Blue Sniff vs Hidden Bluetooth Scanner
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Blue Sniff
This application functions as a straightforward Bluetooth scanner, allowing users to detect nearby Bluetooth devices. It offers a simple interface for identifying available connections.
- Bluetooth device detection
- Simple interface
- Easy to use
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Simple and easy to use bluetooth detector.
Hidden Bluetooth Scanner
Discover hidden and unknown Bluetooth devices in real-time. This tool scans for various BLE devices like phones, TVs, and wearables, providing detailed information such as RSSI, Name, and ID. It also attempts to connect to devices for further data retrieval.
- Find hidden Bluetooth addresses
- Search for IoT devices
- Scan all available BLE devices
- Get scanning information (RSSI, Name, ID)
- Attempt to connect and read device info
- Identify various BLE device types
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- Tool to find hidden and strange Bluetooth Addresses. - Search for devices of Internet of Things (IoT). - Find all available devices or phones around you (Bluetooth Low Energy-, iBeacon, Bluetooth Smart and other devices) - Get all the Bluetooth scanning information (RSSI, Name, ID, Peripheral UUID, etc) - Try to Connect to the device and read more info like Services, CBService, amps, etc. - In iOS is it not possible to get the MAC address, some Manufacturer Data and Services of the bluetooth scan, but other data like identifier ID, proximity, etc. - Bluetooth Hack to find occult devices. - This tool scans all type of BLE devices like phones, TVs, watches, speakers, AirPods, fitness devices, medical devices, etc.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Hidden Bluetooth Scanner at none against Blue Sniff's 1. Hidden Bluetooth Scanner also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (67% vs 57%). Blue Sniff's advantage is ratings volume (389 vs 6) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 14.0). On price, rating 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
Both are free to download. Blue Sniff sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Hidden Bluetooth Scanner asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.4 for Blue Sniff against 4.3 for Hidden Bluetooth Scanner. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Blue Sniff has 389 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 57% of Blue Sniff's written reviews are positive against 67% of Hidden Bluetooth Scanner's.
| Parameter | Blue Sniff | Hidden Bluetooth Scanner |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (389 ratings) — better | 4.3 (6 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 57.1% of reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 389 — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 30 months | — |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 26 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kevin Horvath | Eloy Marin |
Customer experience
Blue Sniff
Hidden Bluetooth Scanner
Bugs and requests
Blue Sniff
Reported bugs
17 issues- Ads continue after purchase
- Settings not working
- App not working
- Detects nothing
- No display
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- Does not detect vaccinated
- Buggy
- Application null and useless
- Big crap
- Does not detect BLE devices
- Does not scan for AirTags
- No user manual
- Detects barely my iPad
- Data not understandable
- Detects many false positives
- Not working right
- Useless app
Requested features
4 requests- Add distance in addition to signal strength
- Add markers or rename unnamed networks
- Hex dump attributes for better understanding
- Implement more features
Hidden Bluetooth Scanner
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Blue Sniff
- Buy Me Coffee!$2.99
Hidden Bluetooth Scanner
No in-app purchases
Questions
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