Comparison

Network Scanner Toolkit vs RF Signal Detector

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

Head to head
About

Network Scanner Toolkit

This app helps you discover all devices connected to your WiFi network, providing details like name, IP, and MAC address. It offers a suite of network diagnostic tools, including subnet calculators, port scanners, and DNS lookups, all within a user-friendly interface designed for larger screens.

Highlights
  • Device discovery (name, IP, MAC, manufacturer)
  • Network diagnostic tools (subnet, port scan, traceroute)
  • DNS lookup and Whois
  • Bonjour and Network Info
  • Optimized for iPad and iPhone Duo
  • History of scans and tests
  • Find Cameras and MAC Explorer (Pro)
Features
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See every device on your WiFi. Free — no ads, no subscription. Now on iPad and built for iPhone Duo. Network Scanner Toolkit finds everything on your network in seconds: name, IP, MAC address and manufacturer (iOS 27+) — even devices that hide from ping. Devices tell you what they are: Apple TV, HomePod, Chromecast, printers, HomeKit and Matter gear, Sonos, Fire TV, Windows PCs, NAS boxes and more. Capability tags show which are pingable, run a web interface, speak Bonjour, UPnP or Matter, or are your gateway. Filter by Web UI, SSH, file shares, printers, TVs, smart home or cameras. Tap a device to ping it, open its admin page, connect over SSH, VNC or SMB, rename or favorite it. New devices are flagged automatically. Made for big screens. On iPad and the iPhone Duo the scanner becomes three columns — past scans, device list and full details side by side — and the tools spread into two panes. Stand the Duo up like a laptop and every tool splits across the hinge: graph, map or results on top, controls below. Fold, unfold or rotate and nothing is lost. A full network toolbox — free: • LAN Scanner — fast sweep with naming over Bonjour, NetBIOS, WS-Discovery and SNMP; models and manufacturers, custom names & icons, new-device badges, filters, quick-connect. Scans Wi-Fi, Personal Hotspot or wired, and keeps going after you leave the app (iOS 26+). • Subnet Tools — IPv4 and IPv6. Type any address with a prefix, netmask or wildcard and get the whole answer on one card: network, broadcast, host range, counts, type with its RFC, binary with host bits highlighted. Then explore: child subnets on a visual map, VLSM planner, overlap checker, supernet, membership test, range-to-CIDR, config lines, IPv6 forms, netmask table. Siri Shortcut included. • Port Scanner — presets, custom ranges, or all 65,535 ports • Traceroute — every hop geolocated on a live map with latency charts • Ping — live graph, configurable payload size and interval • DNS Lookup — A, AAAA, MX, TXT, CNAME, NS, SOA, PTR, SRV, HTTPS & SVCB records, custom resolvers, DNSSEC check • Whois — modern RDAP lookups for domains, IPs and AS numbers, with classic WHOIS referral chasing as the fallback • Bonjour Monitor — watch services appear and disappear live • Network Info — IP, router, DNS, IPv6, data usage, SSID, and a Router card that names your router, shows its WAN address and tells you whether you're Direct, behind Double NAT or on Carrier-grade NAT, in plain English • History — every scan and test saved automatically; reopen scans as fully interactive device lists Toolkit Pro — one purchase, yours forever: • Find Cameras — sweep for security cameras using RTSP, ONVIF, camera web interfaces hree-tier confidence ratings. Know what's watching on any WiFi you join. • MAC Explorer — paste any MAC in any format and see its vendor, IEEE registry block, address bits, reserved uses, every notation and the IPv6 address it implies. Name devices yourself and search the registry by maker. • Speed Test — live download and upload graphs in Mbps and MB/s, your latency idle vs. under load with a bufferbloat grade from A+ to F, and your ISP • Security Audit — find exposed or insecure services on every device and ports your rrnet, with a fix for each finding and an A–F grade • Bluetooth Scanner — see nearby Bluetooth LE devices with signal strength, maker and type; locate one with the hot/cold Find meter or the radar view • Wake-on-LAN — wake your PC or NAS from the couch • Export & share — CSV and PDF reports of any scan or test; Whois and DNS results as text, JSON or CSV • Themes — Phosphor, Amber, Synthwave and more Private by design. No account, no analytics, no tracking. Whether you're a network engineer, a tinkerer, or just want to know what that mystery device is doing... Download free. Upgrade once if you want the Pro tools.

About

RF Signal Detector

Features
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Sweep turns the sensors your iPhone actually has into three real detectors — and tells you plainly what they can and cannot find. READ THIS FIRST No iPhone app is a radio scanner. iOS gives no way to scan for Wi-Fi networks, tune arbitrary frequencies, or see a device that is switched off or not transmitting. Apps that claim to do those things are guessing. Sweep does not. What your phone genuinely has is a Bluetooth radio, a magnetometer, and a network stack. Sweep uses all three properly and shows you the real numbers. BLUETOOTH SIGNAL SCAN A live scan of the 2.4 GHz band. Every transmitter advertising nearby is listed with its true signal strength in dBm, strongest first, updating continuously. Walk toward a device and watch its reading climb — that is how you narrow down where something is. Vendor and device type are identified where the advertisement gives them away. MAGNETIC FIELD METER The magnetometer reads the ambient field in microtesla. Calibrate to the room you are standing in, then sweep slowly along walls, sockets, vents and furniture. Motors, speaker magnets, transformers and anything with an iron core push the reading well above local background. Peak-hold catches a spike you moved past too quickly. NETWORK DEVICE SCAN Lists the cameras, printers, speakers, streaming boxes and smart-home accessories advertising themselves on the Wi-Fi you are joined to. A device serving RTSP is streaming video — worth knowing about in a room you did not set up yourself. WHAT THE LIMITS ARE • Bluetooth scanning sees BLE advertisements only, not Wi-Fi and not classic Bluetooth traffic. • A magnetic spike means metal or a magnetic field — steel studs, pipes and screws all register. It is a clue, not proof. • The network scan only sees devices on your own network that advertise a service. • Signal strength is not distance. Walls and bodies move it, so Sweep reports coarse proximity instead of a made-up figure in metres. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Everything is measured on your device. No account, no cloud, no uploads, no tracking, and nothing is ever connected to — Sweep only listens. FREE & PRO The Bluetooth scan and the Wi-Fi network scan are free to run. Sweep Pro adds what they find (the count and the full device list), the magnetic field meter, the device locator, scan history, and an adjustable sensitivity threshold for the magnetic alert. Sweep Pro is a subscription: • Weekly with a 3-day free trial, then $3.99/week • Yearly $17.99 Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your App Store account settings. Privacy Policy: https://leomarston.github.io/manycode-legal/privacy.html Terms of Use: https://leomarston.github.io/manycode-legal/terms.html

Screenshots

Network Scanner Toolkit4 screens
RF Signal Detector4 screens

Verdict

The call

Network Scanner Toolkit and RF Signal Detector are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Network Scanner Toolkit sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and RF Signal Detector sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Network Scanner Toolkit ships an update every 5 weeks, RF Signal Detector every 2 months. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Network Scanner Toolkit versus RF Signal Detector: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNetwork Scanner ToolkitRF Signal Detector
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB14 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSawhorn LLCEmine Saridogan

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Network Scanner Toolkit

One-time1
  • Toolkit Pro$1.99
2 purchases

RF Signal Detector

Subscriptions2
  • Weekly3 Days trial$3.997 Days
  • Yearly$17.991 Year

Questions

Is Network Scanner Toolkit free?
Network Scanner Toolkit is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is RF Signal Detector free?
RF Signal Detector is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Network Scanner Toolkit or RF Signal Detector have ads?
Neither Network Scanner Toolkit nor RF Signal Detector shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Network Scanner Toolkit or RF Signal Detector?
Network Scanner Toolkit ships an update every 5 weeks, and RF Signal Detector every 2 months. Most recently, Network Scanner Toolkit was updated on October 31, 2026 and RF Signal Detector on October 31, 2026.

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