Comparison

HeronTrack vs Bluelyze

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

Head to head
About

HeronTrack

Features
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Keep track of your tools anytime, anywhere with HeronTrack, the ultimate solution for managing small equipment for construction workers and technical services. Our innovative tag, designed to attach to virtually any tool in your fleet, like ladders, compressors, grinders, communicates via Bluetooth (BLE) with a smartphone, allowing field workers to easily locate their tools and link their GPS positions. This data, including the tag's unique ID, is seamlessly sent to our platform for easy access to reports and visual tool maps. HeronTrack revolutionises tool management by enabling traceability and autonomous inventory management without human intervention. It simplifies equipment inspection and digital logbook registration, ensuring tools are in good condition. Users gain insights into tool availability, location, condition, user details, and daily costs. Our solution addresses critical challenges: Inventory Management: Construction companies struggle with inventory management due to constant site presence. Traditional annual inventories during construction holidays often reveal unreported broken tools or unnecessary purchases. HeronTrack provides a real-time overview, enabling informed decision-making. Inspection Management: Complying with safety and insurance regulations requires proof that equipment is in good condition. The traditional process of locating tools for inspection is time-consuming and inefficient. HeronTrack offers real-time tool tracking, streamlining the inspection process and ensuring compliance is easily demonstrated. Cost Control: Effective inventory management prevents unnecessary tool purchases. HeronTrack facilitates daily cost tracking of equipment use, promoting financial efficiency. While many companies rely on IT for vehicle and project management, the management of small equipment often remains outdated. HeronTrack fills this gap with a digital solution for tracking and managing small equipment, heralding a new era of efficiency and compliance in the construction sector.

About

Bluelyze

Features
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Scan, inspect and debug Bluetooth LE devices. Read, write and monitor GATT characteristics. Pro adds MQTT, Home Assistant, Siri and Shortcuts. Bluelyze is a Bluetooth Low Energy toolkit for developers, hardware engineers and IoT tinkerers. Test ESP32, nRF52, Arduino and other BLE hardware from your iPhone or iPad, then send the data where it is useful. FREE TOOLKIT Scan nearby devices with live RSSI. Browse GATT services and read, write or subscribe to characteristics where the device supports it. Decode Eddystone beacons (UID, URL and TLM). Connect to up to 4 devices with a dashboard. Custom names, ignore list, favorites and history. Log of BLE advertising packets with CSV and JSON export. Proximity finder based on signal strength. Peripheral emitter that turns your iPhone into a BLE peripheral. QR scanner. Background monitoring of pinned characteristics, within the limits iOS allows. MQTT PUSH (PRO) Publish the values of your pinned characteristics to an MQTT broker such as Mosquitto, HiveMQ or EMQX, and use them in Home Assistant or Node-RED. TCP or TLS, username and password, topic template, QoS 0 or 1, retain, JSON or value only payload. Background pushes are not guaranteed, because iOS limits background work. HOME ASSISTANT (PRO) Add your pinned characteristics as Home Assistant sensors using MQTT discovery, and remove them again when you are done. Needs an MQTT broker connected to Home Assistant. SIRI & SHORTCUTS (PRO) Read Characteristic, Write Characteristic and Get Last Value actions work from Siri, the Shortcuts app and Spotlight. Get Last Value returns the last value received from a characteristic pinned for monitoring, without a new read. Needs a favorite BLE device. WEBHOOK PUSH (PRO) Send characteristic values as an HTTPS POST with JSON to your own endpoint. Users who set up a webhook before version 1.2 keep webhook push for free. BLUELYZE PRO Pro unlocks MQTT push, Home Assistant discovery, webhook push and Siri and Shortcuts actions. It also removes ads on iPhone and iPad and lifts the limit of the advertising packet log (free: 1000 entries). On Mac, Pro adds device windows, the RSSI dashboard window and saving to Downloads. Pro is an auto-renewing subscription, monthly or yearly, charged to your Apple ID. It renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the period ends. Manage it in your Apple ID settings. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://bluelyze.appkadag.com/privacy

Screenshots

HeronTrack4 screens
Bluelyze4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: HeronTrack at none against Bluelyze's 2. HeronTrack also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 4 weeks vs every 3 months). On price and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Bluelyze sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. HeronTrack asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

HeronTrack ships an update every 4 weeks, Bluelyze every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences ยท 2 level
HeronTrack versus Bluelyze: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHeronTrackBluelyze
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeks โ€” betterEvery 3 months
AdsNo โ€” betterYes
In-app purchasesNo โ€” betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.0 โ€” better26.4
Further details โ€” not scored
Size52 MB16 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHeronTrackkemal cetinkaya

In-app purchases

None

HeronTrack

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Bluelyze

Subscriptions2
  • Bluelyze Pro Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Bluelyze Pro Yearly$29.991 Year

Questions

Is HeronTrack free?
HeronTrack is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Bluelyze free?
Bluelyze is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do HeronTrack or Bluelyze have ads?
Bluelyze shows ads; HeronTrack does not.
Which is updated more often, HeronTrack or Bluelyze?
HeronTrack ships an update every 4 weeks, and Bluelyze every 3 months. Most recently, HeronTrack was updated on November 3, 2026 and Bluelyze on November 9, 2026.

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