Ultrabrite vs BLE Serial Pro
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Ultrabrite
Control your home appliances remotely from anywhere with this smart device management app. It allows for simultaneous control of multiple devices, setting timers for automated functions, and easy sharing of device access with family members.
- Remote appliance control
- Simultaneous device management
- Customizable timers
- Family device sharing
- Quick device connection
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Ultrabrite Smart, 1. Remote control: control your home appliances anywhere 2. Simultaneously control: control multiple devices with one app 3. Timer: set timer to perform multiple functions 4. Device sharing: one tap to share devices with family members 5. Easy connection: easily and quickly connect app to devices
BLE Serial Pro
Transform your iOS device into a wireless serial terminal for Bluetooth Low Energy devices. Send commands and receive data in real-time from various IoT hardware, making debugging and development seamless.
- Connect to any BLE serial device
- Send commands and receive data
- Programmable buttons for quick commands
- Live console strip for real-time feedback
- Customizable display options
- Smart alerts for specific data patterns
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A range of devices use Texas Instruments’ CC2540/CC2541 system-on-chip as a Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) interface and are compatible with Android and iOS platforms. BLE boards as the AT-09, MLT-BT05, HM-10, JDY-08, JDY-10 et cetera use CC2540/41 chips and can be connected to the serial ports of Arduino's and Raspberry's. Features: • Fully customisable console view, with options like: - Display format (ASCII, Hex, Dec, etc.) - Line numbers and timestamps - Newline behaviour - Style (code or chat) and sound effects • Send data how it suits you: - In different formats (ASCII, Hex, Dec, etc.) - With or without newline/carriage return character at the end - All at once or in chunks (to accommodate for processing time) • Create buttons to send pre-determined messages - Customise the messages, titles, color and layout - Optionally send message repeatedly while button is pressed - Optionally append newline character to messages - These buttons can be exported, to be imported on other devices • Completely functional bluetooth explorer included! Find out the services, descriptors and other properties of any bluetooth device in range • "Send on Connect" option, to send a preset message after pairing • "Auto Reconnect" option, to reconnect automatically to the previous device • Easily copy or share the sent and received messages • Editable service/characteristic UUIDs to connect to • Read/Write characteristic UUIDs can be set separately • Easy to use minimalist layout
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: BLE Serial Pro at 100% against Ultrabrite's 53%. BLE Serial Pro also leads on update cadence (every 5 months vs every 11 months) and device support (4 vs 2). Ultrabrite's advantage is price (Free vs $3.99) and rating (4.8 vs 4.5). On ads 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
Ultrabrite is free to download; BLE Serial Pro costs $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Ultrabrite holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 2 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 53% of Ultrabrite's written reviews are positive against 100% of BLE Serial Pro's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Ultrabrite ships an update every 11 months, BLE Serial Pro every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on June 11, 2026 and September 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Ultrabrite | BLE Serial Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $3.99 |
| Rating | 4.8 (8 ratings) — better | 4.5 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 52.8% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 8 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 11 months | Every 5 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 205 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Status International (UK) Limited | Ed Nieuwenhuys |
Customer experience
Ultrabrite
BLE Serial Pro
In-app purchases
Ultrabrite
No in-app purchases
BLE Serial Pro
No in-app purchases









