# Estimote — user reviews > 49 indexed App Store user reviews of Estimote by Estimote, Inc., rated 2.57/5 from 7 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/estimote/id686915066/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/estimote/id686915066.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 1 · 4★ 2 · 3★ 0 · 2★ 1 · 1★ 3 ## Newest reviews (16 of 49) ### 3/5 — Crashes when selecting beacon for configuration *2021-06-16, version 2.43.1* It used to work very well. Now I need to reconfigure some of my beacons and I can't. ### 2/5 — It doesn’t work *2018-08-29, version 2.38.1* I give 2 not 1, because sometimes I can find my beacons in configuration ### 2/5 — Very unstable *2017-10-12, version 2.31.0* Application on iOS 11 is very unstable so it’s hard to use it. Till it will be repaired I am giving only 2 stars. ### 1/5 — Major problems in the latest version *2017-06-20, version 2.29.0* The latest version broke everything. It is now impossible to change settings on beacons via this app. Every beacon is listed as out of range. The transfer ownership button is also gone. ### 1/5 — Pas de détection *2017-03-14, version 2.28.1* L appli ne détecte aucun beacon, hormis le beacon virtuel de l app. ### 1/5 — BUG Depuis la mise à jour *2017-01-17, version 2.27.0* Depuis la mise à jour c'est n'importe quoi, la détection ne fonctionne plus il trouve des beacons qui n'existe pas ?! ### 1/5 — Beacon scanning flakey/firmware updates worse then before *2017-01-14, version 2.27.0* Beacons with the default settings show up and disappear randomly, and now the firmware version field just spins and spins without reporting anything. So unreliable as to be frustrating and generally useless. ### 3/5 — Great Product, Functional App *2016-12-31, version 2.26.01* I'm a big fan of the Estimote's Bluetooth LE (BTLE) beacons, and in particular the ability to easily manage them via the cloud. The app is really optimized to be an introduction to that experience, and includes demos for indoor mapping, general proximity, and nearby notifications, as well as links to buy beacons. It's an easy way to get started without writing any code, and helps build intuition and generate ideas about how beacons can be used. For this, the app is quite useful. That said, once you've become familiar with the beacons, however, you're going to spend most of your time in the device management section. And while that aspect of the app is functional, it is also limited. Some settings on the Estimote devices MUST be set via the Estimote Cloud, while other features can ONLY be set via the app itself. Further, the app doesn't proactively monitor for updates from Estimote Cloud and prompt the user to update the beacons, nor is it entirely clear what the synchronization status is; especially for new users, this process can be a bit confusing. Ultimately, my preference would be for Estimate to publish two apps: One for introducing new customers the concepts, and then another that's focused exclusively on managing beacons. And then, ideally, I'd like to see better feature parity and integration with Estimote Cloud, so that the app isn't just a necessary in-between, but a seamless piece of glue to tie together the infrastructure. And, finally, it'd be really nice if Estimote made their app compatible with the iPad, as that would be more convenient for large-scale management. (As is, the iPhone app can run on the iPad, but it's obviously not taking full advantage of the available screen real estate.) ### 1/5 — Do not upgrade. *2016-09-23, version 2.25.1* On both my iPhone 7 and iPad Pro, running iOS 10.01 the application is unable to detect my beacons inches away. I have logged out, uninstalled/reinstalled, toggled location permissions, etc. Nothing is working. Good thing I don't have hundreds of beacons to configure. ### 1/5 — Cada vez más mal *2016-09-21, version 2.25.1* No actualiza los nombres de los beacons verdes , la geolocalizacion no es exacta te la da por país, ya no detecta los beacons verdes en el radar solo los white etc ### 1/5 — Broken, waste of money and time *2015-08-11, version 2.14* Terrible waste of time. Beacons are constantly lost on radar, firmware update is impossible. There is virtually zero company support and because this is a gimmick pay by service there is no community support. Don't waste your time, wait until competent people take this in and open source it. The apps are broken in almost every sense and nothing can get done. Amazing waste of time. ### 2/5 — App is not the worst thing about Estimote *2015-07-27, version 2.14* This app is a developer tool for users of the Estimote beacons and SDK, and is a promotional tool for Estimote beacons. It’s a good promotional tool. As a tool for testing and managing beacons it is functional but poorly designed, as you will discover the first time you need to walk around and try to use the app to make changes to dozens Estimote beacons you’ve deployed. Routine tests can be difficult to accomplish, some of the data (e.g. remaining battery life) is inaccurate, and there are no batch functions for some key procedures. But this app isn’t the worst part of working with Estimote. The company is the media darling of the beacon industry based on the very nice industrial design of their cute little beacons. Unfortunately their technology and customer service doesn’t is rather awful. One of the things that you will likely discover when you go around with this app to service your beacons: half of them will have fallen off wherever you stuck them. Estimote used the wrong self-stick adhesive, a fact that they have never corrected and never publicly admitted, presumably because they’d have to replace tens of thousands of defective Estimote beacons. If you stay away from Estimote you won’t need to worry about the quality of this app. ### 1/5 — Crash *2015-02-12, version 2.11* ipad 3 ios 704 app crashes when entering beacons screen ### 1/5 — Batterie ridicule ! *2014-12-05, version 2.9* La batterie a durée 6 mois au lieu de 36 alors que le device n’atiat pas utilisé… Très compliqué à ouvrir pour changer la pile, clairement ce produit n’est pas prêt pour la prod… principalement du marketing. Vendre les estimotes par 3 alors qu’il en faut 4 pour faire de l’indoor location c’est plus que mesquin… ### 1/5 — 👎 *2014-10-12, version 2.6* Se sale en mi iPhone 6 ): ### 1/5 — Indoor location doesn't work *2014-09-25, version 2.6* Radar picks up the beacons fine but indoor location doesn't pick them up. Very disappointing. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — App crashes *2025-06-03, version 2.43.1* I’ve used this app in the past to connect to my beacons with little or no difficulty. It was nice to be able to see remaining battery life and check for firmware updates. But now that my equipment is slightly older the app crashes whenever I try to connect to the beacons. Is this planned obsolescence? ### 1/5 — Crash *2022-05-10, version 2.43.1* L’app va in crash appena si cerca di accedere ad un beacon. ### 1/5 — Useless *2021-12-19, version 2.43.1* Crashing every time I find a beacon and tap on it. ### 1/5 — Absturz!!! *2021-02-10, version 2.43.1* Beacons können nicht mehr aufgerufen werden!!🤬🤬 ### 1/5 — Please Update your APP *2021-01-10, version 2.43.1* I can not use your APP. Every time I want to configure or update my Beacons the App crashes ### 1/5 — Schon lange nicht mehr was es mal war *2020-11-14, version 2.43.1* die app stürzt nur ab habe keine Möglichkeit mehr die beacons zu bearbeiten da es über die cloud auch nicht geht ### 1/5 — Closes when accessing a beacon *2020-08-16* This application closes as soon as you select a beacon. ### 1/5 — Doesn’t work anymore *2018-12-03, version 2.39.0* With your latest version, we can’t change any information on beacons. The app indicates that I’m not the owner... ### 1/5 — Rigged *2018-11-30, version 2.39.0* Estimote has purposely made this app terrible to force their customers to pay $500 a month for their cloud service. Shame. ### 1/5 — It won't work *2018-05-14, version 2.36.0* The beacons won’t show up or locked to someone else account ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Great tool to start with Beacons *2014-06-11, version 2.3* I so love the design of this app. It suits the motes perfectly. Also, it's very useful and gives a hint on what those little buddies are capable of. Temperature sensor part is brilliant! :) ### 5/5 — highly reccomend *2014-06-04, version 2.2* works so fine it makes me want to cry with happiness ### 5/5 — Ottimo per sviluppatori *2014-04-25, version 2.2* Si simula un beacon facilmente. Utilissimo per gli sviluppatori. ### 5/5 — The box *2014-02-15, version 2.1* Was a little sad to not have had my name or your signature written on the "personal note" included in the box but I'm excited to get to start playing around with the beacons. ### 5/5 — great *2013-09-16, version 1.1* thx。 nice ### 5/5 — Pretty interesting concept *2013-08-20, version 1.0* The app seems to be a pretty cool demo of what is, or will be, possible with dedicated hardware. Two devices communicating via low-energy flavor of Bluetooth, indoors, to navigate and notify? Yeah, I see the potential of that. Of course, it is much more interesting if you're a developer yourself (so you can actually make use o this tech). ### 4/5 — Great app *2016-06-05, version 2.22.2* App works well, I didn't noticed any problem, it also recognize beacons not made by Estimote, however app isn't optimized for 4,7 inch iPhones - it is just scaled 4inch version. ### 4/5 — Fajnie, ale wysypuje się. *2015-04-15, version 2.12* Aplikacja często (nie zawsze) "wywala się" przy przy próbie zmiany ustawień wielu beaconów na raz. Poza tym po wciśnięciu "edit" pokazywane są beacony które tak na prawdę nie są najbliżej, ich kolejność nie pokrywa się z tą na wcześniejszym ekranie. Często bardzo to utrudnia zmianę ustawień części/zestawu beaconów. ### 4/5 — Useful *2015-02-27, version 2.11* I have found this app useful for creating virtual beacons with my iPad and iPhone whilst waiting for my real Estimote Beacons to arrive. It’s been useful in the respect that I have been able to figure out basic communication with the virtual beacons and start working out some of the features and learning the SDK. It's allowed me to be productive with my time whilst I’m waiting for the real beacons to arrive…good job. ### 4/5 — Useful utility for Estimote developers *2014-09-06, version 2.5* Thanks ! --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-06-30.*