BLE Spy vs DNS Client
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
DNS Client
Debug Domain Name Servers with this networking tool. Create human-readable requests and interpret responses. Supports all known DNS query types and multiple protocols including DNS over UDP, HTTPs, and TLS.
- Debug Domain Name Servers
- Create human-readable requests
- Interpret DNS responses
- Supports all DNS query types
- DNS over UDP
- DNS over HTTPs
- DNS over TLS
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DNS Client is a fast, native way to run DNS lookups and debug Domain Name System queries — without the Terminal. Type a domain, pick a record type, and read a clean, human-readable response. It works like dig or nslookup, but with a proper interface. QUERY ANYTHING • All standard DNS record types (A, AAAA, MX, TXT, CNAME, NS, PTR, and more) • Reverse DNS lookups • Recursive queries, with full control over the request ANY RESOLVER, ANY PROTOCOL • DNS over UDP, DNS over HTTPS (DoH), and DNS over TLS (DoT) • Query public resolvers (Google, Cloudflare, Quad9, OpenDNS…) or your own • Compare answers across resolvers to spot propagation differences Built for developers and network engineers who need answers fast.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: DNS Client at every 3 weeks against BLE Spy's every 8 months. DNS Client also leads on ratings volume (145 vs 4) and price ($0.99 vs $4.99). On rating, ads, in-app purchases 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
BLE Spy costs $4.99 and DNS Client $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
BLE Spy holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: DNS Client has 145 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 50% of BLE Spy's written reviews are positive against 64% of DNS Client's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
BLE Spy ships an update every 8 months, DNS Client every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BLE Spy | DNS Client |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 | $0.99 — better |
| Rating | 4.8 (4 ratings) — better | 4.6 (145 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 63.6% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 145 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 8 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #86 | #56 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 10 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Peter Gasche | Sergii Kryvoblotskyi |
Customer experience
BLE Spy
DNS Client
In-app purchases
BLE Spy
No in-app purchases
DNS Client
No in-app purchases
