Comparison

Blue vs Nautomate

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

Head to head
About

Blue

Features
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Blue is an easy to use developer tools for scanning and exploring nearby Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE, Bluetooth Smart) devices and communicate with them. It allows developers to quickly read and write to Bluetooth devices. - Features: • Connects to any Bluetooth Smart device. • Discoveries services and characteristics. • Allows to read and write characteristics.

About

Nautomate

This app integrates over 40 native actions into your device's automation tool, allowing for extensive control over your notes and databases. Automate the creation of pages, databases, and searches, or extract and convert data into various formats. It supports multiple workspaces and offers tutorials for easy integration.

Highlights
  • Create Notion pages with rich content
  • Create databases with custom properties
  • Add/modify database values
  • Perform powerful database searches
  • Extract markdown from pages
  • Convert databases to CSV, Markdown, or JSON
  • Supports multiple Notion workspaces
Features
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Nautomate adds 40+ native Notion actions to Shortcuts, giving you automation superpowers! Fully automate your whole Notion world: • Create pages with rich content blocks • Create databases with custom properties • Add to or modify values in a database • Create powerful searches for databases • Extract markdown from a page • Convert a database to a CSV, Markdown Table or JSON Dictionary • Supports connections to multiple workspaces ...and much more! Each action includes a detailed description along with example shortcuts and tutorials to get you started. More than half of the actions are completely FREE to use, forever. Available on iOS, iPadOS & Mac. A single subscription unlocks everything across all devices and allows family sharing. None of your Notion data is ever viewable by any third-parties. --- Terms of Use: https://nautomate.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://nautomate.app/privacy

Screenshots

Blue3 screens
Nautomate4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Blue at none against Nautomate's 2. Blue also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks) and iOS requirement (12.2 vs 15.0). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Nautomate sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.49 per month. Blue asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Blue ships an update weekly, Nautomate every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Blue versus Nautomate: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBlueNautomate
PriceFreeFree
Rating—3.4 (27 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—42.9% of reviews
Number of ratings—27 — better
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Freemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better
Requires iOS12.2 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB15 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMichal SmialkoSnailed It Development Ltd

In-app purchases

None

Blue

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Nautomate

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly7 Days trial$1.491 Month
  • Annual7 Days trial$11.991 Year

Questions

Is Blue free?
Blue is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Nautomate free?
Nautomate is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Blue or Nautomate have ads?
Neither Blue nor Nautomate shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Blue or Nautomate?
Blue ships an update weekly, and Nautomate every 3 weeks. Most recently, Blue was updated on October 11, 2026 and Nautomate on October 7, 2026.

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