Network Lab vs Smart Home Playground

Network Lab is a privacy-first LAN scanner and network toolbox for iPhone, iPad and Apple silicon Mac. Use it to discover devices on your Wi-Fi or wired network, inspect Bonjour and Zeroconf services, monitor favourite hosts and troubleshoot common connectivity problems without creating an account or uploading scan data to a cloud service. What Network Lab helps with: - Scan your local subnet and identify active hosts - Browse Bonjour / Zeroconf services and service records - Inspect IP addresses, MAC addresses, vendors, ports and host details where available - Save network snapshots, compare scans and export results as CSV - Monitor favourite hosts for reachability - Run ping, traceroute, DNS lookup, whois and bandwidth tests - Send Wake-on-LAN magic packets to sleeping devices - Open SSH sessions to known hosts Network Lab is built for home labs, small offices, developers, admins and curious users who want a clear view of their own network. The core LAN scanner stays available for free, while Pro unlocks the extended diagnostic tools.

Smart Home Playground: Discover Your Network Have you ever wondered exactly what is connected to your home Wi-Fi? From smart plugs and thermostats to phones and media players, modern home networks are incredibly complex. Smart Home Playground is your ultimate, privacy-first toolbox for discovering, analyzing, and visualizing every device sharing your space. Built natively for Mac, iPad, and iPhone, it bridges the gap between advanced network analysis and an intuitive user experience. Whether you are a seasoned IT professional troubleshooting a connection or a curious homeowner wanting to see how your smart home communicates, this app makes the invisible network visible. Key Features - Deep Network Scanning: Instantly scan your local network to discover connected smart home gadgets, media players, wearables, and personal devices. - Smart Home Inspector Report: Generate insightful reports covering everything from media features to Matter fabric analysis. - Intelligent Device Identification: Smart Home Playground leverages powerful, on-device AI to recognize and name the hardware connected to your Wi-Fi, turning a confusing list of IP addresses into recognizable devices. - Service & Protocol Interrogation: Go beyond the surface. The app interrogates and tags the specific services your devices expose, with native understanding of the latest smart home evolutions, including Matter, Thread, AirPlay, Cast, mDNS, and Bonjour. - Interactive Visual Canvas: Featuring a clean, tag-based list view, and we are also building a next-generation visual network diagram. You will be able to map out your devices on an interactive canvas, seeing exactly how they connect via physical fabrics (like Wi-Fi or Thread) and logical fabrics (like Matter or Cast). - Universal Apple Native App: Beautifully crafted in native Swift, delivering a fast, fluid, and cohesive experience whether you are scanning from your iPhone on the couch or analyzing data on your Mac. 100% Private. Zero Data Harvesting. Your home network is your private domain, and it should stay that way. - Unlike many other network scanners, Smart Home Playground processes everything locally. - All AI identification and scanning happen entirely on-device. - There are no hidden analytics, no required accounts, and absolutely no ulterior motive to capture, store, or sell your data. Take control of your smart home ecosystem today with a tool built for the curious, by the curious.