Remote costs $0.99 and WiFi Heat Map & Analyzer $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.0 for Volume Remote against 4.0 for WiFi Heat Map & Analyzer. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 14 and 28 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 71% of Volume Remote's written reviews are positive against 33% of WiFi Heat Map & Analyzer's.
Volume Remote ships an update every 2 months, WiFi Heat Map & Analyzer every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Volume Remote | WiFi Heat Map & Analyzer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 — better | $3.99 |
| Rating | 4.0 (14 ratings) — better | 4.0 (28 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 71.4% of reviews — better | 33.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 14 | 28 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.6 | 16.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 93 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jazz Media Pty Ltd | Alexandre Fenyo |
Customer experience
Volume Remote
WiFi Heat Map & Analyzer
In-app purchases
Volume Remote
No in-app purchases
WiFi Heat Map & Analyzer
No in-app purchases
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