Comparison

Slide Design vs ThreadMapper

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

Head to head
About

Slide Design

Control and customize your designer lighting with this app. It offers advanced features like Bluetooth Mesh technology for managing multiple lights at a distance and creating ambient moods for various settings.

Highlights
  • Bluetooth Mesh control
  • Remote lighting management
  • Ambient mood creation
  • Professional quality lighting
  • LED bulb control
  • Accessory integration
Features
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Que vous souhaitiez une lumière douce pour vos nuits, un balisage de jardin ambiancé, une décoration de piscine épurée ou une mise en scène de vos plus beaux événements, vous exigez le meilleur. SLIDE DESIGN conçoit des luminaires design, d’usage simple et de qualité professionnelle, pour que vous n’ayez qu’un seul choix à faire : celui de l’émotion. En 2017, nous vous proposons de remplacer votre télécommande par une application mobile, disponible sur iPhone et iPad. La technologie du Bluetooth Mesh vous permet non seulement de contrôler un large nombre de luminaires à grande distance, mais vous offre également une toute nouvelle gamme de fonctions - une véritable première ! Nous restons fidèles à notre philosophie : libérer la lumière des fils avec un éclairage maîtrisé, des ampoules à LED durables. Et pour que la lumière prenne corps, nous vous dévoilons des nouveaux designs et des accessoires malins qui vous suivront au gré de vos envies.

About

ThreadMapper

Visualize and diagnose your Thread smart home network. Understand device status, battery levels, and network health with clear grades and historical data. Offers advanced AI insights and AR mapping for detailed troubleshooting.

Highlights
  • Network health at a glance with A-F grade
  • Device status and battery levels
  • Mesh map visualization
  • Offline alerts with quiet respect
  • Device history and uptime tracking
  • AI Insights and troubleshooter
  • AR room mapping
Features
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ThreadMapper shows what your Thread smart home says about itself. Most Thread devices are invisible. They just work, until they don't, and there's no way to tell which one dropped, which border routers you really have, or whether a quiet sensor is asleep or gone. WHAT YOU GET • Network health at a glance: an A–F grade with a clear score, and the specific issues pulling it down • Better than yesterday? A line under the grade saying whether today is up or down on yesterday, and which rule moved it • Every battery in one list, emptiest first, with the room • Your Thread devices, apart from the rest: the ones that say they are on Thread, and every other accessory labelled for what it is, behind a bridge or not yet known • Mesh map: your Thread devices by room, and the links they report • Offline alerts that respect quiet: a sleepy sensor gets two hours before it is called offline, and devices that go quiet together are one event • Device history: uptime, reboots and firmware changes • Apple Watch app: your grade on your wrist • Home-screen widget and Live Activity for at-a-glance status HONEST ABOUT ITS DATA ThreadMapper shows only what a device or the network states. A device is Thread when it says so. A border router is one the network proves. A line on the map is a link a device reported. iOS doesn't expose radio signal strength for Thread accessories, so there is no signal figure: a device's page shows how quickly it answered, in milliseconds. The battery level is what each accessory reports about itself. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account. No analytics. No tracking. Everything stays on your iPhone, and the AI features run on device. Your network data is never uploaded. THREADMAPPER PRO: a one-time purchase, not a subscription • AI Insights, Network Assistant and a troubleshooter that reads this device's history, on device with Apple Intelligence • What the radios say: why a device rebooted, how often it changed parent router, how often a battery device wakes, and how many apps and households can still control it • AR room mapping and X-Ray: scan rooms into a floor plan, place each device where it really is, and see the links your devices report drawn through your real home • Your year on one card, your mesh as a twenty-second film, and as an A2 poster a print shop will take • A year of daily grades on one calendar, no Apple Intelligence needed, a month of history, weekly reports, and when your home is at its worst • Export every health sample, daily grade and battery reading as CSV or JSON, and import them on a new iPhone • Jobs and evidence sheets: a page for a client showing what a visit changed, and a page per device for a warranty claim • Device groups, multiple homes, scheduled reports and a pinned-devices widget REQUIREMENTS ThreadMapper reads your network through HomeKit, so you'll need a home with at least one Thread border router, such as a HomePod mini or an Apple TV 4K. Border routers are found through Local Network access. AI features need iOS 26 and an Apple Intelligence-capable device. Room scanning needs a Pro-model iPhone with a LiDAR scanner. Want to look around first? Turn on Demo Mode to explore the whole app with a simulated network, no hardware needed.

Screenshots

Slide Design3 screens
ThreadMapper4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Slide Design at none against ThreadMapper's 1. Slide Design also leads on iOS requirement (11.0 vs 17.0). ThreadMapper's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 10 months). On price, review sentiment, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. ThreadMapper sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Slide Design asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Slide Design ships an update every 10 months, ThreadMapper every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Slide Design versus ThreadMapper: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSlide DesignThreadMapper
PriceFreeFree
Rating—3.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequencyEvery 10 monthsEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS11.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size69 MB36 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSmart & GreenTintin Razavian

Customer experience

Slide Design

Written reviews2 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

ThreadMapper

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

None

Slide Design

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

ThreadMapper

One-time1
  • PRO Lifetime$14.99

Questions

Is Slide Design free?
Slide Design is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is ThreadMapper free?
ThreadMapper is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Slide Design or ThreadMapper have ads?
Neither Slide Design nor ThreadMapper shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Slide Design or ThreadMapper?
Slide Design ships an update every 10 months, and ThreadMapper every 4 days. Most recently, Slide Design was updated on September 21, 2026 and ThreadMapper on September 30, 2026.

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