GATTBrowser vs Bluetooth mesh by Silicon Labs
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
GATTBrowser
Scan and communicate with Bluetooth Low Energy devices. Discover advertising data, RSSI, and connect to various BLE devices, including specific Renesas products. Customize service and characteristic names for easier management.
- Scan nearby BLE devices
- Display advertising data and RSSI
- Connect to BLE devices
- View services and characteristics
- Support for Renesas BLE products
- Register custom UUID names
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GATTBrowser is the best generic application to scan nearby Bluetooth Low Energy devices and communicate with them. It also provides specific features to communicate with the Renesas Bluetooth Low Energy products. [Features] - Scans nearby Bluetooth Low Energy devices - Displays the Advertising data - Displays the Received Signal Strength Indication (RSSI) - Connects to Renesas Bluetooth Low Energy Products as well as other Bluetooth Low Energy devices - Displays the Services and Characteristics information - Communicates with Bluetooth Low Energy devices - Supports Renesas specific Services and Characteristics - Allows you to register names for custom Service/Characteristic 128 bit UUIDs - Allows you to edit and/or delete the registerd names for the custom Service/Characteristic 128 bit UUIDs [Note] - Supported on iOS Version 12 or later - Tested on iPhone 6, iPhone 8, iPhone SE (2nd generation) and iPad Air (3rd generation) Refer to the following about Renesas Bluetooth Low Energy products: https://www.renesas.com/application/key-technology/bluetooth-low-energy https://www.renesas.com/products/interface-connectivity/wireless-communications/bluetooth-low-energy Refer to the following about GATTBrowser User's Manual (R21AN0017): https://www.renesas.com/document/apn/gattbrowser-ios-smartphone-application-instruction-manual-rev112
Bluetooth mesh by Silicon Labs
This app enables Bluetooth mesh networking on iOS devices. It allows users to provision and configure Bluetooth mesh devices, manage network nodes, and control devices implementing light and lightness models.
- Bluetooth mesh networking implementation
- Device provisioning
- Node configuration
- Publish and subscribe settings
- Node grouping
- Light and lightness model control
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This application implements Bluetooth mesh networking for the iOS operating system. The Bluetooth Mesh by Silicon Labs application can be used to provision Bluetooth mesh capable devices and add them as nodes into a Bluetooth mesh network. The application also supports the configuration of the mesh models, publish and subscribe settings as well grouping of nodes. The application also implements light and lightness models for Bluetooth mesh, so it can be used to control Bluetooth mesh nodes which implement the same models. The application implements the Bluetooth mesh networking stack from the GATT bearer and up all the way to the mesh model layer. The native Bluetooth stack on iOS is used to open LE GATT connections to Bluetooth mesh nodes with a proxy feature enabled.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: GATTBrowser at 70% against Bluetooth mesh by Silicon Labs's 0%. GATTBrowser also leads on rating (4.6 vs 3.1) and ratings volume (210 vs 7). 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.
GATTBrowser holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: GATTBrowser has 210 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 70% of GATTBrowser's written reviews are positive against 0% of Bluetooth mesh by Silicon Labs's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | GATTBrowser | Bluetooth mesh by Silicon Labs |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (210 ratings) — better | 3.1 (7 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 70.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 210 — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 17 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Renesas Electronics | Silicon Labs |
Customer experience
GATTBrowser
Bluetooth mesh by Silicon Labs
In-app purchases
GATTBrowser
No in-app purchases
Bluetooth mesh by Silicon Labs
No in-app purchases
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