nRF Connect for Mobile vs upic
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
nRF Connect for Mobile
This app is a versatile tool for scanning, exploring, and communicating with Bluetooth Low Energy devices. It also enables your device to act as a peripheral and supports firmware updates for compatible devices.
- Scan and discover Bluetooth LE peripherals
- Communicate with Bluetooth LE devices
- Advertise as a Bluetooth LE peripheral
- Update compatible device firmware (DFU)
- Filter scanned peripherals
- Live RSSI chart
- Log BLE function calls
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nRF Connect is a powerful generic tool that allows you to scan and explore your Bluetooth Low Energy (henceforth Bluetooth LE, also called Bluetooth Version 4.0+ of the Bluetooth specification) devices and communicate with them. nRF Connect also allows your iOS device to advertise as a peripheral, with full support of many of Bluetooth SIG adopted profiles. Additionally, nRF Connect supports Nordic Semiconductor’s Device Firmware Update profile (DFU) capabilities, allowing you to update compatible peripherals! + Features: • Supports DFU on all Nordic Semiconducto-powered devices. • Supports Nordic Thingy™ from Nordic Semiconductor. • Scan and discover nearby Bluetooth LE peripherals. • Filter Scanned Peripherals by Name, Manufacturer, Services (Advertised & Connected) and RSSI Level. • Parsing Multiple Formats of Bluetooth LE Advertisement Data. • Live RSSI Chart of Scanned Bluetooth LE Peripherals. • Complete iPad Support, including Multi-Tasking and Mouse Support as of 13.4. • Logs: Including BLE Function calls, and Export Function as CSV and Text. • Privacy-Oriented: Full-Disclosure of Scanned Data, Advertised Data, and User-Performed Actions held by nRF Connect. • Connecting to Any Connectable Bluetooth LE Smart Device. • Discovery of Services, Characteristics and Descriptors. • Read and Write Characteristics and Descriptors. • Enable and Disable Notifications and Indications. • Advertising as a Bluetooth LE Peripheral. • Setting up a Bluetooth LE (Peripheral) Server and Notifying/Indicating back to connected Central(s). • Low-Fat: nRF Connect for iOS is Very Small, so You Can Always Keep Us With You! >= Requirements: • iOS 16.0 and above. - Notes: nRF Connect also works with our Development Kits, which you may acquire online here: https://www.nordicsemi.com/eng/buy-online
upic
This app helps you declutter your photo library by letting you swipe through your pictures and screenshots month-by-month to decide what to keep or delete. It offers a fun, interactive way to manage your memories and free up storage space.
- Swipe to keep or delete photos
- Month-by-month photo review
- Undo mistakes with a tap
- On This Day throwback feature
- Photo roulette for random review
- Share photo statistics
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Introducing UPic —the app that finally helps you clean up your camera roll, and yep, you’ll have fun reminiscing along the way! Best part? It’s completely FREE and ad-free—no interruptions, just a clean experience. Sure, there are other apps that help you delete photos fast, but honestly? They didn’t cut it for us. We wanted something simple, fun, and easy to use. UPic lets you go month-by-month through your photos, screenshots, and more, deciding what stays and what goes. Here’s the deal: • Swipe right to keep a photo • Swipe left to delete it • Messed up? No worries—just tap to go back! • Review what you deleted, make tweaks, and boom—you’re done! Don’t miss our On This Day feature—it pops up on your home screen with throwback pics from the same date a year or more ago. Swipe through those too! Bonus features: • Instantly add any photo to your favorites • Share your photo stats with friends! • Wanna play photo roulette? Go thru your photos at random! • Stats that show how many pics you’ve deleted, memory saved, and more. We’re always adding cool stuff! Your camera roll shouldn’t be full of blurry dupes and random screenshots. UPic helps you enjoy the memories without the clutter, totally FREE. Happy swiping! (And feel free to hit us up with feedback, ideas, or just to say hi at mpsteele553@gmail.com) Terms of Service: https://www.mattsteele.co/upic/terms Privacy Policy: https://www.mattsteele.co/upic/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: nRF Connect for Mobile at none against upic's shown. nRF Connect for Mobile also leads on ratings volume (479 vs 8) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). upic's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 71%) and rating (4.9 vs 4.5). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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.
upic holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: nRF Connect for Mobile has 479 ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 71% of nRF Connect for Mobile's written reviews are positive against 100% of upic's.
nRF Connect for Mobile ships an update every 5 weeks, upic weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | nRF Connect for Mobile | upic |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (479 ratings) | 4.9 (8 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 70.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 479 — better | 8 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 16.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 15 MB | 57 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Nordic Semiconductor ASA | Plasma LLC |
Customer experience
nRF Connect for Mobile
upic
Bugs and requests
nRF Connect for Mobile
Reported bugs
4 issues- Can't read data from Bluetooth device
- Tries to ask for Bluetooth connection when Bluetooth is off. Asks to connect to devices when Bluetooth is off. Who knows what this app is doing in the background without permission?! What ever it is , it ain't good
- Tapping "tabs" doesn't work (nothing changes in the UI). To get some response from tapping UI controls typically requires (a) launching nRF Connect, (b) switching to another app, (c) switching back to nRF Connect. I've tried uninstalling and re-downloading. Same result. This used to be the bee's knees of BLE tools but it's only worth 1 star at the moment (v2.7.11).
- Cant go past the initial announcement. The app is unresponsive to the taps.
Requested features
4 requests- Where's the mac addresses
- Max rssi limit
- Log view
- We need macros in iOS version
upic
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
nRF Connect for Mobile
No in-app purchases
upic
No in-app purchases
Questions
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