Comparison

Bluetooth Inspector vs Tester

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

Tester

Test various APIs directly from your mobile device. Supports REST, GraphQL, WebSockets, and more, with advanced editors and request customization. Share requests easily and manage cookies and history.

Highlights
  • Test REST, GraphQL, WebSocket, SOAP, JSON RPC, XML, HTTP, HTTPS APIs
  • Powerful GraphQL editor with query, mutation, subscription support
  • WebSocket testing tool for WS and WSS connections
  • Flexible request data encoding and transfer types
  • Import requests from curl, links, or files (Swagger, OpenAPI, Postman)
  • One-tap request sharing via deep link or cURL command
  • Apple Watch app for sending requests from your wrist
Features
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The first mobile app to handle any developer task on the go. Main features: - REST, GraphQL, WebSocket, SOAP, JSON RPC, XML, HTTP, HTTPS, etc. - All types of HTTP requests: GET, POST, PUT, PATCH, DELETE, HEAD, OPTIONS, COPY, LINK, UNLINK, PURGE, LOCK, UNLOCK, PROPFIND, VIEW. - Powerful GraphQL editor with full-scale experience: body editor with Queries, Mutations, Subscriptions and syntax support; variables editor; documentation explorer; request settings and metadata. - WebSocket testing tool. Handles connection and message exchange via WS or WSS. - API calls with any kind of request data encoding and transfer type (query params, URLEncoded params, FormData, raw data, send files from device storage, cloud, remote server). - Settings. TLS can be skipped, redirects can be disabled, timeouts are adjustable. Weak SSL verification can be enabled and replaced with self-signed certificate. - Import request or collection by curl, link or file from your device. And naturally, there is any type of collection for you: Swagger, OpenAPI, Postman, YAML. - Need to share request in seconds? Deep link and cURL command supported. - Apple Watch app. Allows to send API requests directly from your wrist. - Integrations: Shortcuts, Widgets. Additional little things: - Autocomplete for most common headers keys. - Syntax highlighting; Auto formatting. - Optimized for viewing on any device screen. - Cookies. Collect, edit, create. - Request metrics. Measure request duration, response size, status code changing. - History of all request calls. - Request authorisation. Basic Auth with password and username. OAuth with header or query access token. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://tester.io/privacy-policy

Screenshots

Bluetooth Inspector4 screens
Tester4 screens

Verdict

The call

Bluetooth Inspector and Tester both sit at 4.6 stars, but that hides the real split: 90% of Tester's written reviews are positive against 58% of Bluetooth Inspector's. Tester also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs monthly) and monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). Bluetooth Inspector's advantage is chart position (#45 vs unranked). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. Bluetooth Inspector sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Tester sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Bluetooth Inspector against 4.7 for Tester. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1.5K and 574 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 58% of Bluetooth Inspector's written reviews are positive against 90% of Tester's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Bluetooth Inspector ships an update monthly, Tester every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Bluetooth Inspector versus Tester: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBluetooth InspectorTester
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (1.5K ratings)4.7 (574 ratings) — better
Positive reviews58.5% of reviews89.8% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1.5K — better574
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
Best chart rank#45 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TViPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch
Requires iOS26.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size17 MB76 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGeorge GarsideFJEDI

Customer experience

Bluetooth Inspector

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

Tester

All ratings574 ratings
Positive92.7%
Neutral2.8%
Negative4.5%
Written reviews324 reviews
Positive89.8%
Neutral4.0%
Negative6.2%

User reviews

Bluetooth Inspector

From 1.5K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Accurate Bluetooth detection
  • 🔍 Useful for finding lost devices
  • 👍 Clean and intuitive interface

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Frequent crashes and freezes
  • 🔍 Difficulty identifying unknown devices
  • 🔋 High battery consumption
  • 🔒 Privacy concerns with device interrogation

Tester

From 574 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 User-friendly and modern UI
  • 🚀 Comprehensive and intuitive
  • 🔓 No in-app purchases
  • 🛠️ All-in-one dev tool
  • 💡 Shortcuts integration

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Crashes and data loss after updates
  • 🔍 Lack of cloud backup/sync
  • 🔧 Difficult to manage requests/collections
  • 🖱️ Editing issues with long keys
  • 🌐 No IPv6 support

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.)

Tester

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Deleting all saved requests after updates
  • App launching to a black screen
  • Shortcuts integration not working as expected

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add support for environment variables
  • Implement folders/collections management
  • Allow exporting/importing data as JSON
  • Provide more Shortcuts actions
  • Add ability to change app icon

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Bluetooth Inspector

One-time1
  • Bluetooth Inspector Pro$3.99
3 purchases

Tester

Subscriptions2
  • Tester Plus Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Tester Plus Yearly$24.991 Year
One-time1
  • Tester Plus Lifetime$79.99

Questions

Is Bluetooth Inspector free?
Bluetooth Inspector is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Tester free?
Tester is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Bluetooth Inspector or Tester?
Tester is rated higher. Bluetooth Inspector averages 4.6 out of 5 from 1.5K ratings, while Tester averages 4.7 from 574 ratings.
Do Bluetooth Inspector or Tester have ads?
Neither Bluetooth Inspector nor Tester shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Bluetooth Inspector or Tester?
Bluetooth Inspector ships an update monthly, and Tester every 2 days. Most recently, Bluetooth Inspector was updated on September 24, 2026 and Tester on September 25, 2026.

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