Comparison

WRTune for OpenWRT vs Bhiu

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

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About

WRTune for OpenWRT

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The Ultimate Companion for Your OpenWrt Router WRTune is a powerful, professional-grade management tool designed specifically for the OpenWrt community. Built by engineers for enthusiasts, WRTune bridges the gap between complex terminal commands and a seamless mobile experience. Whether you're managing a home lab or optimizing a high-performance network, WRTune gives you the visibility and control you need. Key Features: Real-Time Monitoring: Watch your network traffic in real-time with beautiful, responsive graphs. Detailed Statistics: Full integration with vnStat and nlbwmon. Analyze your bandwidth usage by day, month, or per-device. Client Management: See every device connected to your network. Identify bandwidth hogs and manage connections instantly. Privacy First: WRTune communicates directly with your router. Your network data never leaves your local network and is never shared with third parties. Why Choose WRTune? As an independent project, WRTune is focused on performance and utility. Clean interface to keep your network running at its peak. Your purchase supports the ongoing development and maintenance of this tool for the OpenWrt ecosystem.

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Bhiu

Features
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Bhiu is a calm, independent app for your own OpenWrt router. See your network's pulse at a glance, then act on it โ€” without opening a browser or remembering a single command. Bhiu talks only to the router address you enter, and to nothing else. There is no account, no analytics, and no Igney server in between. PULSE A live traffic wave and one plain sentence telling you how the network is doing. Download and upload as they happen, uptime, memory, WAN address, and the full routing table when you want the detail. DEVICES Everything on your network in one list, with names, addresses, signal strength and how long each has been connected. Tap any device for the full picture โ€” and pause its internet access with one button when you need to. WI-FI Every radio and SSID your router exposes, with the clients on each. Turn a guest network off for the evening and back on in the morning. CONTROL Restart a service, wake a sleeping machine over the network, or reboot the router and watch it come back on its own. BUILT FOR THE JOB - Save more than one router and switch between them from Settings. - Connects over HTTP or HTTPS, with certificate pinning for routers using a self-signed certificate. - Degrades gracefully: router firmwares differ in what they expose, so a feature yours does not offer dims instead of breaking the app. - No third-party frameworks of any kind โ€” Apple's system frameworks only. NO ROUTER HANDY? Tap "Try the demo" on the welcome screen and explore every feature against a fully simulated router: live traffic, the device list, pausing a device, Wi-Fi toggles, service restarts, Wake-on-LAN, and a complete reboot cycle. REQUIREMENTS An OpenWrt router with LuCI installed (ubus and rpcd reachable over HTTP or HTTPS) and its administrator password. Wake-on-LAN additionally needs the etherwake package on the router. Tested against OpenWrt 21.02 โ€” other versions with LuCI installed are expected to work. Bhiu is an independent app and is not affiliated with or endorsed by the OpenWrt project.

Screenshots

WRTune for OpenWRT4 screens
Bhiu4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Bhiu at none against WRTune for OpenWRT's 2. WRTune for OpenWRT's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). On price, update cadence, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. WRTune for OpenWRT sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $14.99 per year. Bhiu asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

WRTune for OpenWRT ships an update every 11 days, Bhiu every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on October 14, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences ยท 4 level
WRTune for OpenWRT versus Bhiu: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWRTune for OpenWRTBhiu
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 11 days โ€” betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo โ€” better
DevicesiPhone, iPod โ€” betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 โ€” better18.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size82 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperIndra Agus LesmanaIgney ApS

In-app purchases

2 purchases

WRTune for OpenWRT

Subscriptions1
  • WRTune Pro: Yearly Access$14.991 Year
One-time1
  • WRTune for OpenWRT Lifetime Access$34.99
None

Bhiu

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is WRTune for OpenWRT free?
WRTune for OpenWRT is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Bhiu free?
Bhiu is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do WRTune for OpenWRT or Bhiu have ads?
Neither WRTune for OpenWRT nor Bhiu shows ads.
Which is updated more often, WRTune for OpenWRT or Bhiu?
WRTune for OpenWRT ships an update every 11 days, and Bhiu every 3 weeks. Most recently, WRTune for OpenWRT was updated on October 14, 2026 and Bhiu on October 14, 2026.

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