BLE Laboratory Pro vs IOT747 Scanner
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
BLE Laboratory Pro
This app allows users to scan for and interact with Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) devices, displaying advertisement data and enabling communication with services and characteristics. It also supports configuring the device as a BLE peripheral with custom profiles and services.
- Discover BLE devices with advertisement data
- Interact with services, characteristics, and descriptors
- Read and write UTF-8 and HEXA data
- Configure as a BLE peripheral
- Create custom services and characteristics
- Detailed runtime performance logs
- Slick UI and efficient navigation
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Are you developing BLE hard- or software? Are you interested in experimenting with BLE devices? Or do you just want to learn about devices in your vicinity? Look no further, you have found the best app! This is the result of years of BLE research and development. Here are the highlights: === Operation Mode Scanner === * Display discovered devices with complete advertisement data, * Interact with found services, characteristics, and descriptors, * Read and write UTF-8 and HEXA data with optimized keyboards. === Operation Mode Transmitter === * Configure as sending BLE peripheral with multiple profiles, * Create as many services and characteristics as you need, * Compose readable values out of static, dynamic, and interactive components. === Besides These === * Detailed log for analyzing the run-time-performance of every operation, * Slick UI and efficient navigation – the UI will never block you. Test the app with both operation modes – later on, unlock what you need via In-App-Purchase. Stay tuned for many more professional features – Version 1.0 is just the beginning!
IOT747 Scanner
This utility app assists in testing Bluetooth Low Energy peripherals. It displays implemented services and their parameters in a user-friendly format. It also includes a generic viewer for unrecognized profiles.
- Bluetooth Low Energy peripheral testing
- Display implemented services
- Readable parameter display
- Generic viewer for unknown profiles
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IOT747 Scanner helps with testing bluetooth low energy peripherals. It contains implemented services and shows the parameters in a readable format to the user. It is also complete since it contains a generic viewer for unknown profiles.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: IOT747 Scanner at none against BLE Laboratory Pro's 3. IOT747 Scanner also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 8 months). BLE Laboratory Pro's advantage is rating (3.4 vs 3.0) and ratings volume (7 vs 1). On price, ads 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. BLE Laboratory Pro sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. IOT747 Scanner asks for nothing beyond the download.
BLE Laboratory Pro holds the better App Store score, 3.4 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: BLE Laboratory Pro has 7 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
BLE Laboratory Pro ships an update every 8 months, IOT747 Scanner every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on June 3, 2026 and July 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BLE Laboratory Pro | IOT747 Scanner |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.4 (7 ratings) — better | 3.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 54.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 7 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 8 months | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 26 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Michael Lauer | CompanyDeep Ltd |
Customer experience
BLE Laboratory Pro
IOT747 Scanner
In-app purchases
BLE Laboratory Pro
- Scanner Support$8.99
- Transmitter Support$12.99
- All Operation Modes$17.99
IOT747 Scanner
No in-app purchases
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