Cypress® BLE vs Bluetooth Sleuth
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Cypress® BLE
This app displays and logs sensor data, including temperature and humidity, from compatible Bluetooth Low Energy devices. It allows users to view information from up to ten sensors simultaneously and store data in CSV format.
- Lists sensor device information
- Displays temperature and humidity data
- Supports ten sensors simultaneously
- Logs received data with timestamps
- Stores log files in CSV format
- Data logger with 50MB capacity
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Cypress® BLE-Beacon™ is a Bluetooth Low Energy (LE) app developed by Cypress Semiconductor Corporation. Cypress BLE-Beacon can be used with the S6SAE101A00SA1002 Solar-Powered IoT Device Kit, CYALKIT-E02 Solar-Powered BLE Sensor Beacon RDK and CYALKIT-E03 Solar-Powered BLE Sensor Beacon 5 Pack. Features: Cypress BLE-Beacon includes the following features: 1. Device Screen - Lists sensor device information 2. Graph Screen - Displays sensor data (temperature, humidity) - Displays data of ten sensors at the same time 3. Log Screen - Lists received data (timestamp, ID, temperature, humidity, etc.) 4. Data logger - Stores log files in CSV format - The maximum log data size is 50MB
Bluetooth Sleuth
This utility allows users to deeply interact with their device's Bluetooth capabilities. It supports scanning for peripherals, advertising custom services, broadcasting and ranging iBeacons, and searching a comprehensive Bluetooth database.
- Configure custom Bluetooth advertisements
- Scan for specific or all advertising devices
- Connect to and browse peripheral services
- Broadcast and range iBeacons
- Search Bluetooth assigned numbers database
- Monitor RSSI values with graphing
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Bluetooth Sleuth is meant to be a well rounded app for interacting with your iOS or supported macOS device's Bluetooth functionality. This includes advertising and scanning for peripherals, as well as broadcasting, monitoring, and ranging iBeacons. The following covers some of the features included in Bluetooth Sleuth: [ADVERTISE] - Ability to configure an advertisement with your device - Create custom services, with their own characteristics and descriptors to advertise - Automatically saves custom services for later reuse [SCAN] - Ability to scan for all advertising devices within range - Ability to scan for specific advertisements that contain the provided CoreBluetooth UUID - Displays all peripherals, sorted by RSSI, with the ability to connect to devices that are open to connections - Browse a peripheral's services, characteristics, and descriptors - Monitor recent peripheral RSSI values with included graphing tools - Ability to automatically reconnect to a previously connected peripheral - Filter results to require names, ability to connect or minimum RSSI value [SEARCH] - Search through over 5,000 records in the Bluetooth database of assigned numbers for companies, services, characteristics and other related values [BROADCAST] - Configure your device to act as an iBeacon by providing it with a UUID, and optional major and minor values [RANGE] - Observe for the presence of any iBeacons broadcasting with the values you provide - See device information for any iBeacons located - Monitor recent iBeacon RSSI values with included graphing tools [MONITOR] - Observe region updates for any iBeacons broadcasting with the values you provide
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Cypress® BLE at Free against Bluetooth Sleuth's $0.99. Cypress® BLE also leads on iOS requirement (8.0 vs 16.0). Bluetooth Sleuth's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 1.0) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 12 months). On ratings volume, ads, in-app purchases 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
Cypress® BLE is free to download; Bluetooth Sleuth costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Bluetooth Sleuth holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.
Cypress® BLE ships an update every 12 months, Bluetooth Sleuth every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Cypress® BLE | Bluetooth Sleuth |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $0.99 |
| Rating | 1.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 12 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 17 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Cypress Semiconductor | Sean McNeil |
Customer experience
Cypress® BLE
Bluetooth Sleuth
In-app purchases
Cypress® BLE
No in-app purchases
Bluetooth Sleuth
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Cypress® BLE free?
Is Bluetooth Sleuth free?
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