Comparison

ThreadMapper vs HomeMonitor

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

Head to head
About

ThreadMapper

Visualize and diagnose your Thread smart home network. Understand device status, battery levels, and network health with clear grades and historical data. Offers advanced AI insights and AR mapping for detailed troubleshooting.

Highlights
  • Network health at a glance with A-F grade
  • Device status and battery levels
  • Mesh map visualization
  • Offline alerts with quiet respect
  • Device history and uptime tracking
  • AI Insights and troubleshooter
  • AR room mapping
Features
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ThreadMapper shows what your Thread smart home says about itself. Most Thread devices are invisible. They just work, until they don't, and there's no way to tell which one dropped, which border routers you really have, or whether a quiet sensor is asleep or gone. WHAT YOU GET • Network health at a glance: an A–F grade with a clear score, and the specific issues pulling it down • Better than yesterday? A line under the grade saying whether today is up or down on yesterday, and which rule moved it • Every battery in one list, emptiest first, with the room • Your Thread devices, apart from the rest: the ones that say they are on Thread, and every other accessory labelled for what it is, behind a bridge or not yet known • Mesh map: your Thread devices by room, and the links they report • Offline alerts that respect quiet: a sleepy sensor gets two hours before it is called offline, and devices that go quiet together are one event • Device history: uptime, reboots and firmware changes • Apple Watch app: your grade on your wrist • Home-screen widget and Live Activity for at-a-glance status HONEST ABOUT ITS DATA ThreadMapper shows only what a device or the network states. A device is Thread when it says so. A border router is one the network proves. A line on the map is a link a device reported. iOS doesn't expose radio signal strength for Thread accessories, so there is no signal figure: a device's page shows how quickly it answered, in milliseconds. The battery level is what each accessory reports about itself. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account. No analytics. No tracking. Everything stays on your iPhone, and the AI features run on device. Your network data is never uploaded. THREADMAPPER PRO: a one-time purchase, not a subscription • AI Insights on any iPhone, and with Apple Intelligence a Network Assistant and a troubleshooter that reads this device's history, all on device • What the radios say: why a device rebooted, how often it changed parent router, how often a battery device wakes, and how many apps and households can still control it • AR room mapping and X-Ray: scan rooms into a floor plan, place each device where it really is, and see the links your devices report drawn through your real home • Your year on one card, your mesh as a film, and as an A2 poster a print shop will take • A year of daily grades on one calendar, no Apple Intelligence needed, a month of history, weekly reports, and when your home is at its worst • Export every health sample, daily grade and battery reading as CSV or JSON, and import them on a new iPhone • Jobs and evidence sheets: a page for a client showing what a visit changed, and a page per device for a warranty claim • Device groups, multiple homes, scheduled reports and a pinned-devices widget REQUIREMENTS ThreadMapper reads your network through HomeKit, so you'll need a home with at least one Thread border router, such as a HomePod mini or an Apple TV 4K. Border routers are found through Local Network access. The Network Assistant and the troubleshooter need iOS 26 and an Apple Intelligence-capable device; AI Insights works on any iPhone. Room scanning needs a Pro-model iPhone with a LiDAR scanner. Want to look around first? Turn on Demo Mode to explore the whole app with a simulated network, no hardware needed.

About

HomeMonitor

Features
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HomeMonitor puts every accessory in your HomeKit home on a single screen. When your home mixes hardware from several manufacturers, keeping track means opening one vendor app after another. HomeMonitor groups everything by room and zone and shows the values that matter right now — brightness, temperature, humidity, lock state — all at once. DENSITY FIRST - Supports 27 accessory types - Grouped by room and zone - Reorder rooms, and the devices inside them - Values flash briefly when they change, so you notice - Offline status is decided by whether the accessory actually answers CONTROL, ONE DEVICE AT A TIME - Sliders for brightness, color temperature, hue, target temperature, fan speed and more - Every characteristic an accessory exposes, with its current value, valid range and read/write access SEE HOW THINGS CONNECT - Matter or bridged, and which bridge it sits behind - Home hub status - For Matter accessories: network type, IP addresses, Thread role and neighboring nodes PRIVATE BY DEFAULT - No account, no sign-in - No data collection of any kind. Everything stays on your device —————— PLANS The free tier shows every accessory and switches them on and off. Pro (one-time purchase) Faster updates, slider controls, reordering inside a room, and multiple homes Pro Max (auto-renewable subscription) Everything in Pro, plus a selectable refresh interval, a high-density display mode, advanced data with connection details, and a Settings screen About the Pro Max subscription - Available monthly or yearly - Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase - Renews automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period - Manage your subscription and turn off auto-renew in your account settings after purchase - Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ - Privacy Policy: https://www.gyuniku.jp/legal.php

Screenshots

ThreadMapper4 screens
HomeMonitor4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: ThreadMapper at every 4 days against HomeMonitor's fortnightly. ThreadMapper also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads and in-app purchases 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. ThreadMapper sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and HomeMonitor sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ThreadMapper ships an update every 4 days, HomeMonitor fortnightly. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
ThreadMapper versus HomeMonitor: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterThreadMapperHomeMonitor
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size40 MB9 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTintin RazavianKentaro Saito

In-app purchases

1 purchases

ThreadMapper

One-time1
  • PRO Lifetime$14.99
3 purchases

HomeMonitor

Subscriptions2
  • HomeMonitor Pro Max (Monthly)$1.991 Month
  • HomeMonitor Pro Max (Yearly)$14.991 Year
One-time1
  • HomeMonitor Pro$4.99

Questions

Is ThreadMapper free?
ThreadMapper is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is HomeMonitor free?
HomeMonitor is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do ThreadMapper or HomeMonitor have ads?
Neither ThreadMapper nor HomeMonitor shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ThreadMapper or HomeMonitor?
ThreadMapper ships an update every 4 days, and HomeMonitor fortnightly. Most recently, ThreadMapper was updated on October 31, 2026 and HomeMonitor on October 31, 2026.

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