Comparison

BlackBLE vs 凯力朗智能

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

Head to head
About

BlackBLE

Control Arduino devices via Bluetooth Low Energy from your iPhone. Send characters to trigger actions, use your phone as a joystick, and receive data. A simple way to connect your microcontroller projects to your mobile device.

Highlights
  • Bluetooth LE connection to HC-08 modules
  • Send characters to microcontroller
  • Joystick mode for device control
  • Receive data from Bluetooth
  • Simple button interface
Features
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Finally you will be able to send information through Bluetooth to your Arduino using your iPhone! With this app, you can connect to a Bluetooth Low Energy module HC-08 and send characters to it. With these characters you can program actions in your microcontroller to be executed when receiving. On a very simple way, press the black Bluetooth icon on the upper right screen to see the list of every HC-08 available nearby. Press the name of your module and the app will automatically connect to it. When pressing each button of the app, the character present on button label will be send through Bluetooth and you can read it in a serial protocol on the module. Do you want more? What about rotating your iPhone and make it a joystick to control robots or whatever kind of system you want? If you rotate your device, screen will automatically changes to a joystick, with the same concept than the previous screen. And, of course, you can receive information from bluetooth and read on your screen (maximum of 20 bytes, or 20 chars). Now you can control whatever device using Bluetooth with your iPhone!

About

凯力朗智能

Features
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The software controls the device through the mobile phone to realize remote control. It can control the telescopic expansion of the car pedal, the light of the pedal light, and the color and brightness. At the same time, it supports the mobile phone and the remote control to control the Bluetooth device and control the brightness change of the light color. More than 200 modes to choose, support streamer colorful, turn to streamer, support speed, brightness, pixel point adjustment; support electric trailer hook, electric sliding door;

Screenshots

BlackBLE3 screens
凯力朗智能4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: 凯力朗智能 at Free against BlackBLE's $0.99. 凯力朗智能 also leads on update cadence (every 5 months vs every 11 months) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 10.0). On 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

凯力朗智能 is free to download; BlackBLE costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

BlackBLE ships an update every 11 months, 凯力朗智能 every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on September 16, 2026 and September 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
BlackBLE versus 凯力朗智能: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBlackBLE凯力朗智能
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (4 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings4 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 11 monthsEvery 5 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS10.08.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB49 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRoboCore Tecnologia LTDAWenzhou Yunjia Network Technology Co., Ltd.

In-app purchases

None

BlackBLE

No in-app purchases

None

凯力朗智能

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is BlackBLE free?
BlackBLE costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is 凯力朗智能 free?
凯力朗智能 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do BlackBLE or 凯力朗智能 have ads?
Neither BlackBLE nor 凯力朗智能 shows ads.
Which is updated more often, BlackBLE or 凯力朗智能?
BlackBLE ships an update every 11 months, and 凯力朗智能 every 5 months. Most recently, BlackBLE was updated on September 16, 2026 and 凯力朗智能 on September 10, 2026.

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