# Smarter WiFi

> Now, you can sell your Internet bandwidth from your mobile and home broadband.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.nextwavesimplify](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.nextwavesimplify)

## Overview

- **ID:** `com.nextwavesimplify`
- **Platform:** Android
- **Type:** Android app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Simplify Networks
- **Category:** COMMUNICATION
- **Downloads:** 120,311
- **Rating:** 3.16 / 5 (620 ratings)
- **Version:** 6.0.2
- **Last updated:** 2026-01-27
- **First published:** 2012-06-18
- **Publisher country:** MY
- **Size:** 73 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-12
- **Store listing:** [Google Play Store](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nextwavesimplify)
- **Website:** [http://simplify.network/](http://simplify.network/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://checkout.simplify.network/privacy](https://checkout.simplify.network/privacy)

## Description

Smarter WiFi revolutionizes internet connectivity by empowering users to sell their excess mobile and broadband data or buy affordable internet wherever they travel. Skip costly roaming fees and inconvenient travel SIM cards by connecting automatically to Simplify WiFi hotspots at local fixed rates on a pay-as-you-go basis.

Key features for travelers include real-time data usage tracking, automatic hotspot discovery, encrypted connections, and a seamless zero-touch experience. WiFi hosts can quickly transform their devices into Simplify WiFi hotspots, setting data limits and earning daily payouts through digital wallets like PayPal. With built-in security and easy management tools, Smarter WiFi offers a secure, affordable, and user-friendly way to stay connected anywhere in the world.

## Rankings

- #203,096 — Overall

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `android.permission.ACCESS_BACKGROUND_LOCATION`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_WIFI_STATE`
- `android.permission.CAMERA`
- `android.permission.CHANGE_NETWORK_STATE`
- `android.permission.CHANGE_WIFI_MULTICAST_STATE`
- `android.permission.CHANGE_WIFI_STATE`
- `android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE`
- `android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_LOCATION`
- `android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_SPECIAL_USE`
- `android.permission.INTERNET`
- `android.permission.NEARBY_WIFI_DEVICES`
- `android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS`
- `android.permission.READ_BASIC_PHONE_STATE`
- `android.permission.READ_PHONE_NUMBERS`
- `android.permission.READ_PHONE_STATE`
- `android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED`
- `android.permission.RECORD_AUDIO`
- `android.permission.VIBRATE`
- `android.permission.WAKE_LOCK`
- `android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE`
- `android.permission.WRITE_SETTINGS`
- `com.google.android.finsky.permission.BIND_GET_INSTALL_REFERRER_SERVICE`
- `com.google.android.gms.permission.AD_ID`
- `com.nextwavesimplify.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION`

## Review summary

Overall, reviews are mixed: many praise the concept and some call the app excellent, but recurring concerns dominate—potential scams, security/privacy risks, payment flows demanding card details with a $1 charge, unclear withdrawals, reliability issues (registration, hotspots/maps), privacy worries about tracking, and high costs. Until security, payment handling, and reliability improve, the negative feedback is likely to outweigh the positives.

### Pros

- Positive overall reception with expressions like Excellent, Very nice, Very good, Best, and Wonderful app.
- Innovative concept to monetise bandwidth / sell internet access.
- Acknowledgement from some reviewers that the idea is promising and worth exploring.

### Cons

- Widespread concerns about scams and security/privacy: multiple reviewers label it a scam or risky and worry about data/credit card misuse.
- Payment issues and data-entry problems: requirements to enter card details (including a $1 charge), limited payment options (no PayPal), and unclear withdrawal options.
- Reliability and usability problems: reports of not registering, not working, not showing hotspots, and maps/features not functioning.
- Privacy concerns: potential tracking or access to contacts and making calls without clear justification.
- High cost and poor value: mentions that plans are expensive and the service wastes time and money.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.nextwavesimplify)