Comparison

BlueBeacon Manager vs Holyiot

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

Head to head
About

BlueBeacon Manager

Features
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BlueUp is a IoT company providing devices and solutions based on Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) beacons technology. BlueBeacon Manager is the configuration and management app for BlueBeacon-series BLE beacons running second-generation firmware (version 5.0 or higher). BlueUp firmware version 5.0 is the first BLE-beacon firmware worldwide to offer support, at the same time, of the following technologies: iBeacon (released by Apple), Eddystone (released by Google, with full support of new Eddystone specifications, including configuration GATT and Eddystone-EID), Quuppa (released by Quuppa, a location technology with sub-meter accuracy). BlueBeacon Manager App allows to configure up to 8 slots for the different packet frames, with the following features: - up to 4 slots for Eddystone frame packets: URL, UID, TLM (at present, app does not allows to configure EID-frame slots and register beacon on Google back-end); - up to 4 slots for additional packets, including iBeacon, Quuppa and Sensors, a proprietary frame-packet for sensor data advertising; Each slot is independently configurable with its own transmission power and advertising interval. Multiple frames of the same type are allowed (e.g., up to 4 different iBeacon frames or Eddystone-URL frames). Additional functionalities are: - setting of connectable/non-connectable mode; - setting of anonymous mode; - setting of a time interval for advertising (with start/stop hour); - setting operating mode depending on beacon position (only for BlueBeacon Tag); - resetting to factory configuration; - change of password. BlueBeacon-series beacons offers state-of-art security features, including: - support for Eddystone-EID encrypted and time-rotating packet frame; - encrypted transmission of lock/unlock password.

About

Holyiot

This utility app allows users to read and modify Bluetooth beacon broadcast information. It also provides real-time environmental data, including temperature, pressure, and humidity.

Highlights
  • Read Bluetooth beacon broadcasts
  • Modify broadcast parameters
  • Read environmental temperature
  • Read environmental pressure
  • Read environmental humidity
Features
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A Bluetooth beacon app, which can read the broadcast information of the device and modify the broadcast parameters,And read the current environment temperature, pressure, humidity.

Screenshots

BlueBeacon Manager3 screens
Holyiot3 screens

Verdict

The call

BlueBeacon Manager and Holyiot are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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

BlueBeacon Manager ships an update every 5 weeks, Holyiot every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
BlueBeacon Manager versus Holyiot: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBlueBeacon ManagerHolyiot
PriceFreeFree
Rating—1.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksEvery 4 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS10.110.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size23 MB19 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBlueUpShenzhen Hong yi yun jia technology Co.,LTD

In-app purchases

None

BlueBeacon Manager

No in-app purchases

None

Holyiot

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is BlueBeacon Manager free?
BlueBeacon Manager is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Holyiot free?
Holyiot is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do BlueBeacon Manager or Holyiot have ads?
Neither BlueBeacon Manager nor Holyiot shows ads.
Which is updated more often, BlueBeacon Manager or Holyiot?
BlueBeacon Manager ships an update every 5 weeks, and Holyiot every 4 weeks. Most recently, BlueBeacon Manager was updated on October 7, 2026 and Holyiot on October 8, 2026.

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