Comparison

SSL Detective Plus vs BlueSpy

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

Head to head
About

SSL Detective Plus

Investigate and verify SSL/TLS certificate chains with ease. This tool helps troubleshoot connection issues by displaying full certificate details and chains, which can then be emailed for further review.

Highlights
  • Investigate SSL/TLS certificates
  • Verify certificate chains
  • Easy-to-browse format
  • Email certificate chains
  • Troubleshoot connection issues
  • View full certificate details
Features
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SSL Detective Plus is a great tool for investigating SSL/TLS certificates and certificate chains. SSL Detective loads and displays SSL certificates and verifies SSL certificate chains in a easy to browse format. The SSL certificate chains can also be e-mailed to use or review on other systems. SSL Detective Plus uses the standard iPhone and iPad protocols to download and evaluate certificates and certificate chains to easily probe and troubleshoot certificate issues and resolve them quickly. SSL Detective is the perfect tool for troubleshooting SSL or TLS issues when connecting an iPhone or iPad to a web server, VPN (Virtual Private Network) server, mail server, MDM (Mobile Device Management) server, or any SSL/TLS enabled server. When an iPhone or iPad has a certificate error, only a portion of the server certificate may be displayed and it usually does not show the entire certificate or the certificate chain. Some apps will fail silently due to SSL/TLS error, or may log data to the system log. SSL Detective fills in the missing piece by being able to view the full certificate and the certificate chain for troubleshooting when attempting to resolve any issues. SSL Detective can also email the entire certificate chain right from the App, making it easy to troubleshoot the certificates on other systems SSL (Secure Socket Layer) and TLS (Transport Layer Security) are used to encrypt network traffic and verify that data has not been modified during transit. In order to have a successful SSL/TLS connection without warnings or failures, the certificate on the server must be valid and trusted.

About

BlueSpy

This tool allows you to inspect, read, and write data with Bluetooth Low Energy devices. Explore device capabilities, analyze behavior, and understand security levels through real-time scanning and interactive features.

Highlights
  • Scan nearby BLE devices in real-time
  • Sort and filter peripherals
  • Identify device types and models
  • Read and write peripheral data
  • Explore communication logs
  • Configure custom settings
Features
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BlueSpy is the next generation BLE peripheral analyzer tool that allow you to inspect, read and write data with virtually any device capable of communicate with Bluetooth Low Energy standard and GATT profile. BlueSpy is an experimental tool that let you explore the capabilities of your nearby bluetooth devices and interact with them so that you can use it to: debug, analyze, measure or reverse engineering in the attempt to better understand their behaviour and their security level. BlueSpy is mostly a free tool, but in the effort to maintain and evolve it some features will only be availables under in-app purchase. Key Features: - Scan nearby device and return advertisment data in realtime. - Sort peripherals by name, identifier and signal strength. - Filter scanned peripherals. - Identify device type and model based on expandable knowledge base. - Read peripheral services, characteristics and descriptors. - Write data to peripheral characteristics. - Explore logs for any communication between BlueSpy and your BLE devices. - Configure custom settings like auto-notification, auto-remove unreachable peripherals, stop scan on idle, and more. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

SSL Detective Plus4 screens
BlueSpy4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: BlueSpy at 100% against SSL Detective Plus's 50%. BlueSpy also leads on price (Free vs $29.99). SSL Detective Plus's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18.0). On update cadence, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

BlueSpy is free to download; SSL Detective Plus costs $29.99 up front. SSL Detective Plus sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and BlueSpy sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SSL Detective Plus ships an update every 9 months, BlueSpy every 17 months. The most recent releases landed on September 17, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
SSL Detective Plus versus BlueSpy: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSSL Detective PlusBlueSpy
Price$29.99Free — better
Rating3.0 (5 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings5 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 9 months — betterEvery 17 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB849 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTwocanoes Software, Inc.Giuseppe Mazzilli

Customer experience

SSL Detective Plus

All ratings5 ratings
Positive40.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative40.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

BlueSpy

Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

SSL Detective Plus

One-time1
  • SSL DetectiveFree
7 purchases

BlueSpy

Subscriptions3
  • Bronze Membership$0.991 Month
  • Gold Membership$3.991 Month
  • Platinum Membership$4.991 Month
One-time4
  • Characteristic Write Feature$0.99
  • 1-Year Subscription$3.99
  • 2-Year Subscription$6.99
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  • 3-Year Subscription$8.99

Questions

Is SSL Detective Plus free?
SSL Detective Plus costs $29.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is BlueSpy free?
BlueSpy is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do SSL Detective Plus or BlueSpy have ads?
Neither SSL Detective Plus nor BlueSpy shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SSL Detective Plus or BlueSpy?
SSL Detective Plus ships an update every 9 months, and BlueSpy every 17 months. Most recently, SSL Detective Plus was updated on September 17, 2026 and BlueSpy on October 11, 2026.

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