BLE Hero vs Get My IDFA
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
Get My IDFA
This utility displays your device's Identifier for Advertisers (IDFA) and allows you to easily copy it. It's a straightforward tool for developers and marketers needing this specific identifier.
- Display IDFA
- Copy IDFA to clipboard
- Developer tool
- Identifier for Advertisers
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You can display the IDFA of your device and copy it to the clipboard. (IDFA = Identifier for Advertisers)
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: BLE Hero at none against Get My IDFA's shown. BLE Hero also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 19 months) and rating (4.9 vs 4.6). Get My IDFA's advantage is chart position (#106 vs unranked). On price, in-app purchases and device support 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.
BLE Hero holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 88 and 27 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 92% of BLE Hero's written reviews are positive against 83% of Get My IDFA's.
BLE Hero ships an update every 2 weeks, Get My IDFA every 19 months. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BLE Hero | Get My IDFA |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (88 ratings) — better | 4.6 (27 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 91.9% of reviews — better | 83.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 88 — better | 27 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 19 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Best chart rank | — | #106 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 14 MB | 95 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | onceLabs LLC | Hirokazu Uno |
Customer experience
BLE Hero
Get My IDFA
In-app purchases
BLE Hero
No in-app purchases
Get My IDFA
No in-app purchases
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