Ubiquiti WiFiman Reviews

I just downloaded it for the first time. I noticed in the upgrade comments they fixed a bug where it got hung up. Unfortunately, each time I run a speed test, it starts ok then 20 seconds later it crashes, returning me back to the home screen. When I double click the iPhone home button, UbiquitiWiFiman is there, but it starts over from scratch when I click on it.

The speed test regularly shows higher bandwidth than you actually have. WiFiman reports 32Mb up and down on a connection that is 30/30. It shows 26Mb on a 24Mb pipeline. It may not seem like a big deal to most of you but inaccuracy is inexcusable. The Net Analyzer app has a much better speed test which matches results from wired speed test. This and the OOkla speed test apps are both off and inaccurate.

The IP scanner is meh. There are 10 other network apps that do the same thing. Plus, half the time devices will show up as “generic” even when I am actively using them while running a scan (e.g. my iPad Pro always shows up as “generic”).

PS - I use Ubiquiti at home and at businesses that I serve. I am a fan of their products but UbiquitiWiFiman is pointless IMO. It offers nothing that other apps already do better.

UbiquitiWiFiman performs okay at performance testing the network compared to the USG-Pro dashboard, but has zero in-app support or help. I still haven’t found the signal mapper function (the primary reason I downloaded UbiquitiWiFiman ), and there’s nothing the tells me it should exist outside of Ubiquiti’s website. Additionally, my nano-hd AP’s don’t show up in the device list, though all of my U6’s do.

It’s relatively little UbiquitiWiFiman can do that the unifi network app doesn’t. The port scanning could be interesting and could potentially provide O/S information, but it takes a long time and you can’t let the device screen-lock or UbiquitiWiFiman crashes. It should probably suspend or block the screen lock instead.

I have a smaller Ubiquiti setup. 2 unifi APs and 1 edgerouter. I like the built in speed testing as well as the widget. I really wish there were more options within the network discovery though. At any given point I have ~25 devices on my network and seeing just an IP address with the name “Generic” does not give me any clue what the device is. I would have to either go to the Unifi app or into my router to see what is what. I realize it would be impossible for the scan to know exactly what to name the devices but at least let us configure aliases manually. Also the ability like others have pointed out to be able to open a browser to the desired scanned port.

Good app but in recent versions the only speed test showing seems to be the full Internet speed test.

In previous versions of UbiquitiWiFiman I would see TWO speed test results, both Internet speed and also a separate, internal speed test of my connection speed from my device running the WiFiman app (usually my iPhone 12) to my internal gateway, in this case a UniFi UXG-Pro. It was nice to see both my internal wireless network speeds as well as the Internet speed test.

UbiquitiWiFiman is good at what it does and has a nice layout. My only disappointment was that the Wifi mapper only works with Ubiquiti devices. I’m not sure if there is certain hardware required or why that is, but imo, if this mapper was available for everyone it could potentially lead to new Ubiquiti customers.

This is a great improvement from the UniFi Discovery app. While it helps on device discovery it also does much more. My only complaint is that the Speedtest feature shows significantly slower speeds than my Ookla app (both on iOS XS).

I really love UbiquitiWiFiman, it’s great for so many things. Getting ping times, public ip, speed tests and even a network scanner. I have replaced 3 other apps with this one. Awesome!

There are a couple improvements I would like to see:

Speed test- it would be nice to be able to label them, so when you jump to different access points or in different rooms you can more easily differentiate between tests.

Scanner- possibly limited by apple, but it gives very vague info unless the devices are unify. A basic manufacturer name would be helpful.

UbiquitiWiFiman answers the question: “Is the network down?” Instantly.

One request: in iOS 13 the widget appears with a medium grey background and a slightly darker text color. It would be great if it could offer a little more contrast and follow the dark mode settings.

I love my Ubiquity gear and UbiquitiWiFiman is just as easy to use as the rest of their software and does an awesome job of giving you all the ping and connection info you might need to diag a problem! Well done Ubiquity!

** 11/1 edit: 5 stars / ping is back!!
This WAS my most used app to check on basic wifi / ISP health. Using the ping option let me check wifi with a few local pings & ISP with a few web pings. Without this it’s just another speed test / network scanner.

I’ve been a Ubiquiti fan for over 6 years and I’ve had nothing but absolute convenience, performance, and simplicity with their products.

UbiquitiWiFiman is great! Except one thing... It doesn’t allow domains that start with a number to be pinged. I tried numerous ways, but each time a number is placed at the beginning, the button to add greys out. Please fix this guys!

- A happy UniFi user

Gives me upload/download documentation to have information to prove to my ISP that there is a problem. The information is also time/ date stamped to give more information as to what, when, and where these recurring specifically happen! Love it!

It strikes the right combination of very simple and very powerful. On surface it’s a internet WiFi speed test app. But if you own a UniFi gateway, it tests both the wifi speed all the way to the internet and local speed to your gateway. It also scans the network, visualised your topology from device to the internet and even auto-discovers devices on your LAN and allows you to ping/port-scan them.

UbiquitiWiFiman does most of the basic network troubleshooting and information gathering that I do already on my Mac and other websites/apps, all in one place! It does a consistent ping of several IP addresses and outputs a line graph of the response time for each. It does the gateway automatically plus whatever custom IP addresses you want, I typically do several well-known public DNS servers. It has a nice speed test option, and scans for other devices on the network, showing you open ports and the ping response time for each. It also shows the apparent public IP address along with the name of the ISP. A great replacement/upgrade for the UBNT Discovery app!

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Klint

P.S. Someone gave this a bad review because it isn’t a Wi-Fi analyzer. Apple removed the ability for third-party app developers to create Wi-Fi scanners, but they do give you the option to do it in their own AirPort Utility app if you enable it in Settings>AirPort Utility.

Update May 6, 2019: ubiquiti added portscan on the May 1, 2019 update, and sent me a message to say that it had been added...it works nicely, and is a great feature addition for the WiFiman app. Thanks for the update, I definitely appreciate the feature, and I now feel completed.

This was the original review:
great Ubiquiti devs: why doesn’t this also do port scans?

Great app for scanning local subnet like a ping-scan, and getting bonjour info, but would love portscan feature to see open ports on stuff on the local subnet.
Portscan please. Give me port scan so I can use UbiquitiWiFiman instead of another app...everything else in my life seems to involve Ubiquiti products, I need portscan so I can be completed.

I with I didn’t update it, because with the previous version I scan, click on and IP address and it gives me the option of opening in web browser, great to access camera, access panels, and so on, now, this version I can’t do that, don’t know why they remove it but it would be nice to put it back.

The new interface is great, and I no longer get a “something is wrong” message when I’m connected to VPN. Kudos to the developers for an excellent upgrade.

I waited until the point bug fix to update so I can’t speak to the missing ping issue that appears to have been fixed.

No matter the vendor of your home network products, this is a must have tool. Performs speed testing, network discovery, as well as channel analysis. Also has an easy to use and beautiful interface. I work in IT and I use this for work and at home. Integrates great with Ubiquiti’s other apps, as well.

How can I delete the results?

So many apps with the same functionality; port scan, traceroute, ping, etc. None of them sufficiently outline what the application, benefit, purpose. No search engine or God awful YouTube video breaks it down either, all of the sources explain things as if the user has had formal training in such a field. Someone, somewhere needs to break down the specific capabilities step by step for someone that has no background knowledge.