Walk the house with a live meter, save a reading in each room, and see them ranked. Free for Android.
This connection
Measured in your browser
Lower is better. On a phone, walk around and watch it settle.
Eight timed round trips and a 6 MB download, scored the way the app does.
Real screens from the app. The live reading is real; the saved rooms are examples.
Open the meter and move from room to room. It times the connection once a second, so the good spots show themselves.
Name the room and tap Test & save. Eight timed round trips and a real download, done in seconds.
Every room scored out of 100 and ranked best first. Retest one at a busy hour, rename it or delete it.
Each room gets a score out of 100 from three measurements. Move them and watch it change. If you scored this spot above, use your own reading.
97
Excellent
Phones do not let an ordinary app read the raw radio signal. What decides whether a call holds up in a room is how quickly and steadily the connection answers, so that is what it measures.
An empty reply from Google’s connectivity check, timed there and back.
A 6 MB file from Cloudflare’s speed test, timed start to finish.
Connected with no internet behind it is a different problem, and it says which one you have.
Saved rooms stay on the device. No account, no sign in, no adverts.
On a computer, scan the code with your phone’s camera and the Signal Scout download starts there. Already on your phone? Tap the button.
Get the APK on your phone and open it.
Android asks before installing from outside the Play Store. Allow it for your browser, then tap Install.
Open it where you use your phone most and give the meter a few seconds.
Tap Save this spot and name the room. Do the same in the others.
On iPhone: No iPhone build yet. Signal Scout is Android only for now. Every release is on GitHub.
Walk the house, save a reading in each room, and see them ranked.
