If you're trying to check a hotel room or Airbnb for hidden cameras, two apps come up frequently: Fing and SafeRoom. Both scan WiFi networks. Both show you what devices are connected. But they're built for completely different purposes — and for travel privacy, that difference matters a lot.
What Fing Is Built For
Fing is a professional network scanning tool designed for IT administrators and power users. It's excellent at what it does — but Fing was never designed for travel privacy, and that gap becomes obvious once you understand what it doesn't do.
What SafeRoom Is Built For
SafeRoom is built specifically for one purpose: checking a hotel room or Airbnb for hidden surveillance devices. Every feature is oriented around answering one question: is this room safe to stay in? It runs three detection layers — WiFi, Bluetooth BLE scanning, and a guided physical inspection — and completes in under two minutes.
Direct Comparison
| SafeRoom | Fing | |
|---|---|---|
| WiFi network scan | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes (more detail) |
| Bluetooth BLE scan | ✓ Passive BLE detection | ✗ No |
| Physical inspection guide | ✓ 8-step guided check | ✗ No |
| Built for travel use | ✓ Yes — purpose-built | ✗ General network tool |
| Results in plain English | ✓ "Your room looks normal" | Technical — requires interpretation |
| Zero data policy | ✓ Nothing leaves your device | Account required, data collected |
| No account required | ✓ Open and scan | ✗ Account required |
| Time to complete | Under 2 minutes | 5–15 min (manual interpretation) |
| Pricing | Free trial, $54/year | Free with premium tier |
The Critical Gap: Bluetooth Detection
The most important difference is Bluetooth scanning. Fing doesn't do it at all. A growing proportion of hidden cameras use Bluetooth (BLE) rather than WiFi — they're invisible to any WiFi scan. Fing would show a completely clean network while a Bluetooth camera is broadcasting three feet away from you.
The Interpretation Problem
A hotel WiFi network might have 40–80 connected devices — smart TVs, hotel infrastructure, other guests' devices. Making sense of that list requires technical knowledge most travellers don't have. SafeRoom handles the analysis internally and presents results in plain language.
The right tool for the job: Fing is the right choice if you're managing your home network. SafeRoom is the right choice if you're checking into a hotel and want to know if the room is safe — without needing to be a network engineer.
Verdict
Use Fing if you're a network professional or want deep technical visibility into any WiFi network. Use SafeRoom if you're a traveller who wants to check a hotel room or Airbnb quickly — with Bluetooth detection, a physical inspection guide, zero data collection, and results you can actually understand.
SafeRoom is free to try for 7 days on the App Store. No account needed — download and scan your next room in under two minutes.