Comparison

DiscoverTracker vs Beacon

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

Head to head
About

DiscoverTracker

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DiscoverTracker is the companion app for Sweetwater & Electric tracker devices. Discover nearby trackers via Bluetooth, configure WiFi credentials, and customize device and unit names. Add devices by share number for remote management. Access the web dashboard to view real-time tracker data.

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Beacon

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Beacon is a fast, opinionated Wi-Fi analyzer for iPhone, Apple Watch, and Lock Screen. It scans your local network, lists every device, runs the tools network people actually use, and translates the jargon for you in plain English using AI. It is built around three rules: 1. Stay on the phone. Scans, ports, latencies, MAC addresses โ€” none of it ever leaves your device. There are no analytics, no telemetry, no accounts. 2. Show, don't gate. Every tool, every screen, every device is one tap away. No "Pro" tier. No subscription. No locked features. 3. Translate the jargon. The on-device AI explainer (Apple Foundation Models) tells you what an open port is, why a hop is slow, or whether a new device is something to worry about. In one or two sentences. No emojis. WHAT'S INSIDE โ€ข Home โ€” live speed, signal, latency, and device count, with an AI summary that reads your network the way a friend who knows networks would. โ€ข Devices โ€” every device on your LAN, grouped by role. Fingerprint chips show the device kind plus a manufacturer initial. Pull-to-rescan; new devices show up as a top group, not a badge. โ€ข Device detail โ€” identity, response-time graph, open ports with descriptions. The AI calls out which ports are normal for that device kind and which are worth a second look. โ€ข Speed test โ€” single-purpose, animated 270ยฐ gauge. Result quartet of download, upload, latency, jitter. AI verdict instead of a raw percentile. โ€ข Tools โ€” Ping, Traceroute, Port scanner, DNS lookup, Whois, DNS leak test, TLS / cert inspector, Public IP info. Each is its own screen, never a tab inside a tab. โ€ข Traceroute โ€” geo-mapped hops with ASN and country. AI summary calls out the slow link by hop number. โ€ข History โ€” a timeline of every scan, day-grouped. New and departed devices flagged inline. Compare any two scans side by side. โ€ข Apple Watch โ€” devices count is the hero. Network identity, signal, current speed. Tap to open the iPhone app. โ€ข Lock Screen widgets โ€” inline, circular, and rectangular. Add one or all three. Tap-through opens the relevant tab. โ€ข Home Screen widget โ€” the full hero stat with a coral background. โ€ข Privacy โ€” read the actual privacy statement, not a link to legalese, the first time you open Settings. WHAT'S NOT INSIDE No accounts. No subscriptions. No ads. No tracking SDKs. No "free trial". No ML model trained on your data. No background uploads. No share-with-friends nag. Pay once - use forever. REQUIREMENTS iOS 26 or later. Apple Intelligence is required for on-device AI explainers; Beacon falls back to plainspoken static text if it's off. Location permission is required by iOS to read your Wi-Fi network name (SSID); Beacon never records or shares your location.

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: Beacon at 2 against DiscoverTracker's โ€”. DiscoverTracker's advantage is iOS requirement (18.5 vs 26.0). On price and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard2 real differences ยท 3 level
DiscoverTracker versus Beacon: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDiscoverTrackerBeacon
PriceFreeFree
Adsโ€”No
In-app purchasesNoNo
Devicesโ€”iPhone, Apple Watch โ€” better
Requires iOS18.5 โ€” better26.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size1 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerenrique salgadoDavid Weisz

In-app purchases

None

DiscoverTracker

No in-app purchases

None

Beacon

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is DiscoverTracker free?
DiscoverTracker is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Beacon free?
Beacon is free to download, with no in-app purchases.

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