NetSpot For Android – WiFi Analyzer, Heatmapper, Planner and Survey app

Predictive heatmaps for a seamless WiFi design

Planning for a reliable and strong WiFi coverage ahead of time is quite easy with NetSpot for Android (NetSpot Plus is available via in-app purchase). Choose the desired AP placements in the app and build the predictive heatmaps visualizing the future coverage. Two types of heatmaps are available.

Signal level

Your future WiFi network signal strength. Your connectivity and overall online experience largely rely on this value.

Signal-to-interference ratio

Demonstrates the impact of potential noise sources or overlapping channels on your WiFi connectivity.

Easy-to-use comprehensive WiFi planning tool on your mobile device

Design and optimize your wireless network with ease using WiFi planning features of NetSpot for Android.

Upload a floor plan and scale it, by entering the real distance between any two points

Add walls, windows, and doors to your space, and specify the building materials

Select an AP model you are planning to install and predict your WiFi coverage right away

SURVEY MODE

Perform WiFi Site Surveys for a network of any size and capacity

With NetSpot for Android, performing wireless site surveys is as light-handed as it gets with just your device at hand.

Run a survey on your mobile device

Projects can be any size and complexity

No need for additional hardware

Visualize with NetSpot

Performing a wireless site survey with NetSpot for Android allows for great flexibility because, let's face it, we always have our phone on us. Additionally, using the app is as user-friendly as can be! Here are the steps you need to follow to get the work done

Take a picture of your surveyed area map and load it in NetSpot

Scale your map, by entering the real distance between two known points of the area

Take as many measurements as you can to get more accurate data

Analyze collected data with detailed Visual Heatmaps

You can build several types of Wi-Fi heatmaps directly in NetSpot for Android (NetSpot Plus is available via in-app purchase): Signal level, Signal-to-interference ratio, and Signal-to-noise ratio. They allow you to see how the WiFi signal is distributed throughout the area and what possible improvements can be applied to perfect it.

Signal level

Demonstrates your WiFi signal strength. This value is especially important when combined with other values.

Signal-to-interference ratio

Demonstrates the quotient between the average received carrier power and the average received co-channel interference power.

Signal-to-noise ratio

Demonstrates the correspondence of the WiFi signal level to the level of the background noise (unwanted signal).

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Analyze and compare, perform WiFi site surveys, fix issues with WiFi — all on your Android phone, tablet or Chromebook. You'll need Android 8.0+

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WI-FI INSPECTOR MODE

Discover your Wi-Fi networks

Did you know there is a WiFi analyzer for Android? Getting the perfect WiFi coverage is as easy as can be and the only thing you need to have on you is your Android device. The popular NetSpot also comes as a WiFi app for Android that will scan and analyze all available wireless networks around.

Know more about surrounding WiFi networks

Discover and compare WiFi networks

Locate the issues if there are any and find solutions

Get detailed information about WiFi networks

NetSpot usage comes naturally, no matter if you are a pro or novice, all thanks to extensive research during the development process. This Android WiFi analyzer is highly efficient in providing the detailed data so you can create a flawless WiFi connection throughout the designated space.

Live Wi-Fi data

NetSpot collects 802.11a/b/g/n/ac/ax live data and visualizes it.

2.4, 5 and 6 GHz bands

All three frequency bands are fully supported by NetSpot.

Comprehensive AP data

Get such details as network name, MAC address, Signal level, etc.

Analyze and Compare WiFi networks

NetSpot WiFi channel analyzer gets as meticulous as possible when it comes to collecting the information you need about a WiFi network. While it's scanning, you can see the data updated in real time, helping you align the network behavior to real life events and conditions.

The data chart is updated
in real time

Data can be sorted by name
and by signal strength

Name, signal strength, security
protocol filters available

Test your Internet Speed with NetSpot

NetSpot for Android offers an essential in any network analysis feature — Internet speed test. We believe everyone can find this option useful — be it an already established network that you've made some tweaks to or a newly set up network that you are perfecting.

NetSpot for Android offers an essential in any network analysis feature - Internet speed test. We believe everyone can find this option useful - be it an already established network that you've made some tweaks to or a newly set up network that you are perfecting.

NetSpot will give you some friendly tips based on your Internet speed test results:

Download speed
Ping
The results of previous tests
Date and time of the measurement
Reference server location

By measuring the download speed you get to know how quickly your device is downloading data from the Internet. The ping value reveals how quickly a packet of data travels from your device to its reference server (remember that ping and latency depend on the distance from the reference server to your device or computer.)

Identify WiFi Issues

Using our WiFI network analyzer is the sure way to an enhanced WiFi network with an outstanding coverage, capacity and performance values. We have no doubts that NetSpot is the best WiFi analyzer. Why are we so convinced? Because thanks to NetSpot you can easily troubleshoot and locate any issues with a network, resolve WiFi channel overlap conflicts, find the signal leakages, and much more.

Finding signal leakages

Resolving a WiFi channel overlap conflict

Automated troubleshooting heatmaps

Locating any issues with WiFi

Troubleshooting and enhancing your network's coverage, capacity, performance, signal level, interference, etc.

Build Wi-Fi Heatmaps with NetSpot for Android or export to desktop

Some WiFi heatmap visualizations are available in NetSpot for Android through in-app purchases.

You can build even more types of Wi-Fi visualizations based on either the measurements you have taken with NetSpot on your Android device or your planning survey project: import your project to NetSpot Home, PRO, or Enterprise either on Windows or Mac computer, and generate various types of WiFi heatmaps.

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View Wi-Fi Heatmaps with NetSpot on desktop

FAQ

What is the best WiFi Analyzer for Android?

Choosing the best WiFi analyzer for any operating system, not just Android, can be tough, but you can definitely find your best option if you follow some simple tips:

Go with a trusted developer with lots of experience in the field;
Find the product that is consistently updated and improved;
Does the developer offer timely tech support? That's very important when you are troubleshooting your network connection!
The app has to be easy to understand and bug-free. We are not saying it'll be perfect all the time, but it should be as close to perfection as possible :)

In our opinion, NetSpot for Android is the best WiFi analyzer that has a simple and clear interface and is very intuitive. If you need a deeper WiFi analysis, NetSpot is available on macOS and Windows. Read more about our WiFi analyzer for PC here.

How do you use WiFi Analyzer on Android?

You can find NetSpot for Android on the Google Play store: install it on your device and open the app. In the Networks tab, you can see the information about the available WiFi networks. You can also compare the networks by their signal level, channel, band, etc. Look at the signal strength and channel overlap graph to analyze networks for signal and co-channel interference.

More information can be found in our manual.

Is the WiFi analyzer for Android from NetSpot free?

This high-quality Android WiFi analyzer with a unique interface that is simple and informative at the same time is free, offering additional features through in-app purchases!

More about WiFi analysis and our picks of the best free wifi analyzer apps here.

Where can I find NetSpot for Android WiFi analyzer?

The easiest way to get it on your phone or tablet is to download NetSpot for Android for free from Google Play.

How to perform a WiFi site survey on Android?

To perform a WiFi survey with NetSpot for Android:

Load a surveyed area map from a file or take its picture.
Scale your map, by entering the real distance between two known points of the area.
Take as many measurements as you can to get more accurate data.
Tap the Done button.
You'll see the success message and there you can tap Heatmaps. You can either view and analyze the generated heatmaps in NetSpot Plus for Android or export them to NetSpot Home, PRO, or Enterprise to view them on either your Windows or Mac computer.
Heatmaps allow you to visually examine the quality of the wireless signal coverage within your space. Comprehensive color schemes are aimed to be able to help you easily identify any problems with your WiFi and consequently improve it.

How to use the Android WiFi planning tool?

To perform predictive WiFi surveys with NetSpot for Android:

Load a floor plan/map from a file or draw it in NetSpot.
Scale the loaded map in the app.
Add the building elements of your space, and specify the materials they are made of to be able to accurately predict how they will impact the wireless signal.
Place APs on the floor plan by selecting the models from the list in the app. You can move them around later to see how it will affect the signal.
Tap Done.
On the project card select Wi-Fi Heatmaps to visualize your planned coverage.
You can either view and analyze the generated heatmaps in NetSpot Plus for Android or export your project to NetSpot PRO or Enterprise to generate even more heatmaps on your desktop computer.