OpenRoaming vs WLAN Pros Toolbox
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
OpenRoaming
This app enables free, seamless, and secure Wi-Fi access using your Google or Apple ID. Once activated, your device automatically connects to supported Wi-Fi networks globally without further action.
- Free Wi-Fi access
- Seamless connection
- Secure Wi-Fi
- Google/Apple ID login
- Automatic network attachment
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The OpenRoaming App configures your device with Free, Seamless and Secure Wi-Fi using your Google or Apple ID. This service can be leveraged in many Wi-Fi networks around the world. After activating the service on your device through the app, there is nothing more for you to do, your device will automatically attach to Wi-Fi where supported. Support: openroaming-app@external.cisco.com
WLAN Pros Toolbox
This app provides over 120 tools for Wi-Fi and network professionals, including calculators for RF math and live diagnostics for network analysis. It also offers quick reference tables and educational resources for field use.
- RF and signal math calculators
- Live network diagnostics
- Quick reference tables
- Network CLI commands
- Wi-Fi specific information
- Connection troubleshooting helper
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WLAN Pros Toolbox is a free field companion for Wi-Fi and network professionals. No account. No ads. No tracking. Built by Wireless LAN Professionals. If you design, install, or troubleshoot Wi-Fi and networks for a living, this is the calculator and reference set you carry in your pocket, plus the live diagnostics you reach for on site. More than 120 tools, organized so you find the one you need fast. The reference tables and calculators work offline once the app is installed. The active diagnostics need a network connection to do their job. The app shows the tools each platform supports, and on iPhone and iPad some live Wi-Fi details use a companion Apple Shortcut you install once. CALCULATORS RF and signal math without the spreadsheet: - dBm / Watt converter - Free Space Path Loss (FSPL) - EIRP, Fresnel zone, link budget, fade margin - Cable loss, noise floor, RF attenuation by material - Antenna downtilt and downtilt coverage - ITU rain fade, earth curvature - GPS: lat/long conversion, distance and bearing, midpoint, final point - Wavelength, metric conversion, hex / ASCII / binary - PoE budget, throughput by MCS, capacity planning, point-to-point link check LIVE DIAGNOSTICS The active tools for the field: - Interface information: local IPs, gateway, DNS, link details - Ping (ICMP and TCP), ping sweep, traceroute - DNS lookup over DNS-over-HTTPS (A, AAAA, MX, TXT, NS, SOA, PTR, SRV, CAA, SPF) - WHOIS, BGP / ASN lookup, IP geolocation - Port scan, SSL/TLS certificate inspection, HTTP header inspection - Network discovery, ARP/NDP neighbor lookup, MAC vendor OUI lookup - Wake-on-LAN, packet sender - Network quality: latency, jitter, loss, throughput, and reachability checks - Wi-Fi information: live link details for the connected network CHECK MY CONNECTION A plain-language helper that answers one question for anyone, not just pros: is it your Wi-Fi or your internet? Start here when someone hands you a slow connection and wants an answer. QUICK REFERENCE The tables you keep looking up: - 802.11 standards, MCS index, Wi-Fi channels, channel bonding map - Signal thresholds, roaming parameters, AP placement guidance - WPA security matrix, 802.11 reason codes, frame exchange - PoE class and wattage, well-known ports - Cabling: Ethernet pinout, Ethernet cable, coax, fiber, RF connectors - dB reference, spectrum allocations, OSI model, Wi-Fi glossary REFERENCE AND LAB HOW-TOS - Network CLI commands (Windows and macOS/Linux) - Linux and WLAN commands, monitor mode - Wireshark 802.11 display and capture filters (reference cheat sheets, not a packet capture) - Educational resources from independent Wi-Fi authors - Field checklists for AP install and client testing Free for the community. No ads, no tracking, no account. Data is not collected. From Wireless LAN Professionals. WLPC, wlanpros.com.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: WLAN Pros Toolbox at 5.0 against OpenRoaming's 3.0. WLAN Pros Toolbox also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 67%) and update cadence (every 2 days vs every 27 months). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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.
WLAN Pros Toolbox holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 8 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of OpenRoaming's written reviews are positive against 100% of WLAN Pros Toolbox's.
OpenRoaming ships an update every 27 months, WLAN Pros Toolbox every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | OpenRoaming | WLAN Pros Toolbox |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (5 ratings) | 5.0 (8 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 8 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 27 months | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 72 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Cisco | Keith Parsons |
Customer experience
OpenRoaming
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In-app purchases
OpenRoaming
No in-app purchases
WLAN Pros Toolbox
No in-app purchases







