Bolt IoT vs Wi
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Bolt IoT
Easily connect and manage your IoT devices. View data graphs, control actuators, and receive alerts. The app provides an intuitive step-by-step Wi-Fi setup for your devices.
- Connect Bolt IoT devices to WiFi
- Manage and control devices
- View device data graphs
- Receive push notifications for alerts
- Intuitive Wi-Fi setup process
- Control actuators like motors and lights
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Install our Bolt IoT app to easily connect your Bolt IoT devices to a WiFi network and manage your devices. You will be able to view your device data graphs, control your devices, as well as get push notifications when there are alerts triggered! The app guides you step by step with the Wi-Fi setup process in a very intuitive way and the process is complete once the Blue and Green LED on the device is stable. What is Bolt IoT? Bolt IoT is an integrated IoT platform that offers you with a WiFi Chip to connect your actuators and sensors to the Internet. You can configure such a system over the Bolt Cloud to receive, store and visualise the data over graphs. You can also connect actuators such as motors, light bulb and control them over the Internet. We also offer APIs to fetch data and control the devices from any platform. The Bolt APIs work with popular programming languages like Python, PHP etc. You can even run ML algorithms with just a few clicks. Additional Resources: - Start building and managing your IoT products at https://cloud.boltiot.com - Access our forum at https://forum.boltiot.com
Wi
Diagnose your Wi-Fi network and enhance your online security. This tool offers one-tap checks for signal strength, speed, and latency, and helps detect hidden cameras and devices on your network for privacy protection.
- Wi-Fi signal strength check
- Internet speed and latency test
- Discover surrounding cameras
- Find devices on network
- Ping test for connectivity
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The Wi-Fi Toolkit helps you diagnose your network for free. It aims to protect your privacy from being stolen when you use public Wi-Fi. • Check your Wi-Fi signal strength, network security, internet speed, and latency with one tap • Test your internet speed while playing a racing game • Discover surrounding cameras to protect your privacy • Find all devices in the same network • Test your ping to measure your connectivity to target services for a better network experience
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Wi at 3.6 against Bolt IoT's 2.8. Wi also leads on ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (96 vs 4). Bolt IoT's advantage is review sentiment (43% vs 23%). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and device support 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Wi holds the better App Store score, 3.6 against 2.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Wi has 96 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 43% of Bolt IoT's written reviews are positive against 23% of Wi's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Bolt IoT ships an update every 5 weeks, Wi every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Bolt IoT | Wi |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.8 (4 ratings) | 3.6 (96 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 42.9% of reviews — better | 23.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 96 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 16 MB | 72 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Bolt IoT | TP-Link Systems Inc. |
Customer experience
Bolt IoT
Wi
In-app purchases
Bolt IoT
No in-app purchases
Wi
No in-app purchases
