Comparison

CX BLE vs BlueSpy

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

Head to head
About

CX BLE

This utility app scans for Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) devices, allowing simultaneous connection to multiple peripherals. It enables interrogation, notification retrieval, and reading/writing of BLE characteristics. Event logs can be exported in CSV format.

Highlights
  • BLE device scanning
  • Simultaneous multi-device connection
  • Interrogate BLE characteristics
  • Read/write BLE characteristics
  • Notification retrieval
  • Event logging
  • CSV data export
Features
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The app will scan for BLE peripherals show a list for connection to multiple devices simultaneously, the app can interrogate get notifications, write and read BLE characteristics across different devices. General BLE events are logged as well as individual devices events, they can be exported in CSV format.

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

CX BLE2 screens
BlueSpy4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: CX BLE at none against BlueSpy's 7. CX BLE also leads on iOS requirement (10.0 vs 18.0). On price, ads 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

Both are free to download. BlueSpy sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. CX BLE asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
CX BLE versus BlueSpy: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCX BLEBlueSpy
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (4 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings4 — better—
Update frequency—Every 17 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS10.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size15 MB849 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCroxel, Inc.Giuseppe Mazzilli

Customer experience

CX BLE

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

BlueSpy

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

In-app purchases

None

CX BLE

No in-app purchases

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 CX BLE free?
CX BLE is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is BlueSpy free?
BlueSpy is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do CX BLE or BlueSpy have ads?
Neither CX BLE nor BlueSpy shows ads.

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