ThreadMapper vs Engine Miles
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ThreadMapper
Diagnose your smart home's Thread network health with at-a-glance grades and detailed issue breakdowns. Monitor device status, battery levels, and network connections. Offers advanced AI insights and AR mapping for deeper troubleshooting.
- Network health grade and issue breakdown
- Device and battery status monitoring
- Mesh map visualization
- Offline alerts with quiet respect
- AI-powered insights and troubleshooting
- AR room mapping and X-Ray view
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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.
Engine Miles
This app helps hybrid and plug-in hybrid vehicle owners track their gasoline engine mileage. It logs fuel fill-ups and estimates engine usage for maintenance reminders. Pro features offer advanced insights, multiple vehicle support, and data export.
- Estimate gasoline engine mileage
- Log fuel fill-ups
- Oil change reminders
- Track multiple vehicles (Pro)
- Fuel use and cost insights (Pro)
- Gas vs. electric mileage split (Pro)
- CSV import/export (Pro)
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Your odometer shows how far your car has gone. Engine Miles helps you estimate how far its gasoline engine has gone. Built for hybrid and plug-in hybrid (PHEV) drivers, Engine Miles uses the fuel you log and your vehicle's gas-mode fuel economy to estimate engine mileage. Keep your fill-ups in one clear log and follow an oil-change goal based on estimated engine miles. START FREE Track one vehicle, log unlimited manual fill-ups, edit your history, and see your estimated engine-mile total. Log oil changes and follow your next oil-change estimate. GO FURTHER WITH ENGINE MILES PRO Add multiple vehicles, explore fuel use and costs in Insights, and look back with a year recap. For plug-in hybrids, see the estimated gas-versus-electric mileage split. Pro also includes CSV import and export, a full backup, Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets, and notification reminders. Choose a monthly or yearly subscription, or a lifetime purchase, to unlock Pro. No account is required. Your vehicle log stays on your iPhone. Usage sharing helps improve the app and can be turned off in Settings > Privacy. Engine mileage and electric mileage are estimates based on the information you enter. Regular hybrids do not show an electric-mileage split. Follow your vehicle manufacturer's maintenance recommendations; the oil-change estimate is a guide, not maintenance advice. Pro subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel them in your Apple Account settings. Lifetime is a one-time purchase. Terms of Use: https://enginemiles.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://enginemiles.com/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Engine Miles at 5.0 against ThreadMapper's 3.7. ThreadMapper's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and ratings volume (3 vs 1). On price, update cadence, 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
Both are free to download. ThreadMapper sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and Engine Miles sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Engine Miles holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively.
ThreadMapper ships an update every 4 days, Engine Miles every 3 days. Both last shipped on November 10, 2026.
| Parameter | ThreadMapper | Engine Miles |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 40 MB | 32 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Tintin Razavian | TooAvid Technologies LLC |
In-app purchases
ThreadMapper
- PRO Lifetime$7.99
- FIELD Lifetime$24.99
Engine Miles
- EngineMiles Pro Monthly$2.991 Month
- EngineMiles Pro Yearly$19.991 Year
- EngineMiles Pro Lifetime$29.99
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