SignalScout ยท Premium

Your current verified connection quality, hands-free

SignalScout reports the verified quality of your connection right where you stand โ€” Strong, Good, Fair, Weak, or No service โ€” whether it is improving or declining, and an optional audible meter so you can pocket the phone and keep moving.

What you see

Three honest readings, nothing invented

๐ŸŽฏ Current verified quality

The center disc shows the same verified state the Home tab shows: Strong, Good, Fair, Weak, or No service. It is measured with a real connection โ€” never read from signal bars.

๐Ÿ“ˆ Trend

Underneath the disc, one word tells you where the last few measurements have been heading: Improving, Steady, or Declining. If there is not enough data yet, it says so.

๐Ÿ”Š Hands-free quality meter

Turn it on and pocket the phone. Ticks reflect the latest verified connection quality โ€” faster ticks mean the current measurement is stronger. It reports where you are; it does not tell you where to go.

How you use it

Start it, read it, stop it

  1. Open the SignalScout tab in pingVu.
  2. Start it yourself. SignalScout never starts on its own because service was lost or came back.
  3. Read the disc for your current verified tier and the trend line beneath it.
  4. Optionally turn on the hands-free quality meter and put the phone in your pocket. The ticks change as each new measurement completes.
  5. Check the passive coverage map โ€” your own verified results plus optional community observations โ€” and the listed tower reference if you want context.
  6. Stop it when you are done.
Honest by design

What SignalScout will not do

SignalScout reports connection quality where you stand. It does not find, point to, or guide you toward signal, and it never claims a spot is good enough for any particular app or call.

The listed tower reference is informational only. Proximity to a listed tower does not guarantee service quality or identify the tower serving your device.

Community observations on the coverage map may be stale. Conditions vary by carrier, time, terrain, and device.

Cell-tower directory data is derived from the OpenCelliD project and is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

iPhone and Android

Same tiers, same meter, both platforms

๐Ÿ“ฑ iPhone

Verified quality tiers, trend, and the hands-free quality meter. pingVu verifies with a real connection because apps on iPhone cannot read signal bars.

๐Ÿค– Android

The same verified tiers, trend, and hands-free meter โ€” plus measured signal strength shown alongside the verified tier, since Android makes that reading available to apps.

Included with Premium

SignalScout is part of pingVu Premium โ€” $2.99/mo or $14.99/yr, billed through the App Store or Google Play. Verified monitoring and restoration alerts stay free forever.