Comparison

Contabo Storage vs ThreadMapper

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

Head to head
About

Contabo Storage

Features
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Your Contabo buckets, on every Apple screen. Contabo Storage is the native way to browse object storage on iPhone, iPad, and Mac, open files in place, and play video and audio straight from the cloud. No more copying a link into a browser just to check one file. Open the app, pick a bucket, and move through folders the way you move through Photos or Files. Photos look sharp on the iPhone display. Documents open without a full download. Video and audio start playing from Contabo, so a 4K clip or a long podcast does not have to land on your device first. On iPad it feels like a desk: a wide browser beside the preview, made for reviewing a media library or a client folder. On a Mac with Apple silicon it is the same app, fast and quiet, for the days you are sorting backups or pulling assets into a project. Sign in once with your Contabo S3 keys and the EU, US, or Singapore endpoint. Your buckets follow you. Built for Contabo’s S3 API. Upload from the camera roll or Files, rename, delete, and share without opening a generic cloud console. If your files already live on Contabo, this is the Apple app that lets you browse them, open them, and press play. Download Contabo Storage for iPhone, iPad, and Mac.

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 on any iPhone, and with Apple Intelligence a Network Assistant and a troubleshooter that reads this device's history, all on device • 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 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. The Network Assistant and the troubleshooter need iOS 26 and an Apple Intelligence-capable device; AI Insights works on any iPhone. 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

Contabo Storage4 screens
ThreadMapper4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: ThreadMapper at Free against Contabo Storage's $9.99. ThreadMapper also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 28 months) and iOS requirement (17.0 vs 27.0). Contabo Storage's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1). On 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

ThreadMapper is free to download; Contabo Storage costs $9.99 up front. ThreadMapper sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Contabo Storage asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Contabo Storage ships an update every 28 months, ThreadMapper every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Contabo Storage versus ThreadMapper: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterContabo StorageThreadMapper
Price$9.99Free — better
Rating—3.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequencyEvery 28 monthsEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS27.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB40 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJose LealTintin Razavian

In-app purchases

None

Contabo Storage

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

ThreadMapper

One-time1
  • PRO Lifetime$14.99

Questions

Is Contabo Storage free?
Contabo Storage costs $9.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is ThreadMapper free?
ThreadMapper is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Contabo Storage or ThreadMapper have ads?
Neither Contabo Storage nor ThreadMapper shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Contabo Storage or ThreadMapper?
Contabo Storage ships an update every 28 months, and ThreadMapper every 4 days. Most recently, Contabo Storage was updated on October 13, 2026 and ThreadMapper on October 16, 2026.

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