Blue Hound vs Beacon Alert
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Blue Hound
Easily scan and locate your Bluetooth-enabled devices, including smartwatches, fitness trackers, and tags. Find lost items like keys or drones using signal strength, heat maps, or direction finders. The app identifies devices by name, maker, and model, and allows you to search the cloud for previously found items.
- Real-time Bluetooth scanning
- Signal strength meter
- Heat map and direction finder
- Cloud search for past devices
- Smart device identification
- Power saver mode
- Audio alerts
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The essential Bluetooth app for scanning and locating your smart devices from Apple, FitBit, Garmin, and many other companies. Scan and identify nearby devices. Locate devices by signal strength, heat map or direction finder. You can now find Fitbit and other Bluetooth devices that are paired with your iPhone. If the Bluetooth device is paired with another iPhone, turn off Bluetooth on that iPhone. Blue Hound is always scanning for Bluetooth devices. When a device is detected, Blue Hound identifies it by name, maker and model when possible. It does this using a large database of smart recognizers that are updated automatically. Devices you find are uploaded to the cloud to help you search for them later. Blue Hound works great with Bluetooth tags. If you attach one to your keys, you can locate them within 100 feet or more even outdoors in high grass. Attach one to your drone and you will be able to find it if it lands unexpectedly. Scanning for Bluetooth devices can be a fun outdoor activity. Take Blue Hound out for a walk. Enable Power Saver Mode for Blue Hound in Settings and put your iPhone in your pocket upside down. The screen will go dark and the app will enter power saver mode. If you wish, Blue Hound can even bark to alert you when a new device is found. Blue Hound has features not found in any other Bluetooth scanner or finder: • Real time Bluetooth scanner with signal strength and description • Sort the scanner list by age, distance or name • Filter the scanner list for matching text • List both active and inactive devices • Power saver option and audio alerts for scanning while walking • Search the cloud for devices you have found in the past • Search for past devices using an interactive map • Smart device identification using cloud updated recognizers • Display detailed information about a devices including is maker and model • Search Google for more information about the device • Get directions to the last known location of the device • Locate a device indoors using a signal strength meter • Locate a device outdoors using a heat map and signal graph • Outdoor direction finder saves time when searching • Display the directions on the map to triangulate the location
Beacon Alert
This app allows you to manage multiple beacons and receive notifications when they enter or exit your proximity. It supports adding up to 20 beacons through in-app purchases.
- Manage multiple beacons
- Add up to 20 beacons
- Receive entry/exit notifications
- Beacon enabled device required
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Never lose track of what matters. Beacon Alert helps you monitor Bluetooth beacons and records where they were last seen. Receive alerts when a beacon disappears and quickly navigate back to its last known location. Perfect for keys, bags, equipment, pets, vehicles, and anything equipped with a compatible Bluetooth beacon. FEATURES • Monitor multiple beacons • Instant alerts when a beacon goes out of range • Notifications when a beacon returns nearby • Save the last known location automatically • View lost locations by beacon name • Rename and organize beacons • Open saved locations in Apple Maps or Google Maps • Background monitoring support • Clean and easy-to-use interface • Privacy focused — your data stays on your device BEACON ALERT PRO Unlock even more features with Beacon Alert Pro: • Unlimited saved beacons • Lost location history • Custom beacon names • Advanced notifications Beacon Alert is designed to help you find and recover important items faster and with confidence.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Beacon Alert at Free against Blue Hound's $1.99. Beacon Alert also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 57%) and rating (5.0 vs 4.6). Blue Hound's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 48 months). On ads 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
Beacon Alert is free to download; Blue Hound costs $1.99 up front. Beacon Alert sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Blue Hound asks for nothing beyond the download.
Beacon Alert holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Blue Hound has 915 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 57% of Blue Hound's written reviews are positive against 100% of Beacon Alert's.
Blue Hound ships an update every 5 weeks, Beacon Alert every 48 months. Both last shipped on October 26, 2026.
| Parameter | Blue Hound | Beacon Alert |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.6 (915 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 56.8% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 915 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 48 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | #149 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 18.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | GrangerFX | Carlos Chaparro |
Customer experience
Blue Hound
Beacon Alert
Bugs and requests
Blue Hound
Reported bugs
3 issues- Unable to detect nearby Bluetooth devices
- Inconsistent performance, app not working at times
- Inaccurate distance and location information
Requested features
4 requests- Ability to set device parameters and utilize scanned devices
- Device details like MAC address, identifiers
- Tutorial or onboarding for new users
- Option to block outside device connections for security
Beacon Alert
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Blue Hound
No in-app purchases
Beacon Alert
- Beacon Alert Pro$1.99
Questions
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