Beacon Scan vs BeaconSET
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Beacon Scan
This utility app helps remote users measure and report iBeacon advertising characteristics. It scans for beacons within a defined region and provides key values like Major, Minor, and RSSI. Users can customize beacon region UUIDs to match their testing environment.
- iBeacon proximity measurement
- Report advertising characteristics
- Scan for beacons
- Major, Minor, RSSI values
- Customizable beacon region UUIDs
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Beacon Scan is a diagnostic utility for remote users to measure iBeacon proximity beacon advertising characteristics and report back to a central support help desk. Beacon Scan scans for beacons based on a pre-defined beacon region UUID and reports the following values for each beacon detected - Major Value - Minor Value - RSSI Value The Beacon Scan app comes pre-loaded with a single beacon region UUID for convenience. Other beacon region UUIDs can be added to match the testing environment.
BeaconSET
This utility app allows users to scan for and modify the parameters of iBeacons. It provides essential information like UUID and RSSi, and enables adjustments to settings such as UUID, Major, Minor, and Transmission Power.
- Scan for nearby iBeacons
- View iBeacon common information (UUID, RSSi)
- Modify iBeacon UUID
- Modify iBeacon Major and Minor values
- Adjust Transmission Power
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BeaconSET is an application which will help you scan and modify iBeacons’ parameters. Key Features -Scan for any iBeacons around you -Get iBeacon’s common information, such like UUID, RSSi -Modify iBeacon’s parameters, such like UUID, Major, Minor, Transimission Power, etc.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Beacon Scan at 5.0 against BeaconSET's 3.0. Beacon Scan also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 6 months) and iOS requirement (8.3 vs 15.0). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Beacon Scan holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.
Beacon Scan ships an update every 3 weeks, BeaconSET every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Beacon Scan | BeaconSET |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 3.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 33.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 6 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.3 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | David Helms | Yunli-Wuli Network Co., Ltd |
Customer experience
Beacon Scan
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In-app purchases
Beacon Scan
No in-app purchases
BeaconSET
No in-app purchases
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