BLE Hero vs ST100 Configuration Tool
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
BLE Hero
This app is a powerful development tool for Bluetooth Low Energy. It offers comprehensive scanning, connection management, GATT interactions, and detailed logging. Features include DFU support, real-time RSSI plotting, and customizable display formats for data.
- Bluetooth Low Energy scanning
- Device connection management
- GATT service exploration
- Characteristic read/write operations
- Detailed BLE event logging
- DFU support for Nordic, Cypress, Silabs
- Real-time RSSI plot
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BLE Hero is a comprehensive development tool for engineers, software developers, or anyone developing Bluetooth Low Energy enabled products or applications. Light and Dark Modes! Tutorials: - Video Tutorials Under the Help Section DFU Support: - Nordic Semiconductor - Cypress, Silabs, + STMicro coming soon BLE Scanning: - Company IDs from Bluetooth SIG - Search function: Search by any values included in advertisement data - Real-time RSSI plot for each discovered peripheral - Real-time estimated advertisement interval - Full listing of all advertisement data for each discovered peripheral - Favorites support - Ability to permanently ignore devices - Locator Mode! Connections: - Ability to maintain connections to many devices at the same time GATT Interactions: - Attempt reconnection from anywhere in the app! No need to return to the scan results to reconnect - Explore GATT services, characteristics, and descriptors - Read characteristics, notifications/indications ----> Display formats: HEX, ASCII, or UInt8 byte array ----> Read and notification history with timestamps within characteristic view - Write characteristics ----> HEX, ASCII, and Decimal keyboards ----> Write formats: HEX, ASCII, and Decimal ----> Viewable write history with timestamps within characteristic view - Descriptors and descriptor values - Notifications/Indications Logging: - Most detailed logging available - Search function to search for specific events - Logging occurs at a low level, providing detailed information about all BLE events - Advertisement data - Connection events with error descriptions - Disconnection events with error descriptions - Read/write characteristic events with error descriptions - Notification/indication events - GATT discovery events - System status events - Fully configurable: enable or disable each of the log event types - Export logs as text files via email, text, etc..., or save to files
ST100 Configuration Tool
Configure and update your ST100 Satellite Transmitter with this dedicated application. Ensure your device is running the latest firmware and settings for optimal performance.
- Update ST100 firmware
- Configure ST100 settings
- Manage Satellite Transmitter
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The Configuration app allows you to update and configure the ST100 Satellite Transmitter.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: BLE Hero at every 2 weeks against ST100 Configuration Tool's every 18 months. BLE Hero also leads on ratings volume (87 vs 1) and chart position (#207 vs unranked). On price, rating, 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for BLE Hero against 5.0 for ST100 Configuration Tool. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: BLE Hero has 87 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
BLE Hero ships an update every 2 weeks, ST100 Configuration Tool every 18 months. The most recent releases landed on September 26, 2026 and June 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BLE Hero | ST100 Configuration Tool |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (87 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 91.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 87 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 18 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Best chart rank | #207 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 14 MB | 19 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | onceLabs LLC | Globalstar, Inc |
Customer experience
BLE Hero
ST100 Configuration Tool
In-app purchases
BLE Hero
No in-app purchases
ST100 Configuration Tool
No in-app purchases
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