Comparison

Bluetooth Inspector vs TWSNMP For Mobile

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

TWSNMP For Mobile

This mobile application provides a suite of network management tools, including ping, SNMP browsing, and graphical displays of network traffic, CPU, memory, and disk usage. It also offers features for checking server certificates, NTP, syslog, DHCP, and mail servers, along with DNS lookups and MAC address vendor searches.

Highlights
  • PING response confirmation
  • SNMPv2c MIB browser
  • Graphical traffic display
  • LAN port status panel
  • Host CPU/memory/disk usage graphs
  • Server certificate testing
  • DNS lookup
Features
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Mobile version of SNMP Manager This is the mobile version of the standard TWSNMP manager for network management. The following functions are supported (1) Response confirmation by PING (2) MIB browser compatible with SNMPv2c (3) Graphical display of traffic (amount sent/received) (4) Panel display of LAN port status (5) Graphical display of host CPU, memory, and disk usage (6) List of host processes (7) TCP/UDP port list (8) Server certificate test (9) NTP server test (10) syslog server test (11) SNMP TRAP server test (12) DHCP server test (13) Mail server test (14) DNS lookup (15) MAC address vendor name search (16) Port number search (17) MIB tree display (18) Display your IP address using STUN server Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version)

Screenshots

Bluetooth Inspector4 screens
TWSNMP For Mobile4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Bluetooth Inspector at Free against TWSNMP For Mobile's $2.99. Bluetooth Inspector also leads on ratings volume (1.5K vs 1) and update cadence (monthly vs every 2 months). TWSNMP For Mobile's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and rating (5.0 vs 4.6). On ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Bluetooth Inspector is free to download; TWSNMP For Mobile costs $2.99 up front. Bluetooth Inspector sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. TWSNMP For Mobile asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

TWSNMP For Mobile holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bluetooth Inspector has 1.5K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Bluetooth Inspector ships an update monthly, TWSNMP For Mobile every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 26, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 3 level
Bluetooth Inspector versus TWSNMP For Mobile: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBluetooth InspectorTWSNMP For Mobile
PriceFree — better$2.99
Rating4.6 (1.5K ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews58.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings1.5K — better1
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
Best chart rank#40 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS26.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size17 MB26 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGeorge GarsideMasayuki Yamai

Customer experience

Bluetooth Inspector

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

TWSNMP For Mobile

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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.)

TWSNMP For Mobile

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Bluetooth Inspector

One-time1
  • Bluetooth Inspector Pro$3.99
None

TWSNMP For Mobile

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Bluetooth Inspector free?
Bluetooth Inspector is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is TWSNMP For Mobile free?
TWSNMP For Mobile costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Bluetooth Inspector or TWSNMP For Mobile?
TWSNMP For Mobile is rated higher. Bluetooth Inspector averages 4.6 out of 5 from 1.5K ratings, while TWSNMP For Mobile averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Bluetooth Inspector or TWSNMP For Mobile have ads?
Neither Bluetooth Inspector nor TWSNMP For Mobile shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Bluetooth Inspector or TWSNMP For Mobile?
Bluetooth Inspector ships an update monthly, and TWSNMP For Mobile every 2 months. Most recently, Bluetooth Inspector was updated on September 24, 2026 and TWSNMP For Mobile on September 26, 2026.

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