Comparison

HomeMapper vs Kryven Legacy

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

Head to head
About

HomeMapper

Unified inventory of all smart home devices across HomeKit, Home Assistant, Thread, Matter, and IP networks. Provides detailed device information, network topology maps, and health status.

Highlights
  • Unified device inventory
  • Cross-platform scanning (HomeKit, Home Assistant, Matter, Thread, IP)
  • Detailed device specifications
  • Network topology visualization
  • Device health monitoring
  • Setup code vault
  • Multi-location support
Features
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Your entire smart home network. One view. HomeMapper builds a unified inventory of every device on your network, scanning HomeKit, Home Assistant, Thread, Matter, and IP at once and correlating them by hardware identifiers. DISCOVER Every method runs at once: • Apple's ecosystem. HomeKit via Apple's framework, plus Thread accessories, Border Routers, and Matter. • The network itself. Bonjour, subnet scans, and protocols like SSDP/UPnP. Printers, NAS boxes, and other local-only devices show up too. • Home Assistant. Direct read of your device registry: Matter, Thread, Zigbee, Z-Wave, ESPHome, and MQTT. When a device appears through several methods, HomeMapper merges it by seven hardware identifiers, not names. If HomeMapper isn't sure two entries are the same device, it lists both. YOUR DEVICES, EVERY DETAIL See devices Apple's Home app can't, and details it doesn't show: manufacturer, model, firmware, serial number, battery, IP and MAC address, and how each device connects, in columns like Connected via, Signal, Channel, and Stability. A room-based view groups them by room. TOPOLOGY MAP The Topology map shows how your devices connect: your Thread mesh, from the border routers down to the end devices they carry, your Zigbee network from Home Assistant, and each HomeKit bridge with the accessories behind it. It draws only connections it can measure. Tap a device for its full detail, or tap a connection to see its signal strength and how stable it has been. A red triangle marks a connection that is not working: weak, dropping traffic, or gone quiet. When a device will not report how it connects, HomeMapper shows that rather than guessing. A Health view lists what needs attention on your mesh, worst first: what is wrong, which devices, and one thing to try. Most homes show "Everything looks healthy." Export the map as a PNG, PDF, or SVG, titled with the home and dated. HOME ASSISTANT HomeMapper scans your Home Assistant servers as deeply as HomeKit, including the Thread mesh behind their border routers. Zigbee, Z-Wave, ESPHome, MQTT: devices HomeKit can't see appear alongside the ones it can. Pick a Primary Platform, and its room names win when a device is known to both. PLACES Scan more than one location, like your home and a relative's. Each Place holds its own Apple Homes and Home Assistant servers, and the app shows one Place at a time. HomeMapper picks the Place from devices on its local network, not your location. SETUP CODE VAULT Every HomeKit, Matter, and Z-Wave device has a setup code on a sticker that fades or gets lost. You need it to pair the device, and again if you reset or move it. No scan can recover one: setup codes never travel over the network. Save each code while you still have it: scan the QR with the camera, pull it from a photo, or type it in. It reads printed 8-digit codes too, for older accessories without a QR. A room-by-room list shows which devices are still missing one. Have a lot? Export a CSV worksheet, fill it in on a computer, and import it back. Your codes are stored on your device, in your backups, and synced through your own iCloud. EXPORT AND BACK UP Export your inventory to CSV, filtered how you want, for Numbers, Excel, or Sheets. Back up your inventory, settings, and setup codes to iCloud Drive or a local folder, and restore on another device. PRIVACY No ads and no tracking. Nothing leaves your device unless you send it. No account, and the only login is your own Home Assistant. FREE AND PRO HomeKit scanning, the device list, the room-based view, and switching between Apple Homes are free forever, with no scan or time limits. Pro adds multi-protocol scanning, all 20+ columns, Places, Home Assistant, the Topology map, the setup code vault, backup and restore, and CSV export. Subscribe yearly with a 7-day free trial, or buy Lifetime once and it never expires. Runs on iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Terms of Use: https://homemapper.app/terms/

About

Kryven Legacy

Securely store and manage your important legacy records with end-to-end encryption. Organize financial, legal, and personal assets, and share them safely with loved ones. Access your information offline and receive reminders to keep it up-to-date.

Highlights
  • AES-256-GCM encryption
  • 8 record categories
  • Secure sharing with access revocation
  • Encrypted photo attachments
  • Automated encrypted backups
  • Full offline access
  • Review reminders
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One encrypted place for your digital legacy - wills, health directives, financial assets, and family documents. Share securely, get expiry reminders. Zero-knowledge - we never see your data. Kryven Legacy stores your sensitive legacy records with AES-256-GCM encryption on your device — before anything syncs. Your records are never visible to Apple or anyone else. Start free with 10 records and 1 shared group. What you can store — 8 categories with fields built for each record type: financial assets, real estate, digital accounts, health directives, legal documents, debt management, employer connections, and physical assets. Security — Encryption happens on-device before sync. Keys live in Apple's Keychain. The app works independently of Advanced Data Protection — your security doesn't depend on whether you've enabled it. Face ID, Touch ID, or passcode to unlock. Auto-locks in background. No analytics, no tracking, no external servers. Secure sharing — Share with family without giving up security. Each shared group gets its own encryption key. Revoke access anytime — participants lose access immediately. Features — Review reminders to keep records current. Encrypted photo attachments. Automated encrypted backups to iCloud Drive — daily, weekly, or monthly. Password-protected manual export. Full offline access. Privacy — No personal data collected. No analytics. No third-party sharing. Everything stays in your iCloud account, encrypted. Available on iPhone and iPad today, with Mac coming soon — included at no extra cost. Requirements — iOS 18.0 or later. iCloud account required for sync and sharing. Privacy Policy and Terms of Use are accessible from the subscription paywall, the Settings screen, and the App Store listing. Privacy Policy: https://legacy.kryven.io/privacy.html Terms of Use: https://legacy.kryven.io/terms.html

Screenshots

HomeMapper4 screens
Kryven Legacy4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: HomeMapper at 5 against Kryven Legacy's 1. On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. HomeMapper sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per year and Kryven Legacy sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for HomeMapper against 5.0 for Kryven Legacy. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: HomeMapper has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

HomeMapper ships an update every 10 days, Kryven Legacy fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
HomeMapper versus Kryven Legacy: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHomeMapperKryven Legacy
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (5 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings5 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 10 days — betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS18.4 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size37 MB19 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperVault Hunters NM LLCKryven Technologies LLC

Customer experience

HomeMapper

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Kryven Legacy

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

HomeMapper

Subscriptions1
  • HomeMapper Pro7 Days trial$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Access$39.99
4 purchases

Kryven Legacy

Subscriptions2
  • Premium Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Premium Annual$24.991 Year
One-time2
  • Lifetime Access (Early Bird)$69.99
  • Lifetime Access$99.99

Questions

Is HomeMapper free?
HomeMapper is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Kryven Legacy free?
Kryven Legacy is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, HomeMapper or Kryven Legacy?
HomeMapper and Kryven Legacy are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 5 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do HomeMapper or Kryven Legacy have ads?
Neither HomeMapper nor Kryven Legacy shows ads.
Which is updated more often, HomeMapper or Kryven Legacy?
HomeMapper ships an update every 10 days, and Kryven Legacy fortnightly. Most recently, HomeMapper was updated on October 31, 2026 and Kryven Legacy on October 9, 2026.

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