BLE Spy vs Blueterminal
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.
Blueterminal
This app allows developers to test Bluetooth connections by acting as either a peripheral or a central device. It offers features to save frequently used devices and commands for convenience during testing.
- Bluetooth peripheral testing
- Bluetooth central device testing
- Save devices
- Save commands
- Peripheral and central modes
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With Blueterminal, you will be able to test how you app's Bluetooth connection works by using this app as a peripheral. You can also use this terminal as the main app in order to test how your own Bluetooth device is working. You can save some devices and commands you commonly use so you don't have to enter their information all the time. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.notion.so/blueterminal/Privacy-Policy-993fb70db3334707bc5edaa4ec79893a
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: BLE Spy at 50% against Blueterminal's 0%. BLE Spy also leads on rating (4.8 vs 1.0) and in-app purchases (none vs 2). Blueterminal's advantage is price (Free vs $4.99). On ratings volume, update cadence, 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
Blueterminal is free to download; BLE Spy costs $4.99 up front. Blueterminal sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. BLE Spy asks for nothing beyond the download.
BLE Spy holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 4 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of BLE Spy's written reviews are positive against 0% of Blueterminal's.
BLE Spy ships an update every 8 months, Blueterminal every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BLE Spy | Blueterminal |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.8 (4 ratings) — better | 1.0 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 8 months | Every 6 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Best chart rank | #93 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 10 MB | 16 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Peter Gasche | Maria Alejandra Wetsch |
Customer experience
BLE Spy
Blueterminal
In-app purchases
BLE Spy
No in-app purchases
Blueterminal
- Premium access$1.991 Month
- Premium access3 Days trial$9.991 Year
