iLintek vs MQTT BLE Bridge
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
iLintek
Control your smart home appliances, specifically Bluetooth bulb-based devices. Adjust color, brightness, and color temperature with millions of options. Enjoy dynamic lighting effects synchronized with music or external sounds.
- Bluetooth smart appliance control
- Adjustable lamp color (16 million options)
- Brightness control
- Color temperature adjustment
- Music-synchronized lighting
- MIC function for sound-reactive lighting
- Picture-based color changing
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iLintek app is to control the smart home appliances, Bluetooth bulb-based APP Built-in Bluetooth function, can control the color of the lamp, switch, brightness, color temperature, Color value adjustable color value of 16 million Switch control is simple and convenient, simple operation, save you running to go to the phone touch switch in kind. Brightness adjustment, you can achieve the desired degree of application, Color temperature adjustment is orange to white light sense. Plus built-in music function, through the rhythm of the music to promote the light of the dynamic, giving the atmosphere of entertainment. The MIC function is a color value for listening to an external sound conversion lamp. You can also use the picture to change the color of the lamp, more features are not introduced to download the use of know slightly!
MQTT BLE Bridge
Connect your Bluetooth Low Energy devices to MQTT message brokers. This utility app transforms your iOS device into a bridge, enabling seamless data exchange between BLE peripherals and your IoT ecosystem. An example Arduino sketch is provided for easy integration.
- Connects MQTT brokers to BLE devices
- Send and receive BLE data
- iOS device as a bridge
- Ideal for BLE IoT devices
- Example Arduino sketch available
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Bridge the gap between MQTT message brokers and Bluetooth Low Energy devices with this powerful connectivity app. This app will turn your iOS device into a bridge between an MQTT Broker and a BLE device. Send and receive data from a BLE device to your MQTT broker with this app. Perfect for BLE enabled IOT devices. Example Arduino sketch available on the support website.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: iLintek at 1.4 against MQTT BLE Bridge's 1.0. iLintek also leads on ratings volume (41 vs 1) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 13.0). MQTT BLE Bridge's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 2 months). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
iLintek holds the better App Store score, 1.4 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: iLintek has 41 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
iLintek ships an update every 2 months, MQTT BLE Bridge monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | iLintek | MQTT BLE Bridge |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.4 (41 ratings) — better | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 8.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 41 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 21 MB | 19 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Shenzhen ling ke technology co., LTD | Troy Gustafson |
In-app purchases
iLintek
No in-app purchases
MQTT BLE Bridge
No in-app purchases
