Who Is on My WiFi? Check from iPhone

Quick answerConnect your iPhone to the WiFi you want to inspect, open a local network scanner, grant Local Network permission and run a scan. Compare the resulting names, IP addresses, device types and services with your router and the products in your home.

How to see connected devices

Join the correct WiFi. A local scan examines the network your iPhone is using, not every nearby wireless network.
Allow Local Network access. iOS requires this permission before an app can communicate with devices on your LAN.
Run a discovery scan. Leave the app open while it checks the local address range and listens for advertised services.
Review the complete list. Look at hostnames, IP addresses, status, device categories and discovered services.
Label known equipment. Give confirmed devices useful names so a future scan makes new or changed hardware obvious.

Pynqr radar displaying connected WiFi devices

Count devices, then identify them

A phone, watch, TV, speaker and printer can easily make a normal home network look crowded. Start by counting what you expect, but rely on several clues before deciding a result is suspicious.

Why device names are sometimes vague

Many devices advertise friendly names through Bonjour, mDNS, DNS or smart-home protocols. Others reveal only an IP address or a generic service. Privacy features, sleeping hardware, firewalls and vendor choices can all reduce the evidence available to a scanner.

A scanner also sees only what is reachable while the scan runs. A battery-powered accessory may be asleep, a guest network may isolate clients, and some routers prevent wireless devices from talking to one another.

Match results safely

Temporarily turn a known device off and scan again to see which entry disappears.
Compare the device list with the connected-client page in your router.
Look for vendor hints, hostnames and services that fit the device’s purpose.
Check whether the IP address remains associated with the same device across scans.
Do not assume an unfamiliar label means an intruder; confirm with more than one clue.

If you find something unfamiliar

Record its IP address, name, first-seen time and exposed services. Change the WiFi password only when the evidence justifies it, because doing so disconnects every legitimate device too. Your router—not a scanner app—is where you block a client, rotate credentials, disable WPS and review guest-network access.

Important distinctionSeeing a device is not the same as proving who owns it. A scanner provides network evidence; the router and a physical inventory provide confirmation.

Scan your network privately

Pynqr discovers local devices and keeps your network inventory on your iPhone.

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