TI SimpleLink™ Starter vs AIROC™ Bluetooth® Connect App
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
TI SimpleLink™ Starter
Connects Simplelink™ Sensortags and Launchpads to your smartphone and the cloud via Bluetooth Low Energy and WiFi. Supports Over-the-Air upgrades and cloud connectivity through MQTT or dweet.io. Compatible with various development kits.
- Bluetooth Low Energy connectivity
- WiFi support
- Cloud connectivity (MQTT, dweet.io)
- Over-the-Air upgrades
- Supports multiple development kits
- Smartphone integration
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This app connects all your Simplelink(TM) Sensortags and Launchpads to your smartphone and the cloud with Bluetooth Low Energy and WiFi support. Includes support for Over-the-Air upgrades for all development platforms. Cloud connectivity is supported through MQTT to any cloudservice or with dweet.io. To learn more, see the web links to each development kit. The following development kits are currently supported: CC26xR LaunchPad CC1352R LauncPad CC2650 LaunchPad - www.ti.com/launchxl-cc2650 CC2650 SensorTag - www.ti.com/sensortag CC3200 SensorTag - www.ti.com/sensortag CC2650 Remote Control - www.ti.com/rc LPSTK
AIROC™ Bluetooth® Connect App
This utility app connects to specific Bluetooth SoCs and eval kits for development and testing. It supports various Bluetooth SIG-adopted profiles and services, including data logging and GATT database viewing.
- Connects to Infineon AIROC™ Bluetooth® SoCs
- Supports BLE profiles (Battery, Heart Rate, Glucose, etc.)
- Customized screens for BLE services
- CAPSENSE® Profile and Service support
- Over-the-air (OTA) device firmware upgrade
- Data Logger
- GATT database viewer
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The AIROC™ Bluetooth® Connect App mobile application has been developed for mobile phones and tablets by Infineon Technologies as a companion for the AIROC™ Bluetooth® SoCs, PSoC™ 4-BLE, PSoC™ 63-BLE, and their respective eval kits. The application can be used with the BLE example projects provided in PSoC™ Creator and ModusToolbox™ Software Environment. PSoC™ Creator can be downloaded from: https://www.infineon.com/cms/en/design-support/tools/sdk/psoc-software/psoc-creator To find an example project within PSoC™ Creator, go to: https://www.infineon.com/cms/en/design-support/software/code-examples ModusToolbox™ can be downloaded from: https://www.infineon.com/cms/en/design-support/tools/sdk/modustoolbox-software Features: Customized screens support for the following Bluetooth® SIG-adopted BLE profiles and services: • Battery Service • Blood Pressure Profile and Service • Cycling Speed and Cadence Profile and Service • Device Information Service • Find Me Profile and Immediate Alert Service • Glucose Profile and Service • Heart Rate Profile and Service • Health Thermometer Profile and Service • Proximity Profile, Link Loss Service, and Tx Power Service • Running Speed and Cadence Profile and Service Customized screens support for the following Bluetooth® SIG-adopted BLE profiles and services: • CAPSENSE® Profile and Service – Enables BLE-based communication for CAPSENSE™ Widgets like proximity sensors, buttons and sliders. • Bootloader Profile and Service – Enables the over-the-air (OTA) device firmware upgrade (DFU) for Infineon BLE devices. • RGB LED Profile and Service – Enables the LED color and intensity control using Infineon BLE devices. Additional features: • Data Logger • GATT database (DB) viewer for debugging any Bluetooth® SIG-adopted or custom profile/service. To see the End User License Agreement (EULA), Open Source Licenses Used, and the application web page: https://www.infineon.com/cms/en/design-support/tools/utilities/wireless-connectivity/airoc-bluetooth-connect-app-mobile-app The source code for the app can be downloaded from https://github.com/Infineon/airoc-connect-ios Disclaimer! Under no circumstances can the App be connected to medical hardware or used in any other way different from the purpose of code example evaluation. To research any medical problem, please, seek doctor's advice.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: AIROC™ Bluetooth® Connect App at 3.0 against TI SimpleLink™ Starter's 2.1. TI SimpleLink™ Starter's advantage is ratings volume (7 vs 2). 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.
AIROC™ Bluetooth® Connect App holds the better App Store score, 3.0 against 2.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 2 respectively.
TI SimpleLink™ Starter ships an update every 4 months, AIROC™ Bluetooth® Connect App every 9 months. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | TI SimpleLink™ Starter | AIROC™ Bluetooth® Connect App |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.1 (7 ratings) | 3.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 7 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months — better | Every 9 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 291 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Texas Instruments | Infineon Technologies AG |
Customer experience
TI SimpleLink™ Starter
AIROC™ Bluetooth® Connect App
In-app purchases
TI SimpleLink™ Starter
No in-app purchases
AIROC™ Bluetooth® Connect App
No in-app purchases
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