Comparison

BLE Spy vs Qorvo Mesh

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

About

Qorvo Mesh

Features
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Qorvo Mesh allows you to manage your Bluetooth® Mesh network: add (provision) compatible devices to network, configure network settings according to your needs, control your lighting devices, create and manage mesh groups, save and recall your devices states in dedicated scenes and much more. Basic features: -Add new devices to your network – execute provisioning procedure followed by the automatic configuration to ensure your devices are ready to be used straight away, -Allow your devices to be easily identified by attracting your attention (blinking LED, making a sound etc.), -Control your devices by turning them on or off, changing their brightness, light temperature and color by using unified Mesh Models, -Create mesh groups to gather logically connected devices and control them simultaneously. More advanced possibilities: -Manage your device settings such as proxy and relay feature, periodic beaconing, network transmission and TTL parameters, -Gather detailed information about your device: check Company Identifier, UUID, unicast address; explore elements and models; view security keys etc., -Bind and unbind Application Keys for individual models, set their publication addresses, -Update the device firmware over-the-air (only Qorvo devices), -Export and import your network database in a Bluetooth SIG defined format which can be shared between Mesh Managers that may be from different manufacturers. The Bluetooth® word mark and logos are registered trademarks owned by Bluetooth SIG, Inc. and any use of such marks by Qorvo is under license.

Screenshots

BLE Spy4 screens
Qorvo Mesh4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Qorvo Mesh at Free against BLE Spy's $4.99. BLE Spy's advantage is chart position (#92 vs unranked). On ads, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Qorvo Mesh is free to download; BLE Spy costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard2 real differences · 9 level
BLE Spy versus Qorvo Mesh: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBLE SpyQorvo Mesh
Price$4.99Free — better
Rating4.8 (4 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings4 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 8 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
Best chart rank#92 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better12.1
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB20 MB
Age rating4++4
DeveloperPeter GascheQorvo

In-app purchases

None

BLE Spy

No in-app purchases

None

Qorvo Mesh

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is BLE Spy free?
BLE Spy costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Qorvo Mesh free?
Qorvo Mesh is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do BLE Spy or Qorvo Mesh have ads?
Neither BLE Spy nor Qorvo Mesh shows ads.

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