Version 1.1 October 20, 2026
A network scanner, widgets everywhere, and five more tools on the watch.
Network scan
- Sweeps an address range and lists the hosts that answer.
Widgets, Controls & Shortcuts
- Widgets in every size, on the Home Screen and the Lock Screen. The Probe widget shows the latest result or a saved target, with Run again built right in.
- Controls that ping a saved target or start Diagnose.
- Shortcuts for Ping, Diagnose, My network, DNS lookup and HTTP probe, with result cards that run again.
Spotlight & colour
- Saved targets show up in Spotlight, alongside suggestions from recent pings, traceroutes and port scans.
- An accent colour picked on iPhone or watch follows across every device.
Watch
- Five more tools: HTTP probe, Reverse DNS, ASN lookup, Cert expiry and Subnet calculator.
- Saved targets and recent History carry over from the iPhone, and a Reachability complication sits on the watch face.
- A cleaner layout, with Run on the first screen of every tool.
Reliability
- Deleting a saved target, a run or a template can be undone straight away.
- Stop keeps the partial result on every tool, and Ping and Traceroute show the address the host resolved to.
- Ping and MTR stay smooth on long runs and use less energy in Low Power Mode.
- Settings names every public service Beacon uses and says exactly what stays on-device.
- VoiceOver labels on every icon button, with better support for larger text sizes.
Fixes
- Traceroute and MTR no longer stop early when a ping runs at the same time.
- DNS lookups finish as soon as the answer arrives, and errors say what actually went wrong.
Version 1.0.1 September 27, 2026
Network checks on your wrist, live throughput, and easier repeat probes.
Watch companion
- Check HTTP reachability and look up DNS records over HTTPS through Cloudflare’s public resolver.
Live throughput & repeat checks
- Live network throughput appears in the toolbar. Tap for per-interface charts, or hide the indicator in Settings.
- Recent runs on each tool are ready to reopen or run again.
- Ping runs continuously until you stop it.
- Route discovered IPs, hosts and URLs straight to another tool, including SSH and VNC handoff to Rumskrot Terminal and Rumskrot Remote.
- History keeps up to 100 runs per tool and target for 90 days, always preserving the latest result.
Readability & personalisation
- Choose your accent colour in Settings.
- JSON response bodies in HTTP probe and curl are easier to read.
- Clearer controls, improved readability at larger text sizes and a refreshed app icon.
Fixes
- Cert dashboard automatically refreshes when you return to stale results.
- Diagnose skips DNS lookup for IP addresses.
- mDNS timeout rows offer actions, and the raw-record drawer opens correctly.
Version 1.0 May 8, 2026
Initial release.
The first public release of Rumskrot Beacon — the network engineer's toolbelt for iPhone and iPad. Nineteen native diagnostics and audits, built on Network.framework, the dnssd C API, and Swift Concurrency. No third-party SDKs, no relays, no servers — every probe runs from your device.
What shipped in 1.0
- Diagnose wizard — runs ping, DNS, TCP, TLS, and HTTP in sequence and pinpoints the broken step.
- TLS audit — an A+ to F grade computed on-device, with a protocol matrix, HSTS, and cert health.
- Domain audit — MX, SPF, DKIM, DMARC, CAA, and BIMI in one tap, with a Secure / Partial / Misconfigured verdict.
- Cert dashboard — every audited host sorted by expiry urgency.
- Templates — chain tools into one-tap recipes, driving Shortcuts and Siri.
- The classics: ping with trends, traceroute, MTR, dig, whois, reverse DNS, port scan, HTTP probe, curl, TLS inspector, mDNS/Bonjour browser, subnet calculator, ASN lookup, my network, and history.
- App Intents throughout, so every probe is reachable from Shortcuts, Siri, and automations.
- Privacy-first by design: zero analytics, zero crash trackers, zero third-party SDKs, no accounts.