AirScout vs ActiveAhead 2018
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
AirScout
This app automates Wi-Fi environment surveys from the physical layer to the application layer. It simplifies complex measurements into easy-to-understand metrics for technicians to assess and explain location-specific application performance to users.
- Automated Wi-Fi environment surveying
- Layer 1 to application layer analysis
- Distills complex measurements into simple metrics
- Assesses location-specific application performance
- Reduces customer service calls and truck rolls
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Service providers have found that simply looking at signal strength measurements and using a single instrument is not a true measure of the Wi-Fi user experience in the home. Current workflows result in an uncharacterized Wi-Fi environment causing a high amount of customer service calls and truck rolls. AirScout provides an automated solution that surveys the residence from Layer 1 all the way through to the application layer. AirScout provides technicians with a tool that distills complex measurements into easy to understand metrics, enabling technicians to convey to consumers location-specific application performance when and where they need it.
ActiveAhead 2018
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The ActiveAhead mobile application allows you to adjust the luminaire parameters of the self-learning, out-of-the-box lighting control solution ActiveAhead. To use this application you must have an approved mobile device, iPhone 4s / iPad 3rd gen onwards, equipped with Bluetooth low energy and one or multiple luminaires supporting the ActiveAhead solution. With this application you can adjust the values of a single luminaire or group of luminaires as well as control the daylight harvesting. The ActiveAhead includes the following features: - Light levels adjustments - Timeouts adjustment - Fade time adjustment - Set parameters to predefined eco and comfort modes or create your own presets. - Group management - Control daylight harvesting and set minimum dimming level - Security settings
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: AirScout at 12.0 against ActiveAhead 2018's 17.0. 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on June 11, 2026 and September 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | AirScout | ActiveAhead 2018 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 21 MB | 39 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | TEMPO COMMUNICATIONS, INC. | Helvar Ltd. |
In-app purchases
AirScout
No in-app purchases
ActiveAhead 2018
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is AirScout free?
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Do AirScout or ActiveAhead 2018 have ads?
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