Beacon Scope vs Core Beacons
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Beacon Scope
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Bluetooth LE Beacon scanning and transmission utility. Supports iBeacon, Eddystone and AltBeacon formats. Measures signal level and packet count to measure beacon quality
Core Beacons
This tool allows developers to scan and analyze Bluetooth LE device advertisements on iOS. It displays general CoreBluetooth information and detailed parsing for various beacon formats, including sensor data. Explore your Bluetooth environment and understand how your device presents it to applications.
- Scan Bluetooth LE advertisements
- Display CoreBluetooth information
- Parse Ruuvi sensor tags
- Parse Eddystone UID, URL, and TLM frames
- Parse Mijia temperature/humidity beacons
- Parse AltBeacon formats
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Core Beacons is a development tool for iOS. Core Beacons lists the advertisements of Bluetooth LE devices in range, as made available to applications by the CoreBluetooth API. Core Beacons lets you explore your "Bluetooth environment" and shows how your iOS device presents this environment to applications. Core Beacons displays general CoreBluetooth information and, if advertised by a device, service and/or manufacturer-specific data. Detailed parsing support is available for • ruuvi sensor tags: • Format 3 (raw data v1) • Format 4 (sensor data encoded in Eddystone URL) • Format 5 (raw data v2) • Eddystone: UID, URL (incl. Physical Web) & TLM frame types • mijia temperature & relative humidity sensor beacons (as far as this protocol is documented) • AltBeacon Core Beacons may be most useful when working with "beacon" type BLE devices.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Core Beacons at 9.3 against Beacon Scope's 13.2. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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.
Beacon Scope ships an update every 5 weeks, Core Beacons every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Beacon Scope | Core Beacons |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 4.7 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.2 | 9.3 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | David Young | fluthaus |
In-app purchases
Beacon Scope
No in-app purchases
Core Beacons
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Beacon Scope free?
Is Core Beacons free?
Do Beacon Scope or Core Beacons have ads?
Which is updated more often, Beacon Scope or Core Beacons?
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