xBLEtz vs BLE Terminal
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
xBLEtz
Explore, connect to, and interact with Bluetooth Low Energy devices. This tool allows you to read, write, and receive notifications from device characteristics, and even replicate peripheral data structures.
- Discover available Bluetooth LE peripherals
- Connect to Bluetooth LE devices
- Browse device services and characteristics
- Read, write, and notify characteristic properties
- Replicate peripheral profiles
- Virtual peripheral mode
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The xBLEtz is the powerful tool to discover, connect and browse Bluetooth Low Energy peripherals (also known as Bluetooth Smart, or Bluetooth Light). The xBLEtz can replicate peripheral data structure, too. Key Features: - Discover for any available peripherals - Connect to the peripheral - Browse Services and Characteristics - Support Read,Write and Notify properties in Characteristic - Write to Characteristics in Binary and UTF-8 - Replicate peripheral profiles (such as Services, Characteristics and Descriptors) - Provide virtual peripheral mode - Advertise as a peripheral using replicated peripheral This app will work on iPhone 7 or later.
BLE Terminal
Connect, scan, and communicate with Bluetooth Low Energy devices. Discover nearby devices, view their properties, and interact using read, write, and notify functions. Supports pre-filled and hex commands for efficient interaction.
- Scan for nearby BLE devices
- View device properties and descriptions
- Connect to devices
- Read, write, and notify BLE characteristics
- Pre-filled command lists
- Hex and ASCII command support
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BLE Terminal is a scanner and communicator between your iPhone, iPad or Mac and any Bluetooth Low Energy device. You can find all the devices nearby, see their properties and description, signal strength, all services and characteristics. It is also possible to connect to any device, watch detailed information and communicate with it using read, write and notify properties. For convenience, pre-filled commands are provided, the list of which can be expanded and edited. We also added support for Hex commands with a convenient keyboard. You can always switch between Hex and ASCII modes.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: BLE Terminal at 56% against xBLEtz's 0%. BLE Terminal also leads on rating (4.2 vs 1.0) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 10 months). xBLEtz's advantage is price ($1.99 vs $9.99). On 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
xBLEtz costs $1.99 and BLE Terminal $9.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
BLE Terminal holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: BLE Terminal has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of xBLEtz's written reviews are positive against 56% of BLE Terminal's.
xBLEtz ships an update every 10 months, BLE Terminal every 2 weeks. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | xBLEtz | BLE Terminal |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 — better | $9.99 |
| Rating | 1.0 (1 ratings) | 4.2 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 55.6% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 5 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 10 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 13 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kouichi Abe | LANARS LLC |
Customer experience
xBLEtz
BLE Terminal
In-app purchases
xBLEtz
No in-app purchases
BLE Terminal
No in-app purchases
