Particle IoT

Name: Particle IoT
Rating: 3.4 (25 reviews)
Author: Particle Industries Inc.

By: Particle Industries Inc.

Setup, inspect, and tinker.

Features & Capabilities

The Particle mobile app is a tool to configure and manage your Particle hardware and cloud deployments. Set up a new device, check device diagnostics, and keep track of which devices are on- and offline with a few taps of the screen.

Control Panel — rename devices, set notes, or even unclaim, all from a single section of the mobile app.

Device Info Screen — view device ID, serial number, Device OS version; plus, you can ping, shout rainbows (signal mode), rename, and edit device notes.

Device list filtering — sort and filter your fleet based on your needs right from the main screen of the app.

UI refresh — improved information density and readability, plus multiple UI element tweaks across the app.

Tinker improvements — review of pin layout, UX refresh, and updates to ensure consistent design across the mobile app experience.

User Growth & Download Statistics

App

By:

Particle Industries Inc.

Rating:

3.40

(25)

Version:

3.3.0 Last updated: 2021-05-05

Version code:

842042730

Creation date:

2015-05-15

Compatible devices:

Size:

85.54MB

URLs:

Website ,Privacy policy

Full description:

Source:

Apple Apps Store

Data ingested on:

2026-06-07

Compare stats and ranking:

Ranking

# 290,658 ▼ 955

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Developed by:

Particle Industries Inc.

Apple Apps Store

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/particle-iot/id991459054

Website:

https://www.particle.io

User Reviews

The Particle IoT iOS app is seen as useful for quick device checks and basic monitoring, with some onboarding improvements. However, it is hampered by repeated crashes, inconsistent WiFi setup, lack of support for newer hardware and mesh features, flaky mesh setup, and minimal in-app diagnostics or firmware tools. Many users also want iPad-native support. Overall sentiment is mixed to negative, with occasional positives when it works.

Pros

Useful for quick checks of online devices and initial setup
Helpful for monitoring multiple Particle devices from a single app
Onboarding improvements like skipping the welcome screen after login

Cons

Frequent crashes and stability issues across iOS versions and devices
Unreliable WiFi connectivity and setup, with many users unable to connect to WiFi
Lack of support for newer hardware (Photon 2) and modules (Tinker/Tracker) and unknown device types
Mesh network setup is flaky and problematic (including mesh edition)
Limited in-app diagnostics and debugging tools; no in-app firmware upgrade/recovery options (reliance on CLI)

Recent reviews

With the last update being made three years ago (to disable support for setting up the Xenon devices and mesh networks that the company abandoned), this seems like a dead app. They haven’t added support to set up the Photon 2 (which I believe was released over a year ago), and it shows up as an “unknown” device type. I had to use the CLI to set up a new P2 device.

by Be*****, 2025-01-03

Basic functionality works in low res, not a native ipad app. I like particle products, would be great to have an iPad app with full functionality of web IDE, event monitor etc. built in!!

by de*****, 2021-03-14

Update - After finding that the Tinker functionality is not robustly implemented in the hardware, and the apps failure to recognize incompatible installation may actually be a firmware shortcoming, I'm adding a couple stars back. I still think this app is very limited as it doesn't allow any debugging, upgrading, flashing, or recovery for devices.