Comparison

IT Tools vs WiFi Heat Map & Analyzer

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

Head to head
About

IT Tools

This app offers a comprehensive suite of network analysis and diagnostic tools for users of all levels. It helps discover devices on your network, troubleshoot connectivity issues with ping and traceroute, and perform detailed DNS lookups. Visualize network paths and gain insights into your network's performance.

Highlights
  • High-speed WiFi network device discovery
  • Continuous traceroute with path visualization
  • Extensive DNS lookup capabilities
  • Configurable ping tool with real-time graphing
  • Whois lookup for host and IP details
  • Real-time routing table statistics
Features
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Network scanner and diagnostic utilities for users of all skill levels. Discover devices on your network, detect various types of problems and more! Includes high speed WiFi network device discovery, able to find devices on your local network other tools miss. Standard network diagnostic tools such as ping, traceroute, DNS lookup, and whois are also provided. WiFi Network Scanner Discover all the machines running on your network. • Supports IPv6 scanning via broadcast addresses • All Bonjour/mDNS services, including all extra data stored in the TXT record. • All UPnP devices, including sub-devices and services. • Discover devices using NetBIOS. This helps a lot on networks with many Windows machines. Continuous Traceroute Provides details of the network hops to the destination host. Optimized to determine the network path extremely quickly, often in less then 5 seconds. Once the path is determined, it proceeds to continuously ping each hop to provide additional statistics and alternate paths, similar to tools like PathPing and MTR. • Visualize traceroute geolocation data on the map • Configurable start and max TTL, interval and payload size • Choose which interface to use • Lists all hostnames that respond to each hop • View the AS Numbers associated with each hop DNS • Detects when an IP address is entered, and looks up the reverse PTR record • Use the current system DNS server, or supply your own • Choose from 50 supported DNS record types, including A, AAAA, CNAME, LOC, MX, NS, SRV, TXT • Request DNSSEC records • Optionally query using EDNS, including the NSID option. • View LOC and GPOS records on a map • Force DNS lookup over TCP to diagnose DNS server issues • View the full DNS response, with headers and the question, answer, authority and additional sections • Lookup internationalized domain names (IDN) Ping • Configurable TTL, Payload size, and interval • Choose which interface to use • Optionally keep the screen from going to sleep for very long ping sessions • Optional audible sound on errors or when responses arrive • Ping results can be graphed in real time to easily see response time spikes Whois • Lookup details about hosts, IP addresses, and more • Auto detects the whois server based on the query, or use a custom server Routing table • Route statistics updated in real time • Very useful for diagnosing WiFi and VPN configuration issues Interface • All network interfaces on your device • Network statistics updated in real time • Current WiFi and WWAN IP Address • WiFi SSID and BSSID

About

WiFi Heat Map & Analyzer

Visualize your local network in 3D and 2D, analyze its performance, and discover connected devices. It offers tools to scan ports, identify services, and measure network latency and throughput.

Highlights
  • 3D animated network view
  • Network analyzer tools
  • Wireless network heatmap
  • Device discovery
  • Open TCP port scanning
  • mDNS/Bonjour service discovery
  • Latency and throughput measurement
Features
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Find your home WiFi dead zones in under 10 minutes, using nothing but your iPhone. Walk from room to room, tap to measure, and watch a color map of your actual WiFi performance build itself — speed and latency, where you really live. No subscription. No ads. No account. One purchase, yours forever. WHAT YOU CAN ACTUALLY FIND OUT - Which rooms are slow, and how slow, in numbers you can act on - Whether the problem is your WiFi or your internet connection - Where to put a mesh node, an extender or the router itself - Which of the devices on your network is eating your bandwidth - What every IoT device on your network is broadcasting about itself HOW IT WORKS 1. Pick one of the ready-made floor plans, or use a photo of your own plan 2. Walk to a spot, tap once — the app measures throughput and latency there 3. Repeat for each room. The heat map builds as you go 4. Save the finished map to your photos, to compare after you move the router Step-by-step mode does the setup for you: no target to choose, no protocol to configure, no documentation to read. The advanced interface is still there when you want full control. NO EXTRA HARDWARE. NO SUBSCRIPTION. Professional WiFi surveys need an Ekahau Sidekick or a WLAN Pi. This app needs your iPhone. And unlike almost every other WiFi analyzer on the App Store, there is no weekly plan, no annual plan, and no ads — you buy it once. ALSO A COMPLETE NETWORK TOOLKIT - Scan every device on your LAN, with vendor, IP address and open ports - Discover every mDNS/Bonjour service: HomePod, Apple TV, printers, IoT - Ping and latency to local devices and to any internet host - Throughput measurement against another device running this app, any TCP CHARGEN/DISCARD server, or the internet - Run a TCP CHARGEN or DISCARD service on your own device - 3D animated view of your local network topology FULL SNMP CLIENT INCLUDED Query any SNMP agent on your routers, switches, access points and printers. SNMP v1, v2c and v3, with noAuthNoPriv, authNoPriv and authPriv, MD5 and SHA1 authentication, DES and AES privacy. 64 standard MIBs are bundled, so object identifiers are resolved to readable names offline — no server, no subscription, nothing to configure beyond the agent address and credentials. FOR HOMES AND FOR PROFESSIONALS Built by a network engineer. Simple enough to diagnose your apartment on a Sunday afternoon, precise enough that telecom professionals use it on the job. BEFORE YOU BUY — WHAT THIS APP DOES NOT DO Apple does not let any third-party iOS app read WiFi signal strength or scan neighboring networks, and no App Store app can do it — this is why professional tools need external hardware. This app maps what it can measure at the spot where you are standing: real throughput and latency. That is what a home heat map needs. It measures the network you are connected to, one heat map at a time.

Screenshots

IT Tools4 screens
WiFi Heat Map & Analyzer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: IT Tools at 93% against WiFi Heat Map & Analyzer's 33%. IT Tools also leads on rating (4.3 vs 4.0). WiFi Heat Map & Analyzer's advantage is update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 4 months) and price ($3.99 vs $5.99). On ratings volume, ads, in-app purchases 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

IT Tools costs $5.99 and WiFi Heat Map & Analyzer $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

IT Tools holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 18 and 28 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 93% of IT Tools's written reviews are positive against 33% of WiFi Heat Map & Analyzer's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

IT Tools ships an update every 4 months, WiFi Heat Map & Analyzer every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
IT Tools versus WiFi Heat Map & Analyzer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterIT ToolsWiFi Heat Map & Analyzer
Price$5.99$3.99 — better
Rating4.3 (18 ratings) — better4.0 (28 ratings)
Positive reviews93.2% of reviews — better33.3% of reviews
Number of ratings1828 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 5 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.6
Further details — not scored
Size17 MB93 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKEVIN KOLTZAUAlexandre Fenyo

Customer experience

IT Tools

All ratings18 ratings
Positive83.3%
Neutral5.6%
Negative11.1%
Written reviews132 reviews
Positive93.2%
Neutral2.3%
Negative4.5%

WiFi Heat Map & Analyzer

All ratings28 ratings
Positive71.4%
Neutral7.1%
Negative21.4%
Written reviews21 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral4.8%
Negative61.9%

Bugs and requests

IT Tools

Reported bugs

8 issues
  • App crashes when performing .us domain WHOIS lookups
  • Network scan function error (recently fixed)
  • Traceroute map feature not functional
  • Network scan misses some connected devices
  • App force closes semi-frequently
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  • Incomplete VoiceOver support for results
  • VPN network interface not selectable in network scan
  • Local network scan returns error messages

Requested features

12 requests
  • Dark mode support
  • WiFi channel analyzer
  • Port scanning capability
  • Wake-on-LAN functionality
  • Subnet ping for Class C networks
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  • Host/IP address caching in dropdown menus
  • Ping graph or sparkline visualization
  • Process isolation and termination
  • VPN network scanning support
  • Custom name server selection in DNS tool
  • Improved VoiceOver accessibility support
  • Map display for traceroute results

WiFi Heat Map & Analyzer

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

IT Tools

No in-app purchases

None

WiFi Heat Map & Analyzer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is IT Tools free?
IT Tools costs $5.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is WiFi Heat Map & Analyzer free?
WiFi Heat Map & Analyzer costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, IT Tools or WiFi Heat Map & Analyzer?
IT Tools is rated higher. IT Tools averages 4.3 out of 5 from 18 ratings, while WiFi Heat Map & Analyzer averages 4.0 from 28 ratings.
Do IT Tools or WiFi Heat Map & Analyzer have ads?
Neither IT Tools nor WiFi Heat Map & Analyzer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, IT Tools or WiFi Heat Map & Analyzer?
IT Tools ships an update every 4 months, and WiFi Heat Map & Analyzer every 5 weeks. Most recently, IT Tools was updated on October 16, 2026 and WiFi Heat Map & Analyzer on October 13, 2026.

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