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Fing Limited · Productivity

We analyzed this app across 3 independent signals and corroborated nothing unfair. That is a signal, not an audit.

Nothing unfair corroborated · unauditedConfidence: High3 signal sources508 reviews scannedNot human-reviewedas of 2026-10-04
 Which version this describes

This analysis describes version 12.13.4 of the app, analyzed 2026-10-04 . The app may have changed since.

The store currently lists version 12.13.4, updated 2026-09-11.

What the analysis found

Each finding shows what agreed and how strongly. Automated analysis

One source only — shown, not confirmed 3

A single kind of evidence. We publish these because withholding them would be the bigger distortion, and we do not treat any of them as a finding we stand behind.

From the store listing: Usable without an account
One source onlyShown, not confirmed — the only source is the store privacy disclosure.view evidence
The app's own screens offer a way past sign-up — guest access, skipping, or browsing before registering — rather than gating the product behind an account. The store's privacy disclosure is checked alongside it: that disclosure is self-reported, so it corroborates this credit rather than establishing it.
What we saw: The store privacy disclosure (7 entries) links no contact details or identifiers to the user — consistent with an app that does not require an account. Self-reported by the developer.
Reported by users: Upgrade prompts use guilt-trip wording
One source onlyShown, not confirmed — the only source is user reviews.view evidence
Declining an upgrade is written as a loss ('No thanks, I don't want to improve'), or users report being repeatedly pushed to subscribe during normal use.
What we saw: Constant upsell pressure: raised by 6 distinct reviewers (1.2% of 508 reviews scanned)
Reported by users: Paywall blocks the basics
One source onlyShown, not confirmed — the only source is user reviews.view evidence
The core of the app — not extras — sits behind payment, or previously-free function moved behind a paywall.
What we saw: Paywall blocks the basics: raised by 10 distinct reviewers (2.0% of 508 reviews scanned)

What reviewers said

Verbatim excerpts from public store reviews, shown as corroborating user reports. They are not Appworthy audit evidence, and a quotation is not proof of the finding it sits under.

Upgrade prompts use guilt-trip wording

Not Great — It says that the network is unsecured but not why. Constantly pushing for upgrades even when subscribed to “Premium”. I can get the same info from free tools.

3★ · App Store · 2026-02-13

Was good — This app was useful, but requires a 6.99 sub just to scan my network now? Can’t scan once a day, as stated by the “24 hour cooldown” without a popup informing me to pay up. 👎

1★ · App Store · 2024-10-15

What was once great — What was once an elegant app to get a quick overview of your devices has turned into an interface nightmare and constant nagging for yet another subscription, which is really completely unwarranted considering what…

1★ · App Store · 2024-09-02

Paywall blocks the basics

Used to be useful — Used to be a great tool, now it’s just a cash grab for the developers. Uninstalled after 12+ years of using the app. The free version is basically unusable for tech support.

1★ · App Store · 2026-09-27

Scam/pay to use — It does show who/what is connected to your Wi-Fi but you can only REFRESH 3 times then you have to PAY for more plus some of the simple features like removing someone and on top of that it won’t let you register at all…

1★ · App Store · 2026-08-13

One scan a day is all you get — Used to be free, now all you get is a single network scan per day for free

1★ · App Store · 2026-05-01

How the automated analysis works

Automated, corroborated, and never human-reviewed without a person.

This assessment is produced automatically. Three independent signals are read — user reviews, the store listing and the store privacy disclosure — and each candidate finding is filed under the sources that support it.

No charge stands on one kind of evidence — with one published exception. A finding is either a measured fact that anyone can reproduce (an ad SDK is in the package; every subscription bills weekly; the privacy label omits a tracker we can see), or it is an interpretation — and an interpretation needs independent sources to agree before it reaches the catch list. The exception is a harm only users can see: a charge may publish from reviews alone, as “Reported by N users”, once enough reviewers raise it to clear that charge’s own published bar. That agreement rule is what replaced the human reviewer, not a model’s confidence.

There is no overall score, on purpose. A 0–99 number was published here until 2026-09-15. It was withdrawn because it discriminated too weakly to be the instrument — 44.7% of every pair of apps tied — and because a single number is a verdict where a count is an observation. What publishes instead is a row of measurements, each of which says what was counted and, where we could not look, says that instead.

Findings under One source only are real reports we do not stand behind as findings. They are shown because withholding them entirely would hide a genuine complaint, and labelled because publishing them as charges would be an accusation off a single source.

 Not yet human-reviewed

Several measurements above say “Not assessed” because no artefact we hold can answer them. A human review is what resolves those — and it can remove a favourable band as easily as add one.

Hands-on inspections are not yet open.

 How this page was produced
Analyzed 2026-10-04 Version analyzed: 12.13.43 independent signals508 reviews scannedConfidence: HighNot human-reviewedVocabulary v1.13Methodology v1.3
Signals run: user reviews, the store listing and the store privacy disclosure. Not yet checked: SDKs in the app package, the app's own on-screen text and the app manifest.