IoT Toolbox vs ST BLE Toolbox
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
IoT Toolbox
This application helps users test Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) demo applications for specific chipsets. It demonstrates BLE capabilities through standard and custom profiles, allowing interaction with various smartphones.
- BLE demo application testing
- NXP Connectivity chipset support
- Standard BLE profiles
- Custom proprietary profiles
- Smartphone interaction
- Future capability updates
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IoT Toolbox allows the end-user to improve their Out of the Box Experience, providing a user-friendly way to test the BLE demo applications developed for the NXP Connectivity chipsets. IoT Toolbox is an all-in-one application capable of demonstrating NXP’s Bluetooth® LE capabilities through the implementation of Bluetooth® LE and custom proprietary profiles, allowing the interaction with different smartphones. The application interacts with the following Bluetooth® LE profiles: -Blood Pressure -Cycling Speed and Cadence -Glucose -Health Thermometer -Heart Rate -Proximity -Running Speed and Cadence The custom proprietary profiles included are: -NXP Beacon -Over the Air Programming (OTAP) -Thread Shell -Zigbee Shell -NFC Reader -Wireless Console/UART Future development will add more exciting capabilities.
ST BLE Toolbox
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The ST BLE Toolbox is a user-friendly application to interact and debug ST Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) devices. Upon launch, the app scans for BLE devices. For each device found it is possible to display advertisements and connect to it. The key features are: - Discovery peripherals - Show output of standard profiles - Show peripheral services and characteristics - Perform Read, write and notification interactions with peripherals
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: IoT Toolbox at every 2 months against ST BLE Toolbox's every 6 months. IoT Toolbox also leads on iOS requirement (8.0 vs 15.0). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
IoT Toolbox ships an update every 2 months, ST BLE Toolbox every 6 months. Both last shipped on September 19, 2026.
| Parameter | IoT Toolbox | ST BLE Toolbox |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 6 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 11 MB | 16 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | NXP Semiconductors | STMicroelectronics |
In-app purchases
IoT Toolbox
No in-app purchases
ST BLE Toolbox
No in-app purchases
Questions
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