nRF Connect for Mobile vs GottaGo
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
GottaGo
Find and share bathroom access codes for public and private establishments. This community-driven app helps you locate codes quickly, verify their accuracy, and contribute new ones to help others.
- Search for codes by location
- View nearby codes
- Mark unlocked restrooms
- Community-verified code reliability
- Add and update codes
- Code history
- User ranking system
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Never get stuck outside a locked bathroom again. GottaGo is the community-powered app that crowdsources bathroom codes for restaurants, coffee shops, stores, and anywhere else you need to go — fast. SEARCH ANY LOCATION Find bathroom codes for thousands of locations using Google-powered search. Just type the name of the place and tap to see the code. NEARBY CODES See bathroom codes for places near you, sorted by distance. Switch between list and map view. Adjust your search radius from 1 mile to All to see every code in the database. Perfect for when you're out and about and need a code quickly. NO CODE NEEDED Some bathrooms are unlocked — no code required. Contributors can mark these locations so you know before you even walk up. COMMUNITY VERIFIED Every code is confirmed by real users. See at a glance whether a code is Very Reliable, Likely Correct, or May Be Outdated — so you know if you can trust it before you walk up to the door. ADD & UPDATE CODES Know a code that isn't in the app yet? Add it in seconds. Code changed? Update it so the next person doesn't get stuck. You can even leave a note — like "push hard, door sticks" — to help others out. CODE HISTORY See previous codes for any location so you always have a backup if something changed. EARN YOUR RANK The more you contribute, the higher your rank. Go from Bathroom Newbie all the way to GottaGo Legend as you add and confirm codes for your community. PRIVACY FIRST Sign in with Apple means no passwords, no email address required. Choose your own username — your real name is never shown to anyone. GottaGo is free, community-powered, and built for the moments when you really, really need to go.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: GottaGo at 5.0 against nRF Connect for Mobile's 4.5. GottaGo also leads on update cadence (every 6 days vs every 5 weeks). nRF Connect for Mobile's advantage is ratings volume (479 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.
GottaGo holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: nRF Connect for Mobile has 479 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
nRF Connect for Mobile ships an update every 5 weeks, GottaGo every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | nRF Connect for Mobile | GottaGo |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (479 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 70.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 479 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 6 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 15 MB | 13 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Nordic Semiconductor ASA | Paul Davidson |
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
GottaGo
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
nRF Connect for Mobile
No in-app purchases
GottaGo
No in-app purchases








