Blue Van Clef for Mobile vs Appli Player
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/
Appli Player
Transform spreadsheets into interactive database views with the Appli Builder. Run all your forms seamlessly within this application.
- Spreadsheet to database conversion
- Interactive database views
- Form execution
- Custom app creation
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Use the Appli Builder to convert your spreadsheets to interactive database views. Run all of your forms in Appli Player.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Appli Player at weekly against Blue Van Clef for Mobile's every 2 months. Blue Van Clef for Mobile's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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.
Appli Player holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 3 respectively.
Blue Van Clef for Mobile ships an update every 2 months, Appli Player weekly. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | Blue Van Clef for Mobile | Appli Player |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (6 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | 6 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 55 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Rift Valley Software, Inc. | Canela |
Customer experience
Blue Van Clef for Mobile
Appli Player
In-app purchases
Blue Van Clef for Mobile
No in-app purchases
Appli Player
No in-app purchases
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