Faraday Edge vs Listening Device Detector
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Faraday Edge
This cloud-based network management tool simplifies guest and employee network administration for organizations. It offers features like captive portal design, role management, and access control without requiring technical expertise. The app also includes a smart networking assistant for conversational management.
- Guest and employee network access
- Captive portal design
- Role management (duration, quota, bandwidth)
- Access control list
- Access point & switch provisioning
- Monitoring
- Smart networking assistant
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Faraday Edge is an all-in-one powerful cloud-based network management product making it very easy to manage guest and employee networks for end users without any technical background at all. Built on Aruba Central, with the added values like the guest & employee network access, captive portal design, role management (duration, quota, bandwidth limitations), access control list, access point & switch provisioning, and monitoring, Edge provides a complete solution to the essential needs of organizations such as retails, stadiums, hospitals, banks, schools, etc. Additionally, experience the conversational level network management with smart networking assistant. Independent of how many locations are being managed, Edge will make it easy for you!
Listening Device Detector
This app scans your surroundings for devices that can listen to you, checking Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and magnetic fields. It identifies and explains potential listening devices like smart speakers and cameras, offering a guided physical sweep for areas your phone can't see.
- Network sweep for smart speakers and voice assistants
- Detects IP cameras and baby monitors
- Identifies Bluetooth audio devices
- Provides device classification and explanation
- Guided physical room sweep
- Lists limitations of phone-based detection
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LD sweeps the room you are in and answers one question: what here can hear you? It checks the Wi-Fi network you are on, the Bluetooth around you, and the magnetic field, then gives you a report. Every device is named, classified and explained — not a needle on a dial you have to interpret. Everything runs on your phone. No account, no sign-up, nothing uploaded. WHAT A SWEEP FINDS Smart speakers and voice assistants. Echo, Nest, HomePod and the rest announce themselves on the network, and LD tells you which ones listen for a wake word. IP cameras and baby monitors. Anything streaming over RTSP or ONVIF is visible, and nearly all carry a microphone next to the lens. Bluetooth audio devices. Headsets, speakers and earbuds broadcasting nearby, including ones you never paired. Everything else on the network. Printers, computers and file shares are listed too, so every device is accounted for. EVERY FINDING EXPLAINS ITSELF Tap any device and LD shows what it actually broadcast, why that led to the conclusion, and what to do about it. A verdict you cannot check is not worth much. THE GUIDED ROOM SWEEP The devices a phone cannot see have to be found by looking, in the right places, in order. LD includes a step-by-step physical sweep: smoke detectors and ceiling fittings, anything with a plug, air vents, mirrors, the bedside area, the bathroom. WHAT NO APP CAN FIND, INCLUDING THIS ONE Read this before you trust a clean result. A covert bug transmitting on its own radio frequency sends on a band an iPhone has no receiver for. It is invisible to this app and to every other app - those are found with a dedicated RF detector, not a phone. A bug with a SIM card reports over the mobile network and broadcasts nothing. A recorder that only stores audio transmits nothing at all. A wired microphone is electrically silent from outside. Anything switched off is not there to be found. LD does not detect hidden cameras by their lens or infrared - that is a different technique. It finds cameras only when they are on the network. So a clean sweep means exactly one thing: nothing with a microphone answered on this network or over Bluetooth. It is not proof a room is clear, which is why the guided physical sweep exists. WHAT YOU GET FREE - Full sweep across network, Bluetooth and magnetic checks - The findings report, with every device named and classified - Device detail showing the evidence behind each conclusion - The hotel room guided sweep - The complete, honest list of what a phone cannot detect WHAT PRO ADDS - Guided sweeps for cars, offices and rental homes - History, so you can spot a device that was not there last time - Magnetic locator with a live proximity meter - Export a sweep report as CSV IF YOU THINK YOU ARE BEING MONITORED Contact the police. If you find a device, photograph it where it sits rather than handling it, and report it. In a rental, tell the platform too - an undisclosed indoor camera breaks most of their rules. LD is a tool for checking a room, not a substitute for the authorities. PRIVACY Sweeps stay on your device. No account, no analytics, nothing uploaded. LD reads what devices broadcast about themselves — it never connects to them, logs in, or sends them anything. SUBSCRIPTION LD Pro is available as a weekly subscription at $3.99 with a 3-day free trial, or a yearly subscription at $17.99. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage and cancel your subscription in your App Store account settings after purchase. Any unused portion of a free trial is forfeited when you buy a subscription. Privacy Policy: https://leomarston.github.io/manycode-legal/privacy.html Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Faraday Edge at none against Listening Device Detector's 2. Faraday Edge also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.8) and device support (4 vs 1). Listening Device Detector's advantage is ratings volume (4 vs 1). On price 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
Both are free to download. Listening Device Detector sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days. Faraday Edge asks for nothing beyond the download.
Faraday Edge holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 4 respectively.
| Parameter | Faraday Edge | Listening Device Detector |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.8 (4 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 4 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 69 MB | 13 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Faraday Networks Inc. | Emine Saridogan |
In-app purchases
Faraday Edge
No in-app purchases
Listening Device Detector
- Weekly3 Days trial$3.997 Days
- Yearly$17.991 Year
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