Comparison

Bluetooth Inspector vs SFToolkit

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

SFToolkit

Features
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Meet SFToolkit, a simple way to search, view, and customise SF Symbols on iPhone and iPad. Preview symbols live, adjust their appearance, and generate SwiftUI code without switching devices. Why you’ll love it - Browse and search the full SF Symbols library with categories. - Preview symbols live as you adjust rendering modes, animation configurations and more. - Automatically generate SwiftUI and UIKit source code for every symbol. - Copy code to the clipboard with a single tap. - Export symbols as PNGs for use in your projects. - Designed for developers, with a clean and focused interface. How it works 1. Select a category. 2. Select a symbol and customize its style. 3. Copy the code or export the icon. Perfect for - iOS developers - SwiftUI projects - Prototyping and design previews - Working away from your Mac - Anyone building apps with SF Symbols Terms of Service https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Bluetooth Inspector4 screens
SFToolkit3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Bluetooth Inspector at Free against SFToolkit's $0.99. Bluetooth Inspector also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 3 months) and chart position (#46 vs unranked). On ads, in-app purchases and iOS requirement 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; SFToolkit costs $0.99 up front. Bluetooth Inspector sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and SFToolkit sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Bluetooth Inspector ships an update monthly, SFToolkit every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
Bluetooth Inspector versus SFToolkit: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBluetooth InspectorSFToolkit
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating4.6 (1.6K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews58.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings1.6K — better—
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
Best chart rank#46 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.026.0
Further details — not scored
Size20 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGeorge GarsideSNEH NILESH

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.)

SFToolkit

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Bluetooth Inspector

One-time1
  • Bluetooth Inspector Pro$3.99
3 purchases

SFToolkit

One-time3
  • Small Tip$0.99
  • Medium Tip$2.99
  • Large Tip$5.99

Questions

Is Bluetooth Inspector free?
Bluetooth Inspector is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is SFToolkit free?
SFToolkit costs $0.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Do Bluetooth Inspector or SFToolkit have ads?
Neither Bluetooth Inspector nor SFToolkit shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Bluetooth Inspector or SFToolkit?
Bluetooth Inspector ships an update monthly, and SFToolkit every 3 months. Most recently, Bluetooth Inspector was updated on October 19, 2026 and SFToolkit on October 11, 2026.

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