---
title: "iPhone Device Tracker"
description: "iPhone Device Tracker is a Marketplace integration for Home Assistant. It has 2.4k installs sharing analytics, works locally and was last updated July 3, 2026."
canonical: "https://vulpo.app/integrations/marketplace/mudape-iphonedetect"
url: "https://vulpo.app/integrations/marketplace/mudape-iphonedetect.md"
last-updated: "2026-10-22"
version: "1.4"
---

# iPhone Device Tracker

> iPhone Device Tracker is a Marketplace integration for Home Assistant. It has 2.4k installs sharing analytics, works locally and was last updated July 3, 2026.

iPhone Device Tracker is a custom integration that detects iPhones connected to the local network, even in deep sleep. It sends an mDNS message to each defined host, and a device that is on the network responds, which creates an ARP cache entry that the integration reads. Each tracked phone becomes a presence entity, which can feed the person integration to show whether someone is home. Everything runs locally, and each device is added in the UI with a unique name and an IP address. The consider home timeout, the wait before a device is marked as not home, can be changed per tracked device, and the IP address can be changed later. A static IP address for the phone is recommended.

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[Open in My Home Assistant](https://my.home-assistant.io/redirect/hacs_repository/?owner=mudape&repository=iphonedetect&category=integration)

On Home Assistant 2026.11 or newer? [Open it in the Marketplace](https://my.home-assistant.io/redirect/marketplace_repository/?owner=mudape&repository=iphonedetect&category=integration)

## Supports

- **Works locally**: Talks to your devices on your own network. No vendor cloud in between.
- **From the Marketplace**: Installed through the Marketplace, formerly HACS.
- **Actively maintained**: Its author released or pushed a change in the last six months.

## Setting it up

Install it from the Marketplace and restart Home Assistant, then add it under Settings, Devices and services.

### Connect

- **Name**: Set a unique name for the entity
- **IP address**
- **Consider Home interval (sec)**: Time to wait before marking a device as not home
- **Check if IP is in a reachable subnet**

### Change the connection

- **IP address**
- **Check if IP is in a reachable subnet**

### After setup

- **Consider Home (sec)**: Time to wait before marking a device as not home

Texts from the code of [mudape/iphonedetect](https://github.com/mudape/iphonedetect).

## Troubleshooting

- **Repair notices**: Notices it can show in Settings, Repairs:
  The YAML configuration is being removed

## From the README

> This integration sends a mDNS message to defined hosts. The device responds if it's connected to the network, even when in deep sleep, and an entry in the ARP cache is made and read. Usefull as a device\_tracker for your person integration to see if users are at home.

From the README of [mudape/iphonedetect](https://github.com/mudape/iphonedetect#readme), [MIT License](https://spdx.org/licenses/MIT.html). Shortened.

## At a glance

- Kind: Marketplace integration
- Category: [Presence and location](https://vulpo.app/integrations/category/presence-and-location.md), Trackers
- Number: 2.4k installs sharing analytics; 654 GitHub stars
- Connection: Works locally
- Upkeep: Updated in the last 6 months
- Needs: Needs the Marketplace (HACS on 2026.10 and older)
- Latest version: 2.5.0, last updated July 3, 2026
- Domain: `iphonedetect`
- Source: <https://github.com/mudape/iphonedetect>
- Issues: <https://github.com/mudape/iphonedetect/issues>

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Last updated 2026-10-22. Source: https://vulpo.app/integrations/marketplace/mudape-iphonedetect

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