Comparison

XHelper vs Bluetooth Developer

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

Head to head
About

XHelper

A straightforward utility for developers to perform common cryptographic and encoding tasks. It allows hashing strings with SHA256, converting between epoch and Unix timestamps, and encoding/decoding with base64.

Highlights
  • SHA256 string hashing
  • Epoch and Unix timestamp conversion
  • Base64 encoding
  • Base64 decoding
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XHelper is a fast, private toolkit for the small conversions developers do all day. Paste anything and XHelper recognizes it — a JWT, JSON, a Unix timestamp, a UUID, a URL, a color, a number, or Base64 — and opens the right tool with your input already filled in. ENCODING • Base64 — Encode and decode text and files, with a URL-safe option and image previews for decoded data. • URL — Percent-encode and decode, and see every part of a URL plus its query parameters. • JWT — Decode the header, payload and claims, see when a token expires, and verify HS256, HS384 and HS512 signatures. HASH • MD5, SHA-1, SHA-256, SHA-384 and SHA-512 for text or files, with optional HMAC. Large files are hashed in chunks. FORMAT • JSON — Pretty-print with 2 spaces, 4 spaces or tabs, minify, sort keys, and get errors with the exact line and column. GENERATE • UUID — Create v4 or time-ordered v7 UUIDs in batches, with uppercase, hyphen and brace options. Inspect any UUID, including the timestamp inside a v7. CONVERT • Epoch — Unix timestamps in seconds, milliseconds, microseconds or nanoseconds to UTC, local time, ISO 8601 and relative dates, and back again. • Number Base — Binary, octal, decimal and hex, including negative numbers. • Color — Hex, RGB and HSL, plus ready-to-paste SwiftUI, UIKit and AppKit code. TEXT • Regex Tester — Live match highlighting, capture groups and flags. • Text Diff — Compare two blocks of text line by line. • Text Tools — camelCase, snake_case, kebab-case and more; sort, reverse and de-duplicate lines; count characters, words, lines and bytes. WORKS EVERYWHERE • Shortcuts, Siri and Spotlight — Encode and decode Base64 and URLs, hash text, format JSON, decode JWTs, generate UUIDs, convert timestamps and change case without opening the app. • Mac Services — Select text in any Mac app and use Services → XHelper to encode, decode, format JSON or change case in place. • A native app for Mac, iPhone and iPad, with a searchable sidebar and keyboard shortcuts on Mac. PRIVATE BY DESIGN XHelper works completely offline. Nothing you paste ever leaves your device, and there's no tracking of any kind.

About

Bluetooth Developer

Explore and understand Bluetooth devices around you. Discover nearby devices, view their manufacturer data and signal strength, and connect to read out information. Identify device types and potential manufacturers before connecting.

Highlights
  • Find nearby Bluetooth devices
  • View manufacturer data and signal strength
  • Connect and read device data
  • Identify device types
  • Read advertisement data
  • Analyze services and characteristics
Features
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The Bluetooth Developer App is made to help you developing with Bluetooth devices and understanding how they work. You can: - Find & see nearby devices - View manufacturer data and signal strength - Connect and read out data - See before connecting if a device is possible an apple device - See what kind of device (TV, Headphones, Heartbeat-Sensor, Monitor) a device is before connecting - Read out advertisement data - See information about services and characteristics - Read out characteristic values and parse them Requires permission to use Bluetooth features of your device.

Screenshots

XHelper4 screens
Bluetooth Developer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: XHelper at 100% against Bluetooth Developer's 71%. XHelper also leads on device support (3 vs 1). Bluetooth Developer's advantage is update cadence (every 3 months vs every 16 months) and iOS requirement (17.0 vs 27.0). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

XHelper ships an update every 16 months, Bluetooth Developer every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
XHelper versus Bluetooth Developer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterXHelperBluetooth Developer
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.0 (7 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better71.4% of reviews
Number of ratings—7 — better
Update frequencyEvery 16 monthsEvery 3 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone
Requires iOS27.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperVea Software LLCMatthias Zarzecki

Customer experience

XHelper

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bluetooth Developer

All ratings7 ratings
Positive71.4%
Neutral0.0%
Negative28.6%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive71.4%
Neutral14.3%
Negative14.3%

In-app purchases

None

XHelper

No in-app purchases

None

Bluetooth Developer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is XHelper free?
XHelper is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Bluetooth Developer free?
Bluetooth Developer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do XHelper or Bluetooth Developer have ads?
Neither XHelper nor Bluetooth Developer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, XHelper or Bluetooth Developer?
XHelper ships an update every 16 months, and Bluetooth Developer every 3 months. Most recently, XHelper was updated on October 26, 2026 and Bluetooth Developer on October 25, 2026.

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