AirTerminal vs BLE UART
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
AirTerminal
This app provides a Bluetooth terminal for embedded devices, allowing console access without internet or SSH. It supports hardware keyboards and includes special buttons for common commands.
- Bluetooth (BLE) terminal
- Console/shell access for embedded devices
- Hardware keyboard support
- Special input buttons (ESC, TAB, CTL, cursor)
- Automatic terminal size adjustment
- Central and peripheral mode support
- XMODEM file transfer
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AirTerminal is a Bluetooth (BLE) terminal for embedded devices such as Raspberry Pi, BeagleBone, Arduino Yún and more. With AirTerminal, you can easily access the console / shell of your embedded devices without a Internet / SSH connection. (To use AirTerminal, an additional BLE serial adapter is required.) Features: - Full feature terminal works with bash, vim, top, tmux and more. - Hardware keyboard support. - Addition buttons to input ESC, TAB, CTL or cursor keys easily. - A "Fit" button uses "stty" command to adjust terminal size automatically. - Support central and peripheral mode. - Send or receive files with XMODEM protocol
BLE UART
This tool facilitates iOS program development by connecting to low-power Bluetooth devices. It allows users to read data from serial devices via Bluetooth and send data to the serial port for debugging purposes.
- Connects to low-power Bluetooth devices
- Reads data from RXD serial port
- Sends data to TXD serial port
- Facilitates iOS program development
- Debugging tool for serial devices
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During iOS program development, you may need to read and write serial devices. This tool connects to low-power Bluetooth devices (BT24, etc.) through the low-power Bluetooth interface on iPhone and iPad, displays the data received by RXD, and sends TXD data to the serial port, thus achieving the goal of debugging the device.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: BLE UART at Free against AirTerminal's $9.99. BLE UART also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.0). AirTerminal's advantage is rating (4.6 vs 3.7) and update cadence (every 4 months vs every 23 months). On ratings volume, ads, in-app purchases 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
BLE UART is free to download; AirTerminal costs $9.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
AirTerminal holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 3 respectively.
AirTerminal ships an update every 4 months, BLE UART every 23 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | AirTerminal | BLE UART |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $9.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.6 (5 ratings) — better | 3.7 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 73.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months — better | Every 23 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #94 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | +4 | 4+ |
| Developer | 晓忠 马 | 韩 明洁 |
Customer experience
AirTerminal
BLE UART
In-app purchases
AirTerminal
No in-app purchases
BLE UART
No in-app purchases
