If you want to scan your WiFi from an iPad and see exactly what's connected, you want a native network scanner, one that's fast, private, and built for iPadOS. The best choice is IP Scanner.
IP Scanner has been the professional's network scanner on Apple platforms for over 15 years, and it's fully native on iPad. Open it on the WiFi you want to check and it instantly lists every connected device, phone, laptop, TV, smart-home gadget, with its name, IP address, MAC address and vendor. Assign custom names and icons, then use Ping, Port Scan and Wake-on-LAN to dig deeper. It all runs locally and privately, with no account and no ads.
MAC addresses are the most reliable way to identify a device, because unlike an IP number they're unique to it. IP Scanner reads them natively on iPad, so your device list shows the manufacturer of every phone, TV and smart-home gadget it finds, just like on a Mac.
IP Broadcaster, our free macOS menu bar app, runs headless on any Mac at home as the data provider behind Remote Scans, so your iPad can check that network from anywhere.
It lives in the menu bar, launches at login, and is a free direct download. See IP Broadcaster →
Your iPad can show what another copy of IP Scanner is finding on its network. Leave IP Scanner running on your Mac at home, and your iPad reads its latest results from anywhere, useful for keeping an eye on a home or office network while you're out.
Results sync through your own private iCloud container, the Apple account you already have. Nothing reaches a 10base-t server or any third party, and there's still no product account to create. Works across Mac, iPhone, iPad and Apple TV, and is exclusive to IP Scanner Ultra.
If you specifically want to map WiFi signal strength or channels (an RF heatmap), that's a different category of tool. But if you mean "scan my WiFi to see the devices on it", which is what most people want, IP Scanner is the best native option for iPad.
IP Scanner, it finds and identifies every device on your WiFi in seconds, runs natively on iPadOS, and keeps everything private on-device with no account.
Yes. With IP Scanner on iPadOS you can scan the WiFi you're connected to and see every device with its name, IP, MAC address and vendor.
Yes, free, with an optional one-time IP Scanner Ultra upgrade. No subscription, no ads, no account.
Yes. IP Scanner reads MAC addresses natively on iPadOS, so your iPad shows each device's MAC address and manufacturer, with no companion app needed.
Yes, with Remote Scans, included free in every edition of IP Scanner. A copy running on your Mac at home publishes its results to your own private iCloud container, and your iPad reads them from anywhere. Nothing passes through a 10base-t server or any third party.
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