Blue Van Clef for Mobile vs IoTMeter
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Blue Van Clef for Mobile
Explore Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) devices by discovering their services, characteristics, and descriptors. This open-source tool respects accessibility features like VoiceOver and Dark Mode.
- BLE device discovery
- Service, characteristic, descriptor exploration
- Accessibility support (VoiceOver, Dark Mode)
- Open-source MIT license
- Bluetooth Framework integration
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Once connected to a device, you can do a "drill-down" discovery of the device's services, characteristics, and descriptors. The app is designed to respect Accessibility (VoiceOver and Increased Contrast), as well as Dark Mode. This is a 100% open-source app, with the code licensed as MIT. It uses the BlueThoth Framework (A Bluetooth SDK), which is also 100% open-source. The source repo for the app is: https://github.com/RiftValleySoftware/BlueVanClef The source repo for the BlueThoth Framework is: https://github.com/RiftValleySoftware/RVS_BlueThoth This is a page with some basic instructions for the app: https://riftvalleysoftware.com/bluevanclef/
IoTMeter
This application provides a user interface for managing smart devices that measure electrical quantities and control EVSE charging. It optimizes the use of photovoltaic power for heating appliances and hot water storage, enabling wireless communication with various energy systems.
- Device setup and user interface
- Electrical quantity measurement
- EVSE charging current control
- PV power utilization optimization
- Wireless communication with PV inverters
- Standalone function capability
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The IoTMeter application offers complete setup and user interface for IoTMeter, Smartmodule, and PV-router devices. The IoTMeter device is used to measure basic electrical quantities (voltage, power, current, etc.). Additionally, IoTMeter allows control of the EVSE (Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment) charging current, which is influenced either by the current household consumption or by the production of a photovoltaic power plant. The PV-router is a smart Wi-Fi control system with a wattmeter for optimizing the utilization of overflows from a photovoltaic power plant into heating appliances and hot water storage such as boilers, storage tanks, pools, etc. It enables direct wireless communication with PV inverters, heat pumps, or operates as a standalone function.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Blue Van Clef for Mobile at 4.8 against IoTMeter's 1.0. Blue Van Clef for Mobile also leads on ratings volume (6 vs 1) and device support (4 vs 2). IoTMeter's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Blue Van Clef for Mobile holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Blue Van Clef for Mobile has 6 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Blue Van Clef for Mobile ships an update every 2 months, IoTMeter every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Blue Van Clef for Mobile | IoTMeter |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (6 ratings) — better | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 33.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 6 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 17 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 35 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Rift Valley Software, Inc. | Pavel Lpa |
Customer experience
Blue Van Clef for Mobile
IoTMeter
In-app purchases
Blue Van Clef for Mobile
No in-app purchases
IoTMeter
No in-app purchases
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