VeraMate - suggestion - readily show "last refresh" or "connection status"

Although I mostly wish for a robust connection, I frequently find that I have to close veramate or cycle my cell phone radio to get my veramate to refresh.

I find myself constantly not trusting the status and clicking through the menus to see if I can tell whether or not I am connected to my vera. I use both wifi and cellular and leave them both on for the most part.

Maybe a button or some form of indicator that could be easily accessible could be provided to quickly or instantly see if my veramate is connected and refreshed? For example, I keep trying to pull down on the screen to refresh, although the screen does pull down, it does not appear to be refreshing.