Comparison

Bluefy vs Nexus Smart Remote

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

Head to head
About

Bluefy

This browser allows direct smartphone connection to nearby Bluetooth devices from web pages, eliminating the need for native apps. It supports various BLE devices like smart home appliances and medical sensors, enabling interaction and data retrieval.

Highlights
  • Web Bluetooth API support
  • Connect to BLE devices directly from web
  • Interact with smart home appliances
  • Connect with medical devices
  • Develop Progressive Web Apps (PWA)
  • Secure connection (HTTPS) required for Web Bluetooth
Features
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Bluefy – smart Web Browser with support of advanced IoT technology — Web Bluetooth APIs! You can communicate with the outside world using Bluefy Bluetooth browser without using native applications for connection with BLE devices. Our Web BLE Browser provides easy and fast smartphone connection directly from web pages with nearby Bluetooth devices. Now just detect and interact from appropriate web pages with numerous BLE devices such as smart home appliances, medical devices such as a heart rate monitor, glucose monitor, temperature sensors, etc. How to use? - Turn on Bluetooth on your smartphone - Turn on Bluetooth on your BLE device - Open Web Bluetooth API page that supports your device - Connect with the supported BLE device and use the functionality that web page provides For web developers* - Bluefy browser provides developers with the possibility to create web solutions that will work on all iOS devices. - Web Bluetooth API specification allows websites, running in the Central role, to connect to remote GATT Servers over a BLE connection. It supports communication among devices that implement Bluetooth 4.0 or later. - To use Web Bluetooth, your site should work through a secure connection (HTTPS) Bluefy – great Web BLE Connect solution! Develop a Progressive Web Apps (PWA) and imitate the capabilities of native applications, such as stand-alone operation, notifications and other features. Make own web R&D, demos, improve your user experience, share with others, and develop something interesting and unusual! Download Bluefy, use Web BLE features and enjoy its wide functionality. If you have any questions or issues while using our application, do not hesitate to write to us: bluefy.support@pnnsoft.com

About

Nexus Smart Remote

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Full remote configuration, at your fingertips. For over a decade, the most trusted remote in magic. Now the setup that once had to be done by hand lives in your pocket. Configuring the remote has never been simpler — the app takes it further than manual configuration ever allowed, and when the show changes, you can reconfigure in seconds. Connect over Bluetooth and every setting on your remote is one tap away. No more configuring through memorized button-press sequences, and no guessing whether a setting is actually active — you see the remote's true state, right on screen. SWITCHBOARD — the breakthrough Build advanced macro action chains and orchestrate your own custom actions, hands-free, with your phone out of sight. Limited only by your imagination. PROFILES — 12+ built in Over a dozen ready-made button layouts, so one remote works across every magic app you perform with — or design your own. PEEK & WATCH Send your information to a discreet companion display like the PeekSmith, or connect the smartwatch that suits the occasion — SB Watch, Fossil, or many more through TimeSmith. Readable at a glance, phone nowhere in sight. SHORTCUTS Assign shortcuts to buttons so the remote powers on straight into a custom configuration. COMPLETE CONTROL, ONLY IN THE APP • Install the latest firmware straight from your phone • Build, edit and organize Switchboard action chains • Back up and restore your whole setup — even onto a second remote • Quick configuration from the dashboard • Manage peek devices and watch connections • Command every setting on the remote, in more detail than ever before • Interactive guide to the manual button configurations, step by step One remote, a magician's toolkit — now fully in your hands.

Screenshots

Bluefy3 screens
Nexus Smart Remote4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: Bluefy at 3 against Nexus Smart Remote's 1. Bluefy also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 26.2). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Bluefy ships an update every 2 months, Nexus Smart Remote every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Bluefy versus Nexus Smart Remote: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBluefyNexus Smart Remote
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (1.3K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews41.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings1.3K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS12.0 — better26.2
Further details — not scored
Size15 MB23 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperPNN SOFTMatthew Wilson

In-app purchases

None

Bluefy

No in-app purchases

None

Nexus Smart Remote

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Bluefy free?
Bluefy is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Nexus Smart Remote free?
Nexus Smart Remote is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Bluefy or Nexus Smart Remote have ads?
Neither Bluefy nor Nexus Smart Remote shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Bluefy or Nexus Smart Remote?
Bluefy ships an update every 2 months, and Nexus Smart Remote every 3 months. Most recently, Bluefy was updated on November 7, 2026 and Nexus Smart Remote on November 9, 2026.

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