BLE vs Faraday Test
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
BLE
This utility tool assists developers in creating and maintaining Bluetooth Low Energy products. It enables connection establishment, monitoring, and configuration for RF testing of BLE devices. Log files can be shared for further analysis.
- Connect to BLE devices
- Monitor connections
- Configure connection parameters
- Start/stop test mode
- Share log files
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This tool is intended to support developers in their work to develop and maintain Bluetooth Low Energy products. BleRf Test can measure the quality of an RF link in both direction for any product implementing the BLE service for RF test. Features: - establish a connection to a BLE device - monitor said connection - share log files with other smartphone apps This app is only intended to support the development of BLE devices.
Faraday Test
Test the signal blocking capabilities of Faraday bags and enclosures. This utility app verifies complete signal transmission blockage for Wi-Fi and cellular signals, generating a detailed report of the results.
- Test Wi-Fi signal blocking
- Test cellular signal blocking
- Verify complete signal blockage
- Generate test reports
- Assess Faraday bag effectiveness
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This app is designed to test the signal blocking strength of Mission Darkness faraday bags and enclosures. It allows the user to perform a test with wifi and cell signals to determine whether the faraday enclosure completely blocks signal transmission. A report is generated with the results.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: BLE at 3.0 against Faraday Test's 2.2. Faraday Test's advantage is update cadence (every 10 months vs every 64 months) and ratings volume (13 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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 holds the better App Store score, 3.0 against 2.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Faraday Test has 13 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
BLE ships an update every 64 months, Faraday Test every 10 months. Both last shipped on November 2, 2026.
| Parameter | BLE | Faraday Test |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (1 ratings) — better | 2.2 (13 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 28.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 13 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 64 months | Every 10 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 80 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Arendi AG | Merakai, LLC |
Customer experience
BLE
Faraday Test
In-app purchases
BLE
No in-app purchases
Faraday Test
No in-app purchases
