Tools
Lirum Device Info includes a suite of tools for live monitoring, diagnostics, and reference lookups.
Availability varies by device and platform (iOS/iPadOS/visionOS/macOS Catalyst/tvOS), and some tools require permissions (for example Camera, Microphone, Bluetooth, NFC, and Location).
Tools screen (alternate screenshot)
Table Of Contents
- System And Performance
- Connectivity
- Sensors
- Hardware And Display
- Testing And Reports
- Developer And Power Users
- Apple TV
System And Performance
- CPU Monitor: Live overall CPU usage, per-core usage, and usage history.
- Memory: Available memory gauge plus a detailed breakdown (Active/Wired/Inactive/Free).
- Storage: Storage usage, media library sizes (Photos/Music), drive details, and graphs.
- Storage Analyzer (macOS): Disk scanning and deeper storage analysis (macOS Catalyst only).
- Battery: Live level/state plus a Specs list of battery attributes (varies by device/OS).
- Thermals: iOS thermal state (Nominal/Fair/Serious/Critical) and recommendations.
- Benchmark: Run CPU, memory, storage, and GPU performance benchmarks with live thermal monitoring.
- Process List (macOS): Enumerate all running processes with CPU, memory, and state details.
Connectivity
- Connection Rate: Live download/upload rate for Wi-Fi and Cellular, plus graphs.
- Internet Speed Test: Measure real internet download/upload speed, latency, and jitter against a Measurement Lab (M-Lab) server.
- Throughput: Measure peer-to-peer transfer speed between two devices running Lirum.
- Network Interfaces: Inspect all network interfaces, addresses, DNS servers, and traffic.
- Bonjour Scanner: Discover Bonjour services on the local network and inspect responses.
- Network Scanner: Probe LAN hosts with ping and port scanning to discover devices.
- Network Ping: Ping a host and measure latency and packet loss with real-time graphs.
- Network Traceroute: Trace the network path to a host and visualize hops on a map.
- WHOIS: Look up registration data for domains, IP addresses, and ASNs.
- Bluetooth: Scan nearby devices, inspect details, and connect to supported peripherals.
- Cellular Bands: Browse a built-in database of supported cellular bands by device model.
- Metrics Server: Broadcast CPU metrics to other devices via Bluetooth LE.
- Metrics Client: Discover Metrics Servers via Bluetooth LE and view live CPU metrics.
Sensors
- Gyroscope: Live rotation rate (X/Y/Z) with combined/per-axis graphs.
- Accelerometer: Live acceleration (X/Y/Z) with combined/per-axis graphs.
- Magnetometer: Live magnetic field (X/Y/Z) plus heading, with graphs.
- GPS Status: Map + live location details (accuracy, speed, altitude, etc.).
- Barometer: Pressure and relative altitude (device dependent).
- Proximity Sensor: Near/Far state with an event log (device dependent).
Hardware And Display
- Microphone: Live input level, waveform, and audio session details.
- Camera: Full-screen camera preview with camera picker and photo capture.
- Speaker Test: Generate a test tone with frequency/amplitude controls and output selection.
- AR: Place and manipulate AR objects (device dependent).
- Spatial Shapes (visionOS): visionOS AR tool to add and manage 3D objects in AR Space.
- Biometrics: Check Face ID/Touch ID/Optic ID availability and run an authentication test.
- Touchscreen: Multi-touch tracking and painting mode to verify touch coverage.
- Vibration: Test haptics with intensities, notification feedback patterns, and stats.
- Flashlight: Control the device flashlight with variable intensity and presets.
- Colors: Drag to pick a color, view its hex value, and open a full-screen solid fill.
- Display Patterns: Full-screen test patterns to inspect uniformity, banding, and sharpness.
Testing And Reports
- Manual Test Wizard: Run guided hardware checks step by step and generate a PDF report.
- Report: Generate and export comprehensive device reports combining data from multiple tools.
- NFC Read: Scan NFC tags, view records, import from QR, and manage saved/history lists.
- NFC Write: Compose and write NFC messages, plus advanced operations (copy/erase/lock/format).
Developer And Power Users
- Comparison: Compare two devices across categories and drill into individual attributes.
- Timeline: Visual timeline of device availability, with optional Compare navigation.
- Local AI: Run supported local AI models on-device (availability varies).
- Hardware Browser: Browse and search a registry of hardware entries with detail views and export.
Apple TV
- Remote: Monitor Apple TV Remote input events, button presses, and touch surface data in real time.
- Remote Motion: Track Apple TV Remote motion and orientation with 3D visualization.
- Sound System: Inspect and test the connected audio system, speaker channels, and spatial audio.