Beacon Scan vs Holyiot
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.
Holyiot
This utility app allows users to read and modify Bluetooth beacon broadcast information. It also provides real-time environmental data, including temperature, pressure, and humidity.
- Read Bluetooth beacon broadcasts
- Modify broadcast parameters
- Read environmental temperature
- Read environmental pressure
- Read environmental humidity
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A Bluetooth beacon app, which can read the broadcast information of the device and modify the broadcast parameters,And read the current environment temperature, pressure, humidity.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Beacon Scan at 5.0 against Holyiot's 1.0. Beacon Scan also leads on iOS requirement (8.3 vs 10.0). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively.
Beacon Scan ships an update every 3 weeks, Holyiot every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Beacon Scan | Holyiot |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 1.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 4 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.3 — better | 10.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 19 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | David Helms | Shenzhen Hong yi yun jia technology Co.,LTD |
Customer experience
Beacon Scan
Holyiot
In-app purchases
Beacon Scan
No in-app purchases
Holyiot
No in-app purchases
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