BLE Terminal vs LockLauncher Lockscreen Widget
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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.
LockLauncher Lockscreen Widget
Design custom widgets for your lock screen to launch apps, open URLs, or perform actions with a single tap. Personalize your device's lock screen with icons, images, and custom links.
- Create custom lock screen widgets
- Launch apps directly from lock screen
- Open any URL with a tap
- Use app icons or custom images
- Add widgets to the lock screen
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LockLauncher is the best Lock Screen Widget Builder. Create your own Lock Screen widgets and actions using symbols, app icons, and custom images. Each widget can open any URL you want; there is a list in the app to select from and you can add your own if you wish. For example: - Select an app icon - Add the URL to open the app - Add the widget on the Lock Screen (tap on the widget to edit it) Pressing on the widget will now open the app directly from your Lock Screen!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: LockLauncher Lockscreen Widget at $0.99 against BLE Terminal's $9.99. LockLauncher Lockscreen Widget also leads on review sentiment (70% vs 56%) and update cadence (weekly vs every 2 weeks). BLE Terminal's advantage is device support (4 vs 1). On rating, 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
BLE Terminal costs $9.99 and LockLauncher Lockscreen Widget $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.2 for BLE Terminal against 4.1 for LockLauncher Lockscreen Widget. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: LockLauncher Lockscreen Widget has 31 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 56% of BLE Terminal's written reviews are positive against 70% of LockLauncher Lockscreen Widget's.
BLE Terminal ships an update every 2 weeks, LockLauncher Lockscreen Widget weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BLE Terminal | LockLauncher Lockscreen Widget |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $9.99 | $0.99 — better |
| Rating | 4.2 (5 ratings) — better | 4.1 (31 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 55.6% of reviews | 69.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 31 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 187 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | LANARS LLC | INNOVATIVE DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED |
Customer experience
BLE Terminal
LockLauncher Lockscreen Widget
In-app purchases
BLE Terminal
No in-app purchases
LockLauncher Lockscreen Widget
No in-app purchases
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