Autarky vs Secured AVR BLE IoT Node
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Autarky
This utility blocks third-party JavaScript in Safari, making browsing faster and reducing data consumption. It helps prevent online tracking and can lower mobile carrier bills. Users can temporarily disable it for specific websites.
- Blocks third-party JavaScript in Safari
- Improves browsing speed
- Reduces data usage
- Blocks many ads
- Helps prevent online tracking
- Temporarily disable for specific sites
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Autarky is a content blocker that blocks all third-party JavaScript in Safari, it's super effective. Browsing will feel faster, consume less data, many ads will be blocked and advertising companies will have a hard time tracking your behaviour online. Are you on a small data bundel? Traveling abroad? Autarky helps you keep your carrier bill low. To enable Autarky open the Settings app > tap Safari > tap Content blockers. Be aware that certain websites might lose functionality or might not load at all, you can temporarily disable Autarky by pressing the 'puzzle piece' icon in Safari's address bar.
Secured AVR BLE IoT Node
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Secure AVR BLE IoT Node is a Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) enabled mobile application developed by Microchip. It provides user interface to Secure AVR BLE IoT Node kit. The mobile app will authenticate the kit after connected with the kit via BLE, It verifies the (compressed) certificate chain of the Secure AVR IoT node kit. After that the sensor data will be transmitted through BLE and is shown in the mobile app as: temperature data and 3X accelerometer data. Main Features: 1. BLE devices scanning and connecting. 2. Kit authentication. 3. Range estimation by RSSI. 4. Temperature curve. 5. 3X accelerometer curve. 6. About page.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Secured AVR BLE IoT Node at Free against Autarky's $0.99. Secured AVR BLE IoT Node also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 12 months) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 18.6). On 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
Secured AVR BLE IoT Node is free to download; Autarky costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Autarky ships an update every 12 months, Secured AVR BLE IoT Node fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Autarky | Secured AVR BLE IoT Node |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.9 (19 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 80.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 19 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 12 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 18.6 | 8.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jonatan van der Horst | Microchip Technology Inc. |
In-app purchases
Autarky
No in-app purchases
Secured AVR BLE IoT Node
No in-app purchases
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