Comparison

QuickBlue vs RF Aware

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

Head to head
About

QuickBlue

This app allows developers to communicate with Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) peripherals. It offers features like characteristic read/write/notify, periodic message writing, logging, action recording and replay, and message history. It's designed to enhance development and testing efficiency for BLE devices.

Highlights
  • Characteristic Read/Write/Notify
  • Periodic message writing
  • BLE log and email export
  • Save messages to file
  • Action recording and replay
  • Write message history and replay
  • HEX/ASCII mode support
Features
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QuickBlue is an app for developer to communicate with BLE 4.0 (Bluetooth Low Energy) peripherals. QuickBlue includes the following features: * Characteristic Read/Write/Notify * Periodically write message. With QuickBlue, you can trigger to a timer to write data to peripheral in a user specific interval. * BLE log and send by email. QuickBlue also include search function, and you can also send the log via iOS email account. * Save the read/write/notify messages to file. Message file could also be sent via email. * Action recording and replay. This is most powerful function in QuickBlue. Just like the tape recorder, you can record down all the actions(read/write/wait) you have done. You can replay any of them as you like. You can also customise the steps by reordering them or delete one of it as your requirement. It is very flexible and powerful. This is very handy when you need to accomplished the repeated tasks when testing with your BLE peripherals. It will greatly improve your developing and testing efficiency. * Write message history and replay. Every write request to the peripheral will be record down, and you can browse the history, and reuse the history data as you like. * HEX/ASCII mode. You can set the write mode according to your requirement. Both HEX mode and ASCII mode is supported by QuickBlue. PLEASE NOTE: To use QuickBlue, your device should be iPhone4s, iPhone5, iPhone 6/6s/6s Plus, iPad 3/4/Pro/mini/min2 and later model which build in Bluetooth 4.0 module. For any question or suggestion, please feel free to email us: support@robotbros.cn Enjoy and have fun. :) License: icons used in this app are from icon8: https://icons8.com

About

RF Aware

Features
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RF Aware is your personal RF signal detection and logging tool, designed to give you insight into the invisible wireless world around you. Whether you want to identify nearby Wi-Fi networks, Bluetooth devices, or other RF activity, RF Aware helps you visualize, log, and understand your environment. Designed by MwB Labs: Rick, Wayo, Hugo and Chewbacca.

Screenshots

QuickBlue4 screens
RF Aware4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: QuickBlue at Free against RF Aware's $0.99. QuickBlue also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (7.1 vs 17.0). On 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

QuickBlue is free to download; RF Aware costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
QuickBlue versus RF Aware: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterQuickBlueRF Aware
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS7.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer冠源 余Allykiro Valdez

In-app purchases

None

QuickBlue

No in-app purchases

None

RF Aware

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is QuickBlue free?
QuickBlue is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is RF Aware free?
RF Aware costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do QuickBlue or RF Aware have ads?
Neither QuickBlue nor RF Aware shows ads.

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