Extreme Platform ONE Security vs WLAN Pros Toolbox
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Extreme Platform ONE Security
Provides quick, seamless, and secure access to company applications and networks from any location. It functions like a VPN, offering efficient connections to necessary resources without the drawbacks of older systems.
- Secure access to company applications
- Seamless network connectivity
- VPN-like functionality
- Access from anywhere
- Fast connections
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Quick, seamless and secure access to company applications and networks is at your fingertips from wherever you work. It works like a VPN to provide access to the specific resources you need without the clunky and slow connections of legacy solutions. Download the app to your phone or tablet for secure access to all the tools you need without the hassle.
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 update cadence: WLAN Pros Toolbox at every 2 days against Extreme Platform ONE Security's every 2 months. WLAN Pros Toolbox also leads on ratings volume (8 vs 1). Extreme Platform ONE Security's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On price, rating, 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Extreme Platform ONE Security against 5.0 for WLAN Pros Toolbox. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: WLAN Pros Toolbox has 8 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Extreme Platform ONE Security ships an update every 2 months, WLAN Pros Toolbox every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Extreme Platform ONE Security | WLAN Pros Toolbox |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (8 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 8 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 75 MB | 72 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Extreme Networks | Keith Parsons |
Customer experience
Extreme Platform ONE Security
WLAN Pros Toolbox
In-app purchases
Extreme Platform ONE Security
No in-app purchases
WLAN Pros Toolbox
No in-app purchases
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