Comparison

Bluetooth Inspector vs Zeitgeist

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

About

Zeitgeist

Monitor your Vercel deployments in real-time. Get instant notifications for build progress, access deployment URLs, logs, and commits, and quickly see if builds are waiting, in progress, or have failed.

Highlights
  • Real-time deployment status
  • Build progress notifications
  • Quick access to URLs
  • View logs and commits
  • Monitor build failures
Features
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Zeitgeist helps you stay on top of your Vercel deployments. See deployments wait, build, and finish (or fail); quickly access their URLs, logs, or commits; and get real-time notifications for build progress.

Screenshots

Bluetooth Inspector4 screens
Zeitgeist4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Bluetooth Inspector at Free against Zeitgeist's $1.99. Bluetooth Inspector also leads on ratings volume (1.5K vs 24) and update cadence (monthly vs every 2 months). Zeitgeist's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (17.6 vs 26.0). On rating, review sentiment, ads and chart position 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

Bluetooth Inspector is free to download; Zeitgeist costs $1.99 up front. Bluetooth Inspector sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Zeitgeist asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Bluetooth Inspector holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bluetooth Inspector has 1.5K ratings behind it against 24, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 58% of Bluetooth Inspector's written reviews are positive against 63% of Zeitgeist's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Bluetooth Inspector ships an update monthly, Zeitgeist every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Bluetooth Inspector versus Zeitgeist: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBluetooth InspectorZeitgeist
PriceFree — better$1.99
Rating4.6 (1.5K ratings) — better4.4 (24 ratings)
Positive reviews58.5% of reviews63.2% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1.5K — better24
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
Best chart rank#38 — better#81
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.017.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size17 MB21 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGeorge GarsideDan Eden

Customer experience

Bluetooth Inspector

All ratings1,535 ratings
Positive88.4%
Neutral5.3%
Negative6.3%
Written reviews171 reviews
Positive58.5%
Neutral12.9%
Negative28.7%

Zeitgeist

All ratings24 ratings
Positive83.3%
Neutral4.2%
Negative12.5%
Written reviews19 reviews
Positive63.2%
Neutral21.1%
Negative15.8%

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.)

Zeitgeist

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Bluetooth Inspector

One-time1
  • Bluetooth Inspector Pro$3.99
None

Zeitgeist

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Bluetooth Inspector free?
Bluetooth Inspector is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Zeitgeist free?
Zeitgeist costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Bluetooth Inspector or Zeitgeist?
Bluetooth Inspector is rated higher. Bluetooth Inspector averages 4.6 out of 5 from 1.5K ratings, while Zeitgeist averages 4.4 from 24 ratings.
Do Bluetooth Inspector or Zeitgeist have ads?
Neither Bluetooth Inspector nor Zeitgeist shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Bluetooth Inspector or Zeitgeist?
Bluetooth Inspector ships an update monthly, and Zeitgeist every 2 months. Most recently, Bluetooth Inspector was updated on September 30, 2026 and Zeitgeist on September 19, 2026.
Which is more popular, Bluetooth Inspector or Zeitgeist?
Bluetooth Inspector currently peaks at #38 in the App Store charts, and Zeitgeist at #81. Chart position reflects recent download velocity rather than total install base.

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