diff --git a/ui/StatusQ/tests/CMakeLists.txt b/ui/StatusQ/tests/CMakeLists.txt
index 0c377710d4..9dbd8b4b8c 100644
--- a/ui/StatusQ/tests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/ui/StatusQ/tests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -19,6 +19,10 @@ add_library(StatusQTestLib
     src/TestHelpers/modelaccessobserverproxy.h
     src/TestHelpers/modelsignalsspy.cpp
     src/TestHelpers/modelsignalsspy.h
+    src/TestHelpers/modeltestutils.cpp
+    src/TestHelpers/modeltestutils.h
+    src/TestHelpers/snapshotmodel.cpp
+    src/TestHelpers/snapshotmodel.h
     src/TestHelpers/testmodel.cpp
     src/TestHelpers/testmodel.h
 )
diff --git a/ui/StatusQ/tests/src/TestHelpers/listmodelwrapper.h b/ui/StatusQ/tests/src/TestHelpers/listmodelwrapper.h
index 3197a3f124..38841829be 100644
--- a/ui/StatusQ/tests/src/TestHelpers/listmodelwrapper.h
+++ b/ui/StatusQ/tests/src/TestHelpers/listmodelwrapper.h
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+#pragma once
+
 #include <QVariant>
 
 #include <memory>
diff --git a/ui/StatusQ/tests/src/TestHelpers/modeltestutils.cpp b/ui/StatusQ/tests/src/TestHelpers/modeltestutils.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0245587ec0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ui/StatusQ/tests/src/TestHelpers/modeltestutils.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+#include "modeltestutils.h"
+
+#include <QDebug>
+
+
+bool isSame(const QAbstractItemModel& model1, const QAbstractItemModel& model2,
+            bool recursive)
+{
+    auto count1 = model1.rowCount();
+    auto count2 = model2.rowCount();
+
+    auto roleNames1 = model1.roleNames();
+    auto roleNames2 = model2.roleNames();
+
+    if (count1 != count2) {
+        qWarning() << "Count mismatch:" << count1 << "/" << count2;
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    if (roleNames1 != roleNames2) {
+        qWarning() << "Role names mismatch:" << roleNames1 << "/" << roleNames2;
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    auto roles = roleNames1.keys();
+
+    for (auto role : roles) {
+        for (int i = 0; i < count1; i++) {
+            QVariant data1 = model1.data(model1.index(i, 0), role);
+            QVariant data2 = model2.data(model2.index(i, 0), role);
+
+            if (recursive && data1.canConvert<QAbstractItemModel*>()
+                    && data2.canConvert<QAbstractItemModel*>()) {
+                auto submodel1 = data1.value<QAbstractItemModel*>();
+                auto submodel2 = data2.value<QAbstractItemModel*>();
+
+                if (!isSame(*submodel1, *submodel2, true)) {
+                    qDebug() << "submodels are not the same, index:"
+                             << i << roleNames1[role];
+                    return false;
+                }
+            } else if (data1 != data2) {
+                qWarning()
+                        << QString("Mismatch at row %1, role '%2'. Model 1: %3, model 2: %4")
+                           .arg(QString::number(i), QString(roleNames1[role]),
+                                data1.toString(), data2.toString());
+                return false;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    return true;
+}
+
+bool isSame(const QAbstractItemModel* model1, const QAbstractItemModel* model2,
+            bool recursive)
+{
+    return isSame(*model1, *model2, recursive);
+}
diff --git a/ui/StatusQ/tests/src/TestHelpers/modeltestutils.h b/ui/StatusQ/tests/src/TestHelpers/modeltestutils.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..eee4b26c0b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ui/StatusQ/tests/src/TestHelpers/modeltestutils.h
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include <QAbstractListModel>
+
+
+bool isSame(const QAbstractItemModel& model1, const QAbstractItemModel& model2,
+            bool recursive = true);
+bool isSame(const QAbstractItemModel* model1, const QAbstractItemModel* model2,
+            bool recursive = true);
diff --git a/ui/StatusQ/tests/src/TestHelpers/snapshotmodel.cpp b/ui/StatusQ/tests/src/TestHelpers/snapshotmodel.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e486a2fc8f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ui/StatusQ/tests/src/TestHelpers/snapshotmodel.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+#include "snapshotmodel.h"
+
+#include <QDebug>
+
+SnapshotModel::SnapshotModel(QObject* parent)
+    : QAbstractListModel(parent)
+{
+}
+
+SnapshotModel::SnapshotModel(const QAbstractItemModel& model, bool recursive,
+                             QObject* parent)
+    : QAbstractListModel(parent)
+{
+    grabSnapshot(model, recursive);
+}
+
+int SnapshotModel::rowCount(const QModelIndex& parent) const
+{
+    if(parent.isValid())
+        return 0;
+
+    return m_data.size() ? m_data.begin()->size() : 0;
+}
+
+QHash<int, QByteArray> SnapshotModel::roleNames() const
+{
+    return m_roles;
+}
+
+QVariant SnapshotModel::data(const QModelIndex& index, int role) const
+{
+    if (!index.isValid() || !m_roles.contains(role)
+            || index.row() >= rowCount()) {
+        return {};
+    }
+
+    return m_data[role][index.row()];
+}
+
+void SnapshotModel::grabSnapshot(const QAbstractItemModel& model, bool recursive)
+{
+    m_roles = model.roleNames();
+    m_data.clear();
+
+    auto roles = m_roles.keys();
+    auto count = model.rowCount();
+
+    for (auto role : roles) {
+        for (int i = 0; i < count; i++) {
+            QVariant data = model.data(model.index(i, 0), role);
+
+            if (recursive && data.canConvert<QAbstractItemModel*>()) {
+                const auto submodel = data.value<QAbstractItemModel*>();
+
+                m_data[role].push_back(
+                            QVariant::fromValue(
+                                new SnapshotModel(*submodel, true, this)));
+            } else {
+                m_data[role].push_back(data);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+QVariant SnapshotModel::data(int row, int role) const
+{
+    return data(index(row), role);
+}
diff --git a/ui/StatusQ/tests/src/TestHelpers/snapshotmodel.h b/ui/StatusQ/tests/src/TestHelpers/snapshotmodel.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d43c035c0f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ui/StatusQ/tests/src/TestHelpers/snapshotmodel.h
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include <QAbstractListModel>
+
+class SnapshotModel : public QAbstractListModel {
+
+public:
+    explicit SnapshotModel(QObject* parent = nullptr);
+    explicit SnapshotModel(const QAbstractItemModel& model, bool recursive = true,
+                           QObject* parent = nullptr);
+
+    int rowCount(const QModelIndex& parent = {}) const override;
+    QHash<int, QByteArray> roleNames() const override;
+    QVariant data(const QModelIndex& index, int role) const override;
+
+    void grabSnapshot(const QAbstractItemModel& model, bool recursive = true);
+    QVariant data(int row, int role) const;
+
+private:
+    QHash<int, QList<QVariant>> m_data;
+    QHash<int, QByteArray> m_roles;
+};
diff --git a/ui/StatusQ/tests/src/TestHelpers/testmodel.h b/ui/StatusQ/tests/src/TestHelpers/testmodel.h
index c1e4d74e06..d688625a2f 100644
--- a/ui/StatusQ/tests/src/TestHelpers/testmodel.h
+++ b/ui/StatusQ/tests/src/TestHelpers/testmodel.h
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+#pragma once
+
 #include <QAbstractListModel>
 
 class TestModel : public QAbstractListModel {