Plume Home

Name: Plume Home
Rating: 4.6 (13550 reviews)
Author: Plume Design, Inc.

Smart home services

Only for iPhone

Free

14K Ratings
Ages

4+
Years
Category

Utilities
Developer

Plume Design, Inc.
Language

EN
+ 12 More
Size

189.9
MB

iPhone

The Plume Home app brings together WiFi intelligence, security and easy management of your network and household to enhance your connectivity experience. Unlike other mesh WiFi systems, Plume automatically fine-tunes your network for peak performance—blocking interference, allocating bandwidth appropriately to all your connected devices, and prioritizing speed to live apps like video conferencing and streaming. All managed through a single mobile app. - Simple setup In a matter of minutes you will be able to add all your connected devices and ensure extenders are properly placed around the home for optimal coverage. - Profiles and groups Create user profiles for each member of the household to assign devices to them or even assign devices to groups like ‘light bulbs’ or ‘living room’ to easily manage them. Use profiles and device groups to set security policies, schedule Focus time, apply internet Timeouts, and optimize bandwidth with Traffic Boosts—giving you better control over online time and network performance. - Traffic Boost Prioritize your network how you want to. Choose to make sure specific applications, profiles, devices, or whole app categories are first in line for bandwidth. Feel confident that your video meeting, live TV stream, or gaming session has what it needs. Want Plume to handle it? Plume Home’s default Automatic Mode will prioritize any live traffic that needs it. - Home security Protect your devices from cyber threats like malware and phishing. No one home? Prioritize the network for security devices and applications like smart locks and cameras, and get instant alerts for any unusual activity. Use Motion to detect any movement when the home should be empty. - Parental controls Set predefined access profiles for kids, teens, or adults to automatically filter restricted content. Schedule Focus time to pause connectivity for specific profiles, devices, app categories, or the entire network. Need a quick break? Instantly restrict internet access from the home dashboard with a Timeout. Want to see where your bandwidth is going? See detailed usage graphs for all profiles and devices down to individual apps.

Ratings & Reviews

4.6

out of 5

14K Ratings

Love it!
10/03/2018

JollyGreenWV
Works great; I have six units scattered throughout the house; mobile devices (laptop, chrome books, iPad, and phones) all of them seamlessly transfer from one pod to another. Also, I have fixed devices such as a wifi enabled thermostat and wifi enabled audio visual equipment. I just did not realize that my set up required turning off the wifi on my router-that was easy but had to explore the settings on the router. I just set up plume with the same SSID and password as the router and devices started communicating via the plume with out any issues. I have two pods connected to the router via cat6 cables , the other four pods are just plugged in wall sockets around the house; the cloud at plume monitors all the connections ( ?on a weekly basis??) and using this app I can see how plume has reconfigured the pods to talk to each other as the kids come and go. I live in suburbs and can see multiple SSIDs belonging to my neighbors. I am pleased with my purchase. Just started seeing what the updated app can do. I have no connection with the website arstechnica--they have two good articles on how plume works. UPDATED on October 3, 2018: I really like the new version of the app on my iPhone-I feel the app is more intuitive.
Love it!
10/03/2018

JollyGreenWV

Works great; I have six units scattered throughout the house; mobile devices (laptop, chrome books, iPad, and phones) all of them seamlessly transfer from one pod to another. Also, I have fixed devices such as a wifi enabled thermostat and wifi enabled audio visual equipment. I just did not realize that my set up required turning off the wifi on my router-that was easy but had to explore the settings on the router. I just set up plume with the same SSID and password as the router and devices started communicating via the plume with out any issues. I have two pods connected to the router via cat6 cables , the other four pods are just plugged in wall sockets around the house; the cloud at plume monitors all the connections ( ?on a weekly basis??) and using this app I can see how plume has reconfigured the pods to talk to each other as the kids come and go. I live in suburbs and can see multiple SSIDs belonging to my neighbors. I am pleased with my purchase. Just started seeing what the updated app can do. I have no connection with the website arstechnica--they have two good articles on how plume works. UPDATED on October 3, 2018: I really like the new version of the app on my iPhone-I feel the app is more intuitive.
Plume WiFi pods.
12/22/2019

Tctechdude
I have been using 2 of these devices for about 3 weeks and love them. Prior to me having Plume, I had a good dual band WiFi router. Sometimes had issues streaming from 2 tv’s and getting signal into one of the back rooms at the extreme of the house, not any more. Even with the first pod, the 5g range was much greater when I connected the second, I have WiFi throughout my whole house and into back and front yard. The Plume app makes it the simplest setup I’ve come across. The first time I plugged mine in it did take a long while for the app to find it, about 6-8 mins. so be patient. Plugged in the second, found it straight away, they updated then I just followed the onscreen instructions for naming my network and I was good to go. No more streaming issues. The app is very intuitive as far as looking at what devices are connected and checking bandwidth etc. love the fact you can name each pod individually also. I would recommend Plume to anyone, especially if you’re unsure of technology/WiFi etc.
Plume WiFi pods.
12/22/2019

Tctechdude

I have been using 2 of these devices for about 3 weeks and love them. Prior to me having Plume, I had a good dual band WiFi router. Sometimes had issues streaming from 2 tv’s and getting signal into one of the back rooms at the extreme of the house, not any more. Even with the first pod, the 5g range was much greater when I connected the second, I have WiFi throughout my whole house and into back and front yard. The Plume app makes it the simplest setup I’ve come across. The first time I plugged mine in it did take a long while for the app to find it, about 6-8 mins. so be patient. Plugged in the second, found it straight away, they updated then I just followed the onscreen instructions for naming my network and I was good to go. No more streaming issues. The app is very intuitive as far as looking at what devices are connected and checking bandwidth etc. love the fact you can name each pod individually also. I would recommend Plume to anyone, especially if you’re unsure of technology/WiFi etc.
Complete new app, but terrible interface
11/04/2022

Pagan Poetry
Honestly I’m just very confused. It’s been months since the design of this new app and it’s still extremely unintuitive to the extent that I’ve stopped recommending Plume to friends as I cannot support the family that use this app without getting completely lost in it myself. If all I want to do is find the password I have to click on an unlabeled icon, then a mysteriously labeled other icon and then know to tap on the “show all” to show my passwords (which is very tiny text even on our current large phones). Working with passwords is pretty much the most important thing to do on a wifi network and it’s so incredibly hidden that only a lost monkey or a basement hacker can find it on first try. Yes, I’m disappointed in this user interface and would like to see massive changes made. Please work with a U/I designer that favors humans over pretty icons and silly names. Old review:I like that a lot of features of an added in the new app, but it honestly is not a better app. There are a lot of confusing items, especially in the motion sensing sections. The worst is that the interface will spontaneously reset itself in lists and go to the top even when no changes have happened. The app is slowly getting better but generally doesn’t do the needed basics of a wifi app without tapping around this confusing interface.

Developer Response
We are continuously striving to improve the app experience and have published a new App version 101.1. Please let us know your feedback by e-mailing to application-review@plume.com. We will try our best to incorporate your feedback in the subsequent releases.
Complete new app, but terrible interface
11/04/2022

Pagan Poetry

Honestly I’m just very confused. It’s been months since the design of this new app and it’s still extremely unintuitive to the extent that I’ve stopped recommending Plume to friends as I cannot support the family that use this app without getting completely lost in it myself. If all I want to do is find the password I have to click on an unlabeled icon, then a mysteriously labeled other icon and then know to tap on the “show all” to show my passwords (which is very tiny text even on our current large phones). Working with passwords is pretty much the most important thing to do on a wifi network and it’s so incredibly hidden that only a lost monkey or a basement hacker can find it on first try. Yes, I’m disappointed in this user interface and would like to see massive changes made. Please work with a U/I designer that favors humans over pretty icons and silly names. Old review:I like that a lot of features of an added in the new app, but it honestly is not a better app. There are a lot of confusing items, especially in the motion sensing sections. The worst is that the interface will spontaneously reset itself in lists and go to the top even when no changes have happened. The app is slowly getting better but generally doesn’t do the needed basics of a wifi app without tapping around this confusing interface.
Developer Response 01/13/2023
We are continuously striving to improve the app experience and have published a new App version 101.1. Please let us know your feedback by e-mailing to application-review@plume.com. We will try our best to incorporate your feedback in the subsequent releases.
Generally good
12/13/2018

adbe
Obviously, if you have a Plume WiFi set-up you need this app, and if you don't, you don't. That said, I'm giving my thoughts here in the hopes they may be useful to someone considering Plume.Generally the app works well, is clearly laid out, and other than a few odd choices is intuitive enough. It does not feel like a native iOS app though, and the navigation stack seems quirky if you're expecting the usual iOS drill-down approach. There is no iPad app (guys, this app is being used for heavy lifting, throw us a bone here), so you're going to be stuck doing all your network tweaking on your phone. Fortunately for most users, heavy tweaking should not be required.It's a shame there's no way to set the icons for devices: I have a HomeKit switch that shows up as a laptop, and I cannot change that. Also, while Plume grabs ZeroConf (Bonjour) names from devices so most devices on your network will be nicely named in the devices list, HomeKit devices show up with little to no differentiation. It'd be nice if the app could be updated to mine the HomeKit catalog for device names.
Generally good
12/13/2018

adbe

Obviously, if you have a Plume WiFi set-up you need this app, and if you don't, you don't. That said, I'm giving my thoughts here in the hopes they may be useful to someone considering Plume.Generally the app works well, is clearly laid out, and other than a few odd choices is intuitive enough. It does not feel like a native iOS app though, and the navigation stack seems quirky if you're expecting the usual iOS drill-down approach. There is no iPad app (guys, this app is being used for heavy lifting, throw us a bone here), so you're going to be stuck doing all your network tweaking on your phone. Fortunately for most users, heavy tweaking should not be required.It's a shame there's no way to set the icons for devices: I have a HomeKit switch that shows up as a laptop, and I cannot change that. Also, while Plume grabs ZeroConf (Bonjour) names from devices so most devices on your network will be nicely named in the devices list, HomeKit devices show up with little to no differentiation. It'd be nice if the app could be updated to mine the HomeKit catalog for device names.

- Updated Welcome Screen - Many bug fixes and performance improvements

Version 25.180.0

12/10/2025

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