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FireGlance · Features

Everything FireGlance 1.0 does.

Everything below ships in FireGlance 1.0 and was checked against the release build's source. Features marked Pro need the one-time unlock.

  • iPhone
  • iOS 17 or later
  • pfSense + pfREST
  • Read-only
  • No account
FireGlance app icon

Live dashboard

Free for one firewall: the whole box on one screen.

  1. pfSense through pfREST

    FireGlance talks to the open-source pfSense REST API package (pfREST). If the package is missing, it tells you so.

  2. Status card

    Firewall health, pfSense version, uptime, temperature and 1-minute load.

  3. System gauges

    Ring gauges for CPU, memory, disk and swap.

  4. Interfaces

    Up or down state, IPv4 and IPv6 addresses, and live download and upload rates per interface.

  5. Gateways

    Latency and packet loss per gateway, with a 5-minute latency sparkline.

  6. Services and DHCP leases

    Which services are running, and who is on your network from the DHCP leases list.

  7. Refresh every 5 seconds

    The dashboard polls every 5 seconds while open, and you can pull to refresh any time.

FireGlance Pro

One purchase for the rest of the toolkit.

  1. Multiple firewallsPro

    Monitor every pfSense box you run and switch between them.

  2. Firewall log viewerPro

    Firewall logs as readable pass and block entries, with a filter.

  3. AlertsPro

    On-device notifications when the firewall is unreachable, a gateway goes down, latency passes 150 ms, packet loss passes 5 percent, a WAN link drops, CPU passes 90 percent or temperature passes 80 C. Each one can be switched off.

  4. Recovery noticesPro

    A notification when something breaks and another when FireGlance sees it healthy again. While the firewall can't be reached, an active alert stays active. Local notifications only: no cloud, no push server, no account.

  5. Home Screen widgetsPro

    Small and medium widgets with health, CPU, memory and WAN latency. Medium adds gateways and throughput.

Security and privacy

Built for the box that guards your network.

  1. Certificate pinning

    pfSense usually runs a self-signed certificate. Approve its SHA-256 fingerprint once and FireGlance accepts only that certificate for that firewall.

  2. HTTPS for credentials

    Your API key or password is never sent over plain HTTP.

  3. API key or password

    Sign in with a pfREST API key (recommended) or a local username and password. Both live in the iOS Keychain.

  4. Read-only by design

    FireGlance only reads. It never changes a rule, restarts a service or edits configuration.

  5. Demo mode

    Explore every screen, including Pro previews, with realistic sample data before you connect a firewall.

  6. No data collected

    No account, no analytics, no tracking, and no server of ours.

Pricing

Free for one firewall. Pay once for more.

No subscription. No ads. FireGlance Pro is a one-time $9.99 unlock, and it is not shared through Family Sharing: each Apple Account buys its own.

Free

$0

Free for one firewall.

  • One firewall with the full dashboard
  • Interfaces and gateways
  • Services and DHCP leases
  • Certificate pinning
  • Demo mode
  • Multiple firewalls
  • Firewall log viewer
  • Alerts and Home Screen widgets
One-time

FireGlance Pro

$9.99

One-time purchase. No subscription.

  • Everything in Free
  • Multiple firewalls
  • Firewall log viewer
  • Alerts with recovery notices
  • Home Screen widgets, small and medium
Get notified at launch

Price shown in USD; the App Store shows your local price.

Good to know

  • iPhone only, iOS 17 or later.
  • pfSense with the pfREST package only. pfSense removes unofficial packages on upgrade, so reinstall pfREST after each update.
  • After a background check the widget's throughput figures show 0, because one check can't measure a rate. Open the app for live throughput.
  • A pinned firewall that later moves to a publicly trusted certificate is refused until you remove the pin.

Coming soon

FireGlance is heading to the App Store.

Drop a line and I'll tell you the day it lands.

Get notified at launch Read the docs

FireGlance is an independent project and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or supported by Netgate. "pfSense" is a registered trademark of Rubicon Communications, LLC (Netgate), used here only to describe compatibility. The pfSense REST API package ("pfREST") is an independent open-source project by its own authors.