BLE Voice vs Echo AR Scanner
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
BLE Voice
Record high-quality audio using a Bluetooth Low Energy microphone. Share your recordings with other applications and monitor BLE data statistics. Compatible with older iOS devices.
- BLE microphone audio recording
- Share recordings to other apps
- Monitor BLE data communication statistics
- Supports older iOS versions
- Designed for iPhone and iPod
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Users can use this app to do voice-grade audio recording using a Bluetooth Smart (Low Energy) wireless microphone hardware kit. Features - Record audio from a BLE microphone - Share recordings to other apps - Monitor and display BLE data communication statistics Minimum iOS and device requirements - iOS 8.0 - iPhone 4s, 5, 5s, 6 and 6s
Echo AR Scanner
Experience printed materials and objects in augmented reality. Scan QR codes or point your device at enhanced items to access critical client information. New experiences are added weekly, so enable notifications.
- Augmented reality experiences
- QR code scanning
- Object recognition AR
- Access client information
- Regular content updates
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Echo clients can now experience printed materials, direct mail pieces, tradeshow displays and other items using Augmented Reality features. By scanning a QR code found in these items, or by pointing the device camera to an Echo AR enhanced object using this app, the user will be able to experience critical information about some of our clients. We will add more experiences every week so be sure to turn on push notifications!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Echo AR Scanner at 5.0 against BLE Voice's 4.0. Echo AR Scanner also leads on ratings volume (6 vs 1). BLE Voice's advantage is iOS requirement (8.0 vs 15.6). 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.
Echo AR Scanner holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Echo AR Scanner has 6 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
BLE Voice ships an update every 3 months, Echo AR Scanner every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and September 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BLE Voice | Echo AR Scanner |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (6 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 6 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 14 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | GT-tronics | ECHO Interaction Group Inc. |
Customer experience
BLE Voice
Echo AR Scanner
In-app purchases
BLE Voice
No in-app purchases
Echo AR Scanner
No in-app purchases
Questions
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