Network Reports and Evidence PDFs from your iPhone

A screenshot is not evidence

Everyone who has argued with an internet provider, a landlord or a facilities manager has reached the same point: you know what you experienced, and you have nothing to show for it. A speed-test screenshot is a single moment, cropped, from a phone, with no history behind it. It is easy to wave away and it usually is.

PingKit keeps every test you run in a local history with no retention limit and no usage cap, and turns that history into a document. Not a screenshot of a number, but a dated record of what was measured, when, and by what.

What people actually use it for

Disputing an ISP's account of the service

A fortnight of dated speed tests and diagnostics, exported as one file, is a different conversation from "it feels slow in the evenings". If you also have per-network trends, you can point at the date the decline started.

Before signing a lease or taking an office

Run a set of tests during the viewing and export the report the same day. What the listing claims and what the connection delivers at 7pm on a Wednesday are frequently different numbers, and one of them is now written down.

Client and tenant handovers

If you set up networks for other people, a report at handover records the state you left things in. It is a small professional courtesy that also settles arguments later.

Compliance evidence

Guardian Plus includes a separate ISO 27001 evidence export covering network controls, alongside certificate expiry monitoring. That is a different document from the report described here, aimed at auditors rather than arguments.

Scheduled and branded reports

For people who produce these regularly, Guardian Plus adds two things to the report itself.

Your name on the document

Set an organisation name and who the report was prepared for, and both appear in the header. The result reads as a document from your business rather than a screenshot from an app. PingKit is still credited on the page, because a report should say what produced it.

A schedule that tells you when one is due

Choose weekly or monthly, and PingKit tracks when the next report is due and prepares it the next time you open the app. It is worth being precise about what that does and does not mean: iOS does not allow an app to build and file documents in the background, so nothing is generated or sent while PingKit is closed. The schedule is a due date and a prompt, not a delivery service, and describing it as anything else would be a promise the operating system will not let the app keep.

Pricing

The report, the exports and the unlimited history are free. Scheduled and branded reports are part of Guardian Plus, which is $9.99 a month or $79.99 a year on iPhone and iPad. Guardian Plus also includes certificate expiry monitoring and the ISO 27001 evidence export. On the Mac, Guardian Plus is $4.99 a month.

Questions and answers

How do I get a PDF report of my internet speed?

Run the tests you want on the record, then open Reports, either from the History tab or from the Monitor tab. The screen opens with an inventory of what is on file, devices, speed tests, events, security score, latency, certificates and uptime targets, each with a count, so you know what the document will contain before you make it. Create report builds the PDF on the device and hands it to the standard iOS share sheet. It is free, and the history behind it has no retention limit.

Can I use a PingKit report as evidence with my ISP or landlord?

A dated series of tests carries far more weight than one screenshot, particularly when the same figure repeats at the same time of day across a fortnight. The network report is your own record of your own measurements: it is built on your iPhone and carries no signature, so present it as documentation you produced rather than as third-party certification. The separate ISO 27001 evidence export in Guardian Plus is the signed one, carrying an Ed25519 signature inside the PDF so a recipient can verify the file was not edited afterwards.

Does PingKit limit how much history it keeps?

No. The event log has no retention cap and no row limit, nothing is pruned on a timer, and CSV, JSON and PDF export are all free. It lives on your device, so the only thing that removes an entry is you deleting it, one event, one type of event, or the whole log.

Can PingKit email me a report automatically every month?

No, and nothing is generated or sent while PingKit is closed, because iOS does not let an app build and file documents in the background. What Guardian Plus adds is a reminder: set the schedule to Weekly or Monthly, and the Reports row is badged Due when the next one comes round, with everything that goes in it already gathered when you open the screen. Making the PDF is still one tap on Create report, so it is a due date and a prompt, not a delivery service, and describing it as anything else would be a promise the operating system will not let the app keep.

What does branding add to the report?

An organisation name, printed at the top of both kinds of report, a prepared-for line on the network report, and a reporting-device label that names the device on the compliance report. The result reads as a document from your business rather than a screenshot from an app, and PingKit is still credited in the footer, because a report should say what produced it. It is part of Guardian Plus, $9.99 a month or $79.99 a year on iPhone and iPad and $4.99 a month or $39.99 a year on Mac, which also raises Cert Monitor to 50 domains (from 1 free, or 5 on Guardian) and unlocks the signed ISO 27001 evidence export.