Acrylic WiFi Heatmaps might be a bit more popular than Aircrack-ng. We know about 1 link to it since March 2021 and only 1 link to Aircrack-ng. We are tracking product recommendations and mentions on various public social media platforms and blogs. They can help you identify which product is more popular and what people think of it.
On aircrack-ng.org they say most of Intel wireless adapters do the job.when I type iwconfig in Kali's terminal I got info about lo, ethernet (eth0) and not about wlan0, altough I am not sure if this is not caused by the fact that I use it on VMware. Source: about 2 years ago
Take a look at Acrylic (acrylicwifi.com). Last I looked, licensing wasn't onerous. Source: over 2 years ago
Wifite - To attack multiple WEP, WPA, and WPS encrypted networks in a row.
NetSpot - NetSpot is a free app for wireless site surveys, Wi-Fi analysis, and troubleshooting
Wireless Network Watcher - scans your wireless network and displays the list of all computers and devices that are currently connected to your network.
Ekahau HeatMapper - The Free Wi-Fi Coverage Mapping Site Survey Tool
WifiInfoView - Scans wireless networks in your area and displays extensive information, including: SSID, MAC Address, PHY Type (802.11g or 802.11n), RSSI, Signal Quality, Frequency, Channel Number, and more...
TamoGraph Site Survey - Wi-Fi site coverage survey and modelling application