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HomeScan for HomeKit App User Positive Comments 2024
HomeScan for HomeKit app received 13 positive comments and reviews by users. Can you share your positive thoughts about homescan for homekit?
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✓ Get insight into your signal problemsI was looking to better understand why some of my HomeKit devices didn’t respond all the time. This app lets you scan the signal strength of each device it can see from you location. Move around the house to see how signal improves or degrades between any device and your current location..Version: 1.1.2
✓ Perfect for diagnosing signal issues!This is an awesome tool to help diagnose signal issues, not just for HomeKit. What a great tool!.Version: 1.1.2
✓ QuickSome of the unnamed accessories seem to remain a little bit obscure but it’s a neat app..Version: 1.0.4
✓ Does what it says on the tinVery simple to use, nice UI.Version: 1.0
✓ Very excited to have some more tooling availableI love this. it would be helpful to be able to turn on various attribute visibility... mac addr, type of packets, vendorID etc. it would also be helpful to be able to associate BT addresses with devices that are airplay/otherwise-home-related, as opposed to JUST sensors. but regardless... Nicely done!!!.Version: 1.1.3
✓ Easy and intuitiveThis app helped me solve a few issues I had with my HomeKit devices. Highly recommended..Version: 1.0.2
✓ Suggestion/feedbackIt would be useful if I could set the output to be sorted by signal strength. That would let me get right next to a device so it appears at the top of the list, and then select it so I can monitor the signal as I move around the house. Also, instead of ‘Unknown’ it would be good to see a device’s MAC address (if it’s available) so I can tell one device from the next. The “Support” link off the App Store doesn’t take me to an actual support page..Version: 1.0.4
✓ WoWGreat little App that I didn’t know I needed but find it invaluable. Excellent work👏👏.Version: 1.0
✓ Awesome, could be betterI love this application. It looks amazing. It has dark mode, light mode, even auto. It scans your local area for Bluetooth devices and identifies them. But it could be better. For starters, the HomeKit accuracy is not too great. I have a smart plug by eve named “entertainment” in my HomeKit but it won’t recognise that it is HomeKit. Also it should try to identify the device type if it doesn’t have a name..Version: 1.0.4
✓ Best app for sorting out Homekit Bluetooth troublesHomeScan was built specifically to help customers who are struggling with their HomeKit Bluetooth accessories to figure out what’s going wrong. Bluetooth 4 range is much lower than wifi which can result in people placing their BLE devices too far away and then complaining that it doesn’t work. HomeScan can help you figure out if you’re out of range and gives you the info you need to really optimize your installation. The Apple Watch app is also sweet as you can walk around and use your combined devices to plan your installation. If you want to get the most out of your Smart house and your using Bluetooth accessories - this app is a must have..Version: 1.0.3
✓ Solid ToolExactly what I needed to understand the signal of my HomeKit switch. If they have any ideas for WiFi HomeKit devices, it would be great too. I think understanding the home environment is key to getting successful HomeKit adoption. As companies start to support Bluetooth 5, it may be helpful to understand that difference in the signals..Version: 1.0.3
✓ Excellent for checking Bluetooth devicesThis is a great tool for checking out the strength of the signal from BT devices. It also helpfully allows you to edit the name for better identification..Version: 1.0
✓ Agree with others—huge potential but not there yetSo I agree with the other reviewers in that it absolutely NEEDS the ability to sort by signal strength and to be able to show MAC addresses.... since a list of several dozen “no name” devices is entirely unhelpful. As of now I feel like I definitely wasted $0.99. This app could, one day, be exactly what we all have been needing. I just don’t understand why such basic features that seem simple to add weren’t included to begin with. I see no technical limitation that would impede adding “Sort by Strength”. And also, I could be wrong, but MAC addresses just seem 100% necessary here and shouldn't be too hard to add either. As of now it only tells me how many Bluetooth devices are in range of my phone with no way of telling which ones are which. I really want to love this app and I want it to work out but until those issues are addressed, it's useless to me. I'll be happy if the developer is able to improve it and of course I'm always happy to help support independent developers. I really hope this app ends up on the 2021 Must-Have Apps list.... it certainly has lots of potential and if improved it could become essential for HomeKit users. One day maybe...? Update: Turns out there are technical limitations likely due to Apple’s sandboxing which doesn’t allow access to MAC addresses. This particular fault apparently lies with Apple. I do wish there were some way around it to create any form of usable identifier that could help me narrow down which devices are which even if I have to create my own nicknames for each device. The only real way that I know of to remedy this on the user’s end is to manually power-down or physically move BT devices and reenable them one-by-one which is not very practical but would make this app a lot more usable. Just would take more effort than should be necessary due to the iOS sandboxing. I will be giving this a try..Version: 1.1.2
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