Bluetooth Inspector vs RegEx+
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Bluetooth Inspector
Explore nearby Bluetooth devices and examine their services and characteristics. View real-time signal strength, battery levels for your own devices, and identify model names. Extract software versions and read or write characteristic values.
- Real-time signal strength and device information
- Apple device battery level monitoring
- Device model identification
- Software and firmware version extraction
- Read and write characteristic values
- Characteristic value history
- Log and export data
- Background scanning with Live Activity
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Discover nearby Bluetooth peripherals and inspect their services for information and characteristics. • View information and signal strength for all peripherals and devices, updating in real time as you move around. • Get battery level for your own Apple devices — no need to install the app on all your devices. • See model identification broadcast by devices around you, mapping device identifiers to the marketing name. • Extract software and firmware version strings from devices broadcasting this information. • Read any characteristic's value, even for services not well known and are custom to the device being interrogated. • Write characteristic values back to the peripheral as string, numeric or hex. • See a history of the value of a characteristic since the session started, timestamped to when the value changed. • Log found peripherals, services, characteristics and values, and export a .log file of timestamped events for your analysis. • Shortcuts integration with actions for scanning and interrogation, enumerating services and characteristics, and reading values. • Background scanning by advertised service IDs with device count mapped by location found and status shown in a Live Activity. Get support @grgarside or georgegarside.com/apps/bluetooth-inspector Constant use of Bluetooth connectivity can drain your device's battery. Bluetooth connectivity is only used when this app is in the foreground and up to a few seconds after being backgrounded to safely disconnect from peripherals being interrogated, unless Background Scanning is enabled in the app and the Live Activity is running.
RegEx+
This tool helps developers master regular expressions on macOS and iOS. It offers a comprehensive cheatsheet and cloud synchronization across devices to decode and construct complex text patterns.
- Master regular expressions
- Comprehensive cheatsheet
- Cloud synchronization
- Cross-device support (macOS, iOS)
- Decode complex patterns
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Visualize, test, and master regular expressions with RegEx+. RegEx+ is a focused regex toolkit for developers on iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Build and test patterns live, then instantly see how they work with interactive flow diagrams — a visual breakdown of every part of your regex. KEY FEATURES • Flow Diagrams — See your regex as a diagram. Instantly understand how each token, group, and quantifier connects. • Live Matching — Results update as you type. Match, capture, and replace in real time. • Cheat Sheet — A comprehensive reference for metacharacters, anchors, groups, and operators. Always one tap away. • Pattern Library — Save and organize your patterns, or start faster with 33 built-in templates. Sync across all your devices via CloudKit. • Multi-language Support — Available in English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Polish, Chinese, Danish, Finnish, and Norwegian. Whether you're debugging a complex pattern or learning regex from scratch, RegEx+ gives you the tools to understand what your expression actually does. Download RegEx+ and start writing better regex today.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Bluetooth Inspector at Free against RegEx+'s $1.99. Bluetooth Inspector also leads on rating (4.6 vs 4.2) and ratings volume (1.5K vs 5). RegEx+'s advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1). On update cadence, ads, chart position 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
Bluetooth Inspector is free to download; RegEx+ costs $1.99 up front. Bluetooth Inspector sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. RegEx+ asks for nothing beyond the download.
Bluetooth Inspector holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bluetooth Inspector has 1.5K ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 58% of Bluetooth Inspector's written reviews are positive against 50% of RegEx+'s.
Bluetooth Inspector ships an update monthly, RegEx+ every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Bluetooth Inspector | RegEx+ |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $1.99 |
| Rating | 4.6 (1.5K ratings) — better | 4.2 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 58.5% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1.5K — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 4 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Best chart rank | #44 — better | #107 |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV — better | iPhone, iPad, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 17 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | George Garside | 圣罡 汤 |
Customer experience
Bluetooth Inspector
RegEx+
Bugs and requests
Bluetooth Inspector
Reported bugs
3 issues- Inability to refresh device list without reinstalling
- Inconsistent behavior when selecting devices
- Mapping feature not functioning as expected
Requested features
4 requests- Ability to rename detected devices
- Option to filter or hide known devices
- Integration with device location tracking
- Support for other wireless protocols (Wi-Fi, etc.)
RegEx+
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Bluetooth Inspector
- Bluetooth Inspector Pro$3.99
RegEx+
No in-app purchases
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