Alta Networks vs HostiFi Device Discovery Tool
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Alta Networks
Manage and monitor your wireless networks from anywhere using your mobile device. Easily deploy secure networks, view device telemetry, and control content restrictions. Schedule network downtime with a built-in scheduler.
- Deploy secure wireless networks
- Monitor real-time telemetry
- Manage content restrictions
- Schedule network downtime
- Cross-site network management
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Deploy, monitor and manage your network across multiple sites from the convenience of your mobile device. -Easily create, manage and deploy secure wireless networks -View real-time and historical telemetry with a visual timeline of each connected device. -Manage content restrictions for WiFi devices -Set and manage network downtime via a built-in scheduler The management interface is easily accessible via mobile app or web browser. Sign up for an Alta Labs account using just your name, email, and password or use Google Authentication.
HostiFi Device Discovery Tool
Easily locate and integrate UniFi devices with your UniFi Network server. This tool simplifies the process of adopting factory default hardware, ensuring a smooth setup for your network infrastructure.
- Discover UniFi devices
- Adopt devices to UniFi Network
- Factory default device integration
- Network server compatibility
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The HostiFi Device Discovery Tool helps you find and adopt factory default UniFi devices to any UniFi Network server.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: HostiFi Device Discovery Tool at 5.0 against Alta Networks's 4.5. HostiFi Device Discovery Tool also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 82%). Alta Networks's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (16 vs 4). On price, ads, 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
HostiFi Device Discovery Tool holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 16 and 4 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 82% of Alta Networks's written reviews are positive against 100% of HostiFi Device Discovery Tool's.
Alta Networks ships an update every 2 weeks, HostiFi Device Discovery Tool every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on July 23, 2026 and June 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Alta Networks | HostiFi Device Discovery Tool |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (16 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 81.8% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 16 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 34 MB | 32 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Soundvision Technologies LLC | Locklin Networks LLC |
Customer experience
Alta Networks
HostiFi Device Discovery Tool
In-app purchases
Alta Networks
No in-app purchases
HostiFi Device Discovery Tool
No in-app purchases
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