Everything people usually ask about Bogey. Still stuck? Get in touch.
Bogey maps every device on the network you're connected to and draws it as a live radar: your Mac in the center, everything else on the rings. Click any device to see what it is (router, phone, TV, camera, printer…), its vendor, IP, MAC, and open ports. Turn on monitoring and it alerts you the moment an unknown device joins.
No. Bogey is deliberately rootless: no admin password, no privileged helper, no "this app wants to control your computer." It uses standard, unprivileged techniques (ICMP, the ARP cache, Bonjour, and TCP connects) that catch the large majority of real devices on a home or office network.
No. Bogey runs 100% locally and has no accounts, no cloud, and no telemetry. The only time it ever talks to the internet is when you personally paste a Pro license key. That one key is checked with Gumroad to confirm it's valid. Nothing about your network is ever transmitted. See the Privacy Policy.
macOS gates discovery of devices on your local network behind a permission prompt. Click Allow so Bogey can see Bonjour names and scan ports. If you decline, the ICMP sweep and ARP read still work, so you'll get a basic device list, just without friendly names or port info.
Free maps up to 5 devices and shows the live radar. Bogey Pro ($14, one-time) unlocks the full map plus background monitoring (a menu-bar sentry that rescans on an interval and notifies you when a new device joins), an on-demand deep port scan, and configurable scan settings.
Buy Bogey Pro on Gumroad. You'll get a license key by email. In the app, open the paywall (click any locked feature), paste your key, and hit Activate. Your license is verified once and then works offline.
Yes. Click a device to open its details and give it a friendly name like Kids' iPad. Names are saved on your Mac and make "unknown device joined" alerts far more meaningful.
Scanning a network you own or have permission to test is fine. That's exactly what Bogey is for. Scanning networks you don't control may be illegal, so Bogey only maps private (home/office) networks and asks you to confirm you're authorized before it starts. Don't point it at networks that aren't yours.
Device type is a best-effort guess from the hardware vendor, the services it advertises, and its open ports, shown with a confidence. Some devices (especially privacy-conscious phones with randomized MACs, or silent IoT gadgets) give little away. You can always rename them yourself.
Bogey runs on macOS 14 (Sonoma) or later, on both Apple Silicon and Intel. It's a notarized app signed with a Developer ID, so it opens cleanly with no security warnings.
Since there's a free tier, you can try Bogey thoroughly before buying. If Pro isn't for you, refunds are handled through Gumroad. Just reach out and we'll sort it out.