Comparison

WiFi Heatmap vs AR Wifi Analyzer

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

Head to head
About

WiFi Heatmap

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Two bars in the living room, nothing in the bedroom. WiFi Heatmap shows you exactly where your signal dies, and what to do about it. Walk through your home with your iPhone. The app draws the floor plan as you go, measures the connection in every corner, and paints a colour-coded coverage map: green where it flies, red where it dies. HOW IT WORKS 1. Mark the corners. Point the crosshair at the base of each corner and tap. You never have to reach them. 2. Walk around. Measurements are taken on their own while you move. 3. Read the map. Your whole home, room by room. WHAT YOU GET - A floor plan of your home, drawn by walking - A coverage map with signal quality in every spot - A score for every room, worst first - Where to move the router, before you spend money on hardware - Saved scans, so you can compare before and after BUILT FOR EVERY IPHONE No LiDAR. No extra hardware. No floor plan to upload. YOUR HOME STAYS YOURS Scans never leave your iPhone, and you do not need an account to measure. ABOUT THE MEASUREMENT iOS does not let apps read the raw signal strength the radio reports. WiFi Heatmap measures what you actually feel instead: how fast and how steadily the connection answers at each point. That is the number that tells you whether a video call will hold. SUBSCRIPTION WiFi Heatmap Pro is an auto-renewing subscription, available as a weekly plan and a yearly plan. The current price is shown in the app before you buy. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless it is cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel it in your Apple Account settings after purchase. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

AR Wifi Analyzer

Visualize Wi-Fi signal strength in your home using augmented reality. The app creates a 3D model of your space and overlays Wi-Fi coverage, highlighting weak spots in real-time. It helps you find the optimal placement for your router or mesh nodes.

Highlights
  • 3D home modeling with LiDAR
  • Live Wi-Fi coverage visualization
  • Floor plan view of weak spots
  • AR walkthroughs of saved scans
  • Router and mesh node placement tips
  • PDF report generation (Pro)
Features
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Find the Wi-Fi dead spots in your home, and see exactly where they are. AR Wifi Analyzer uses the LiDAR scanner on your iPhone or iPad to build a 3D model of your home while it measures your Wi-Fi everywhere you walk. The result is painted straight onto the walls and floor: green where the connection is strong, yellow where it's fair and red where it struggles. SCAN IN 3D Walk slowly through your home. The LiDAR scanner builds the rooms around you, and every scan is cleaned up into a smooth, tidy model when you save it. LIVE COVERAGE Coverage is measured as you move and appears on the real walls in real time, so you see a weak spot the moment you walk into it. FLOOR PLAN Look down on your whole floor, with the walls drawn in, and spot the weak rooms at a glance. 3D VIEW Rotate and zoom around your saved home from any angle. WALK IT AGAIN Return to a saved scan in AR. It lines back up with your rooms, so the saved coverage appears on the real walls again. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Everything stays on your device. No account, no ads, no tracking, and nothing is ever uploaded. PRO: FROM MAP TO PLAN Scanning, live coverage, the floor plan, the 3D view, AR walkthroughs and the PDF report are free. Pro is a one-time purchase, with no subscription, that turns your map into a plan: • Best spot for your router: see whether moving it to the middle of your home would even out coverage. • Where to add a mesh node: the exact spot where the signal is still strong enough to relay into each weak area, floor by floor, including when a floor needs a cable instead. • Before & after: compare two scans of the same home and see what moving the router or adding a node really changed. • Pro PDF report: add your client's name and address, your own name and notes, and the recommended spots on a map. Ready to hand over. Try before you buy: the first placement tip for every scan is free. GREAT FOR • Finding the best place for your router • Deciding where a mesh node or extender will actually help • Checking the home office before an important video call • Scanning again after a change to see if it made a difference HOW IT MEASURES iOS doesn't let apps read raw Wi-Fi signal strength. Instead, AR Wifi Analyzer measures what you actually notice: how quickly and how reliably your router answers from each spot. Slow or missing answers are what make video calls stutter and pages hang. REQUIREMENTS Requires an iPhone or iPad with a LiDAR scanner (iPhone 12 Pro or later Pro models, iPad Pro 2020 or later) running iOS 26 or later.

Screenshots

WiFi Heatmap4 screens
AR Wifi Analyzer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: WiFi Heatmap at 16.0 against AR Wifi Analyzer's 26.0. 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. WiFi Heatmap sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per 7 days and AR Wifi Analyzer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

WiFi Heatmap ships an update every 9 days, AR Wifi Analyzer fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
WiFi Heatmap versus AR Wifi Analyzer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWiFi HeatmapAR Wifi Analyzer
PriceFreeFree
Rating—3.5 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequencyEvery 9 days — betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS16.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size17 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNicolo Di BenedettoPatrick Christensen

In-app purchases

3 purchases

WiFi Heatmap

Subscriptions2
  • Pro - Weekly$5.997 Days
  • Pro - Yearly$24.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Pro$29.99
1 purchases

AR Wifi Analyzer

One-time1
  • AR Wifi Analyzer Pro$2.99

Questions

Is WiFi Heatmap free?
WiFi Heatmap is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is AR Wifi Analyzer free?
AR Wifi Analyzer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do WiFi Heatmap or AR Wifi Analyzer have ads?
Neither WiFi Heatmap nor AR Wifi Analyzer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, WiFi Heatmap or AR Wifi Analyzer?
WiFi Heatmap ships an update every 9 days, and AR Wifi Analyzer fortnightly. Most recently, WiFi Heatmap was updated on October 26, 2026 and AR Wifi Analyzer on November 1, 2026.

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