Comparison

QuickBlue vs BLE Inspector

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

BLE Inspector

Features
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BLE Inspector is a Bluetooth Low Energy debugging tool that helps you discover nearby devices, inspect advertising data, connect to peripherals, and browse GATT services and characteristics. Read characteristic values, send text or Hex data, subscribe to Notify/Indicate, and review communication logs. Packet templates, automated test flows, archived reports, and throughput testing help streamline device validation. The app also includes scan history, offline and advertising-change events, signal comparison across nearby devices, GATT snapshot comparison, data conversion, and local network file transfer. A per-minute scan health log helps you track long scanning sessions. Connections, reads, writes, and subscriptions run only when you start them, or when you turn on auto-connect for a saved device profile. Built for Bluetooth Low Energy developers, firmware engineers, device validation teams, and QA testers.

Screenshots

QuickBlue4 screens
BLE Inspector3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: QuickBlue at 3 against BLE Inspector's 1. QuickBlue also leads on iOS requirement (7.1 vs 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

QuickBlue ships an update every 2 months, BLE Inspector every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
QuickBlue versus BLE Inspector: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterQuickBlueBLE Inspector
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 6 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS7.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB18 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer冠源 余军 沈

In-app purchases

None

QuickBlue

No in-app purchases

None

BLE Inspector

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is QuickBlue free?
QuickBlue is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is BLE Inspector free?
BLE Inspector is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do QuickBlue or BLE Inspector have ads?
Neither QuickBlue nor BLE Inspector shows ads.
Which is updated more often, QuickBlue or BLE Inspector?
QuickBlue ships an update every 2 months, and BLE Inspector every 6 weeks. Most recently, QuickBlue was updated on November 2, 2026 and BLE Inspector on October 31, 2026.

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