BLE vs Thingsup BLE Scanner & Logger
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.
Thingsup BLE Scanner & Logger
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Thingsup BLE Beacon Scanner and Logger was developed with a vision to help Bluetooth community, developers who wants to build BLE Beacons & applications. Thingsup BLE Beacon Scanner is used by not only developers but also users with Thingsup Bluetooth BLE Sensor Beacons. You can directly configure your beacon's data, configure passwords, log and advertise intervals as well as read stored data and export as CSV and password protected Excel format. Main Features of Bluetooth BLE Scanner ===================== 1. Scan near by Bluetooth Low Energy, iBeacon and Eddystone devices. 2. Scan Thingsup BLE Sensors and get realtime values. 3. Log nearby BLE packets and data 4. Export Log data as CSV and Excel XLSX 5. Password Protected Excel Log File 6. Read stored data from Thingsup BLE Sensor Beacons 7. Send data to MQTT Servers 8. Customise MQTT Topic and Data
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Thingsup BLE Scanner & Logger at every 6 weeks against BLE's every 64 months. Thingsup BLE Scanner & Logger also leads on iOS requirement (10.0 vs 15.0). On price, ads, 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 ships an update every 64 months, Thingsup BLE Scanner & Logger every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BLE | Thingsup BLE Scanner & Logger |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 64 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 80 MB | 65 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Arendi AG | iobot Technologies India Private Limited |
In-app purchases
BLE
No in-app purchases
Thingsup BLE Scanner & Logger
No in-app purchases
Questions
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