Comparison

Bluetooth Inspector vs Cloud Notify

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

Cloud Notify

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Cloud Notify is a beautifully simple, free alerting service. Are you a IT professional that needs to monitor vital infrastructure or a tinkerer who just wants an alert from your next cool project. No matter who you are or what you do Cloud Notify can help! You will need to register at https://cloudnotify.co.uk/ before using this app. Get started in no time, quickly and easily. Just register your device to your Cloud Notify account and begin sending alerts using our super simple API. Note for Reviewers If there is a feature you would like or you require an issue to be resolved please email me and I will gladly help. Have your say Cloud Notify is designed to be beautifully simple to use. This app is in active development with the most popular feature requests / suggestions added over time. So if you want to shape the future of Cloud Notify just give us your feedback.

Screenshots

Bluetooth Inspector4 screens
Cloud Notify1 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Bluetooth Inspector at none against Cloud Notify's shown. Bluetooth Inspector also leads on chart position (#42 vs unranked) and device support (4 vs 2). Cloud Notify's advantage is iOS requirement (17.4 vs 26.0). On price, update cadence and in-app purchases 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 Cloud Notify sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
Bluetooth Inspector versus Cloud Notify: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBluetooth InspectorCloud Notify
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (1.6K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews58.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings1.6K — better—
Update frequencyMonthlyMonthly
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
Best chart rank#42 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.017.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size20 MB16 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGeorge GarsidePocket Brilliance Limited

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.)

Cloud Notify

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

Cloud Notify

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

Questions

Is Bluetooth Inspector free?
Bluetooth Inspector is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Cloud Notify free?
Cloud Notify is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Bluetooth Inspector or Cloud Notify have ads?
Cloud Notify shows ads; Bluetooth Inspector does not.
Which is updated more often, Bluetooth Inspector or Cloud Notify?
Bluetooth Inspector ships an update monthly, and Cloud Notify monthly. Most recently, Bluetooth Inspector was updated on October 14, 2026 and Cloud Notify on October 6, 2026.

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