Comparison

nRF Connect for Mobile vs COUNT

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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

About

COUNT

Features
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COUNT is a private journal for your life. Not a feed. Not a dating app. A place to write down who you met, how it went, and what you want to remember - then look back and notice what you have actually been doing. WRITE IT DOWN WHILE YOU STILL REMEMBER IT Add an entry in about a minute. Who you met, how you met, where you were, what kind of date it was, how it went, and anything else worth keeping. Come back and add notes as the details surface. Everything lands in one place, grouped by month, searchable by name or entry number, sorted however you like. SEE THE PATTERNS YOU CANNOT FEEL Entries you write once become a picture over time. Follow your trend across your last 10, your last 20, or everything. Switch to a breakdown of how you have been meeting people. Open the activity view for twelve weeks at a glance - your streaks, your busiest days, the months that were busier than they felt. COUNT works out your longest streak, your busiest month, your best experience and your average duration on its own. You never log anything twice. PRIVATE BY DEFAULT Lock the whole app behind Face ID, Touch ID, or your passcode. Turn on Public Mode and every name on screen blurs, so you can hand someone your phone mid-story without thinking about it. Hide your count on the dashboard, in the journal, or both. Switch scoring off entirely if you would rather just keep the story. Nothing leaves your journal until you decide it should. And when you want it gone, deleting your account takes everything with it. SHARE ONLY WHAT YOU MEAN TO Start an invite-only group with the people you would have told anyway. Share individual entries into a shared timeline, and let the group leaderboard rank only what has actually been shared. The rest of your journal stays where it was. Or send a single entry with Secure View. Your friend opens it once, and it burns the moment they close it. BUILT TO LIVE ON YOUR PHONE Light and dark themes. Metric or imperial. Face ID on iPhone, and a full layout on iPad. COUNT is for the details you would rather not forget - and would rather nobody else read.

Screenshots

nRF Connect for Mobile4 screens
COUNT4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: COUNT at 15.1 against nRF Connect for Mobile's 17.0. 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

nRF Connect for Mobile ships an update every 5 weeks, COUNT every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
nRF Connect for Mobile versus COUNT: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameternRF Connect for MobileCOUNT
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (479 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews70.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings479 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size15 MB56 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperNordic Semiconductor ASANevo Iflach

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

COUNT

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

nRF Connect for Mobile

No in-app purchases

None

COUNT

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is nRF Connect for Mobile free?
nRF Connect for Mobile is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is COUNT free?
COUNT is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do nRF Connect for Mobile or COUNT have ads?
Neither nRF Connect for Mobile nor COUNT shows ads.
Which is updated more often, nRF Connect for Mobile or COUNT?
nRF Connect for Mobile ships an update every 5 weeks, and COUNT every 3 weeks. Most recently, nRF Connect for Mobile was updated on November 6, 2026 and COUNT on October 31, 2026.

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