Comparison

BLE Terminal vs sensorView

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

BLE Terminal

Connect, scan, and communicate with Bluetooth Low Energy devices. Discover nearby devices, view their properties, and interact using read, write, and notify functions. Supports pre-filled and hex commands for efficient interaction.

Highlights
  • Scan for nearby BLE devices
  • View device properties and descriptions
  • Connect to devices
  • Read, write, and notify BLE characteristics
  • Pre-filled command lists
  • Hex and ASCII command support
Features
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BLE Terminal is a scanner and communicator between your iPhone, iPad or Mac and any Bluetooth Low Energy device. You can find all the devices nearby, see their properties and description, signal strength, all services and characteristics. It is also possible to connect to any device, watch detailed information and communicate with it using read, write and notify properties. For convenience, pre-filled commands are provided, the list of which can be expanded and edited. We also added support for Hex commands with a convenient keyboard. You can always switch between Hex and ASCII modes.

About

sensorView

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Sensor monitor system using LoRa spread spectrum technology between the sensors and a monitoring device. This monitoring device then keeps the sensorView app updated via BLE bluetooth with the sensors status.

Screenshots

BLE Terminal4 screens
sensorView3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: sensorView at Free against BLE Terminal's $9.99. sensorView also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). BLE Terminal's advantage is device support. On 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

sensorView is free to download; BLE Terminal costs $9.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
BLE Terminal versus sensorView: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBLE TerminalsensorView
Price$9.99Free — better
Rating4.2 (5 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings5 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks—
AdsNo—
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better—
Requires iOS15.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLANARS LLCVOLCANIC PLATEAU HARVESTING LTD

In-app purchases

None

BLE Terminal

No in-app purchases

None

sensorView

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is BLE Terminal free?
BLE Terminal costs $9.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is sensorView free?
sensorView is free to download, with no in-app purchases.

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