BLE Hero vs LaTeX Formula Editor
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
LaTeX Formula Editor
Create and preview LaTeX formulas on your mobile device. Save your work as files or import existing ones. Features pre-configured buttons for common mathematical elements.
- Write LaTeX formulas
- Preview formulas in real-time
- Save formulas as files
- Import existing LaTeX files
- Pre-configured buttons for common elements
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With 'LaTeX Formula Editor' you can write your LaTeX on your phone, preview it and save it as a file or import it from an exiting file. You can use pre-configured buttons for the most common elements such as '\over ' or '\sqrt()'
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: BLE Hero at 92% against LaTeX Formula Editor's 22%. BLE Hero also leads on rating (4.9 vs 3.0) and ratings volume (87 vs 4). On price, update cadence, 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.
BLE Hero holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: BLE Hero has 87 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 92% of BLE Hero's written reviews are positive against 22% of LaTeX Formula Editor's.
BLE Hero ships an update every 2 weeks, LaTeX Formula Editor every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 26, 2026 and September 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BLE Hero | LaTeX Formula Editor |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (87 ratings) — better | 3.0 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 91.9% of reviews — better | 22.2% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 87 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 14 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | onceLabs LLC | Julian Lau |
Customer experience
BLE Hero
LaTeX Formula Editor
In-app purchases
BLE Hero
No in-app purchases
LaTeX Formula Editor
No in-app purchases
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