Bluetooth Inspector vs NetScope

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.

NetScope is a fast and lightweight network diagnostic tool designed for developers, IT professionals and advanced users. Easily check open ports, test host reachability and analyze network latency in a clean terminal-style interface. Whether you are troubleshooting servers, verifying connectivity or performing quick diagnostics, NetScope provides accurate and efficient results without unnecessary complexity. Key Features: • TCP port checking with real-time status • Integrated ping tool with latency statistics • Clean terminal-style output for clear diagnostics • Quick ports presets (SSH, HTTP, HTTPS, RDP, Web) • Scan history and favorites management • Fully local processing – no data collection • Privacy-focused and lightweight design NetScope performs all network checks directly from your device and does not use external servers or analytics. Your data stays private. Perfect for developers, sysadmins, network engineers and tech enthusiasts who need a reliable and minimal network utility on iPhone, iPad and Mac.