imilab Home vs ScanNet
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
imilab Home
This application integrates various smart home devices, including cameras and a smart hub, to enhance home security. Users can manage their devices, share access with family members, and anticipate future smart device integrations.
- Integrates cameras and smart hub
- Supports future smart device additions
- Share devices with family
- Home security management
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Imilab Home app combined cameras, smart hub and other smart things which are coming soon. You can also share imilab Home devices with family members. Feel free to contact us at help@imilab.com if you need help.
ScanNet
Discover all devices connected to your network, whether at home or in a specified IP range. Gain insights into each device and its activity, useful for both casual users and IT professionals. Features include port checking, multiple scan modes, and advanced search capabilities.
- Find all network hosts
- Check open ports during scan
- Multiple scan modes (ARP, ICMP, UDP, DNS)
- Advanced host search
- Save and open device lists
- Includes ping, traceroute, port scanner
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App will find all hosts in your home network or in selected IP range. It can be used not only to know who are using your WiFi and learn more about every device, but also for solving professional tasks. By installing ScanNet - Network Scanner on your device, you get a handy and easy-to-use network scanner that does not require special knowledge when working in the default mode. Following functions and capabilities of the application will be useful for administrators and IT specialists: 1) The ability to check ports right during the search for hosts. Filtering by open ports allows you to quickly find the server you need on your network. 2) IP scanner supports 4 scan modes - arp read, icmp ping, udp ping, dns request. The ability to manually set a DNS server significantly expands the functionality of scanning private networks. 3) A wide range of settings allows you to manually set both the scanning mode and the used methods of name resolution - currently supported by DNS, mDNS, netbios. 4) Advanced search in the list of found hosts - you can search both by all available information, and by address, name, open ports. 5) Personalization - the ability to change the picture and the hostname displayed in the interface. This function requires binding to the WiFi network name for the best performance. In order for the application to get the network name, access to the location will be requested. 6) The function of saving a list of found devices and opening it for study later. 7) The program includes network utilities familiar to every administrator - ping, tracerout, port scanner. Premium access allows you to access them directly from the device information screen. In the free version, all utilities are available for calling from the application menu.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: ScanNet at 4.7 against imilab Home's 3.0. ScanNet also leads on ratings volume (358 vs 21) and review sentiment (79% vs 65%). imilab Home's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. imilab Home sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and ScanNet sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
ScanNet holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ScanNet has 358 ratings behind it against 21, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 65% of imilab Home's written reviews are positive against 79% of ScanNet's.
imilab Home ships an update every 6 weeks, ScanNet every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | imilab Home | ScanNet |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (21 ratings) | 4.7 (358 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 65.4% of reviews | 78.6% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 21 | 358 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 12.4 — better | 17.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 123 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Shanghai Imlab Technology Co., Ltd. | Oleg Gutlyanskiy |
Customer experience
imilab Home
ScanNet
In-app purchases
imilab Home
- 7-day movement videos$1.99
- 7-day Overwriting Plan$1.99
- 30-day Overwriting Plan$3.99
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- 30-day movement videos$4.99
- 7-day continuous videos$5.99
- 7-day movement videos$9.99
- 7-day movement videos$12.99
- 7-day Overwriting Plan$19.99
- 30-day Overwriting Plan$39.99
- 30-day movement videos$49.99
ScanNet
- Premium features$3.99









