Kio Setup Manager vs BlueBeacon Manager
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Kio Setup Manager
Configure and monitor Kontakt.io IoT devices like beacons and gateways. This app connects to the Kio Cloud platform, allowing you to manage device settings, apply updates, and view real-time data. It's designed for onsite installation and troubleshooting of your Bluetooth LE devices.
- Onsite installation and configuration
- Monitor IoT devices (beacons, tags, gateways)
- Connect to Kio Cloud platform
- Apply firmware and configuration updates
- View device settings and battery levels
- Real-time telemetry data
- Troubleshooting and diagnostics
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The Kio Setup Manager is for onsite installation, configuration, and monitoring of Kontakt.io IoT devices; including beacons, tags, and gateways. The app is integrated with the Kontakt.io Kio Cloud platform to provide a mobile-optimized connection to your Kio Cloud account devices. When you sign into the app using your Kio Cloud credentials, the app displays your devices and searches for Kontakt.io devices in Bluetooth range of your mobile device. From the app, you can: - Complete the in-app guided setup and installation of Kontakt.io Starter Kits, Portal Beams, Portal Lights, and Reference Beacons. - Search for and filter devices. - Synchronize devices to apply Kio Cloud pending configuration updates. - Apply available firmware updates. - View and update primary device settings. - View device battery levels and perform a battery reset after a battery replacement. - View real-time telemetry data. - Perform general troubleshooting and diagnostics. - Kio Cloud subscribers can manage multiple devices simultaneously using the Bulk Manage/Edit feature. NOTE: your mobile device requires an internet connection and Bluetooth must be enabled. Kontakt.io is the industry leader in indoor environmental, location and occupancy services using Bluetooth® Low Energy (Bluetooth® LE). Our mission is to deliver human-building interfaces that provide people with delightful, useful, and safe indoor experiences to help make building work for people.
BlueBeacon Manager
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BlueUp is a IoT company providing devices and solutions based on Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) beacons technology. BlueBeacon Manager is the configuration and management app for BlueBeacon-series BLE beacons running second-generation firmware (version 5.0 or higher). BlueUp firmware version 5.0 is the first BLE-beacon firmware worldwide to offer support, at the same time, of the following technologies: iBeacon (released by Apple), Eddystone (released by Google, with full support of new Eddystone specifications, including configuration GATT and Eddystone-EID), Quuppa (released by Quuppa, a location technology with sub-meter accuracy). BlueBeacon Manager App allows to configure up to 8 slots for the different packet frames, with the following features: - up to 4 slots for Eddystone frame packets: URL, UID, TLM (at present, app does not allows to configure EID-frame slots and register beacon on Google back-end); - up to 4 slots for additional packets, including iBeacon, Quuppa and Sensors, a proprietary frame-packet for sensor data advertising; Each slot is independently configurable with its own transmission power and advertising interval. Multiple frames of the same type are allowed (e.g., up to 4 different iBeacon frames or Eddystone-URL frames). Additional functionalities are: - setting of connectable/non-connectable mode; - setting of anonymous mode; - setting of a time interval for advertising (with start/stop hour); - setting operating mode depending on beacon position (only for BlueBeacon Tag); - resetting to factory configuration; - change of password. BlueBeacon-series beacons offers state-of-art security features, including: - support for Eddystone-EID encrypted and time-rotating packet frame; - encrypted transmission of lock/unlock password.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: BlueBeacon Manager at 10.1 against Kio Setup Manager'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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Kio Setup Manager ships an update every 3 weeks, BlueBeacon Manager every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Kio Setup Manager | BlueBeacon Manager |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (14 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 45.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 14 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 5 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 10.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 194 MB | 23 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kontakt Sp. z o.o. | BlueUp |
In-app purchases
Kio Setup Manager
No in-app purchases
BlueBeacon Manager
No in-app purchases
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