Appfigurate vs BLE Spy
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Appfigurate
This development platform enables secure, real-time modification of configuration properties and feature toggles for iOS, watchOS, and Flutter applications. It streamlines testing by eliminating the need for recompilation and supports multiple environments with a single build.
- Real-time configuration changes
- Feature toggle management
- Eliminates edit/compile/deploy cycle
- Supports multiple test environments
- Encrypted strings for sensitive data
- Digital signatures for configuration payloads
- Offline operation
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Appfigurate is a development platform that lets you securely change local and remote configuration properties, feature toggles and flags in iOS, watchOS, Flutter and React Native apps and app extensions. ・Slow compilation and deployment times? Speed up development and testing by removing the edit‣compile‣deploy cycle when you just need to change your app's configuration properties and feature toggles. ・Multiple test environments? Reduce your Xcode project's complexity by removing custom build schemes. Build, deploy, and test just one app across multiple test regions. Appfigurate consists of the following: ・Appfigurate app for iOS Simulator ・Appfigurate app for physical iOS devices ・Appfigurate pre-packaged app for real device cloud testing services ・AppfigurateSE macOS app, providing: – One-click installation to iOS Simulator – One-click installation to real-device cloud testing services – Manual encryption of strings – Xcode source editor extension for automated string encryption ・Static XCFramework library to link into your iOS/watchOS app and app extensions (via Swift Package Manager) ・Appfigurate Flutter Plugin ・Guides & API docs ・Example apps Download the free Appfigurate SDK today from https://www.electricbolt.co.nz. ADDITIONAL FEATURES ・Digital signatures to sign and verify configuration payloads (2048-bit RSA with SHA-256) ・No network connection required — your secrets are never stored in the cloud ・Execute custom action methods to go beyond basic property manipulation ・Apply configuration to your iOS app when running UI automation (XCUITest) tests ・Safely embed sensitive information, such as server URLs, into your app with our encrypted strings feature ・Change the configuration of any embedded app extension (Action, Keyboard, Intent, Photo Editing, VPN, Share, Today, and more)
BLE Spy
This utility allows users to discover, connect to, and interact with Bluetooth Low Energy devices. It offers standard features for browsing services and characteristics, alongside smart capabilities for customizing UUIDs and formatting data with JavaScript.
- Discover BLE devices
- Connect to multiple peripherals
- Browse services and characteristics
- Read and write characteristic values
- Log and export data to CSV
- Customize UUIDs
- Format characteristic data with JavaScript
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A professional utility to examine and control Bluetooth Low Energy devices. Apart from standard features BLE Spy has some unique capabilities in particular for developers. Standard features: • Find all Bluetooth Low Energy devices around you • Sort devices by name or rssi • Connect to multiple peripherals at the same time • Browse services and characteristics • Read and write characteristic values • Register for Notifications, log data and export to CSV Smart features: • Replace vendor specific UUIDs with a descriptive name • Add a description for characteristics • Format characteristic data with JavaScript BLE Spy requires iOS 11.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Appfigurate at 5.0 against BLE Spy's 4.8. Appfigurate also leads on update cadence (every 3 months vs every 8 months) and price ($2.49 vs $4.99). BLE Spy's advantage is ratings volume (4 vs 1) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model and chart position 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
Appfigurate costs $2.49 and BLE Spy $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Appfigurate holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 4 respectively.
Appfigurate ships an update every 3 months, BLE Spy every 8 months. The most recent releases landed on September 26, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Appfigurate | BLE Spy |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.49 — better | $4.99 |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.8 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 4 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 8 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Best chart rank | #195 | #99 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 28 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Electric Bolt Limited | Peter Gasche |
Customer experience
Appfigurate
BLE Spy
In-app purchases
Appfigurate
No in-app purchases
BLE Spy
No in-app purchases









