Comparison

WiFi Security vs Cert Recon

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

WiFi Security

Scan public Wi-Fi networks for security threats like hackers and unauthorized devices. Protect your personal data, passwords, and banking information with detailed security analysis and real-time alerts.

Highlights
  • Free full security scans
  • Detect Man-in-the-Middle attacks
  • Network device discovery
  • SSL & DNS validation
  • One-tap network analysis
  • Real-time security alerts
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Is your Wi-Fi safe? Get a professional security scan in seconds. Every time you connect to public Wi-Fi at a café, hotel, or airport, your personal data is at risk. Hackers use "Man-in-the-Middle" (MITM) attacks to quietly intercept your traffic, steal passwords, and access your bank accounts. WiFi Security & Privacy is your digital shield. Start scanning for threats immediately with FREE full-detail security scans. No trial signup, no accounts, and no hidden tracking. WHY CHOOSE WIFI SECURITY? • FREE Full Security Scans: Instantly reveal if your network is safe or compromised with complete detail. • Detect Hackers (MITM): Identify sophisticated "Man-in-the-Middle" attacks used by cybercriminals to spy on your data. • Network Device Discovery: See every device connected to your Wi-Fi and spot unauthorized intruders. • SSL & DNS Validation: Ensure your connection isn't being redirected to malicious or fake websites. • Privacy-First Design: We never collect your data. No accounts, no tracking, and no logs—ever. KEY FEATURES: • One-Tap Scan: Professional-grade network analysis in a single tap. • Real-Time Alerts: Get notified immediately if your security status changes. • Lightweight & Fast: Optimized to run in seconds without draining your battery. • Glassmorphic UI: A modern, beautiful interface designed for ease of use. PROTECT YOUR SENSITIVE DATA: Your passwords, banking details, and personal messages deserve the highest level of protection. Don’t leave your privacy to luck—verify your connection with the most trusted WiFi scanner. WiFi Security & Privacy — Because your data belongs to you. Terms of Use (EULA) This app uses the Apple Standard End User License Agreement: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Cert Recon

Features
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Cert Recon reads the TLS certificate chain a server presents and explains it in plain language: who issued it, when it expires, which names it covers, and whether this device trusts it. It also answers a question most computers cannot. Your phone holds two independent paths to the internet at once. Cert Recon asks the same host over Wi-Fi and over cellular and compares the answers, because a network that intercepts TLS has to re-sign the connection with its own certificate authority. The cellular path shows you what the certificate should have been. Hotel, airport, conference and corporate guest networks do this routinely. On a device with one path, it still catches the common case: a certificate that this device trusts yet carries no Certificate Transparency timestamps is being vouched for by an authority installed on the device rather than a public one. That is how a filtering proxy works, and Cert Recon names the authority doing it. WHAT YOU GET • The full chain, leaf to root, exactly as the server presented it • Every field: subject, issuer, validity, key type and size, signature algorithm, serial, SANs with their types, key usage, extended key usage, basic constraints, certificate policies, OCSP and CRL URLs, CT timestamps • SHA-256, SHA-1 and public-key (SPKI) fingerprints • Trust evaluated against this device's store, with the reason it failed rather than a red cross • Expiry countdown, weak-key and weak-signature flags, hostname mismatch and self-signed detection • Interception check: Wi-Fi against cellular, issuer sanity, transparency timestamps, captive-portal awareness • Pin a host's key and be told if it changes • History of what you have inspected, one tap to run again • Export the chain as PEM or the finding as a text report • Configurable port and SNI • iPhone and iPad, dark-first PRIVACY Nothing leaves your device. No account, no analytics, no tracking, no third-party frameworks. Hostnames you inspect are not transmitted anywhere. Pinned hosts and history stay on the device. Cert Recon is a certificate inspector: it completes the TLS handshake, reads the certificate, and closes. It sends no request body and no HTTP to the host you name. FREE No in-app purchases, no subscription, no gated features. Part of the 404 Tools Recon suite; hand any host straight to the other Recon apps you have installed.

Screenshots

WiFi Security4 screens
Cert Recon4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Cert Recon at none against WiFi Security's 2. On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. WiFi Security sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Cert Recon asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
WiFi Security versus Cert Recon: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWiFi SecurityCert Recon
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyMonthly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS18.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size14 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperIvan YordanovBrian Reed

In-app purchases

2 purchases

WiFi Security

Subscriptions2
  • WiFi Security&Privacy Monthly3 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • WiFi Security&Privacy Annual7 Days trial$29.991 Year
None

Cert Recon

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is WiFi Security free?
WiFi Security is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Cert Recon free?
Cert Recon is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do WiFi Security or Cert Recon have ads?
Neither WiFi Security nor Cert Recon shows ads.

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