BLE Terminal vs BLE Serial Pro
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.
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 BLE Terminal's 50%. BLE Serial Pro also leads on price ($3.99 vs $9.99) and rating (4.5 vs 4.2). BLE Terminal's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 5 months). On ratings volume, 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 BLE Serial Pro $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
BLE Serial Pro holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 2 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of BLE Terminal's written reviews are positive against 100% of BLE Serial Pro's.
BLE Terminal ships an update every 2 weeks, BLE Serial Pro every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on September 20, 2026 and September 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BLE Terminal | BLE Serial Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $9.99 | $3.99 — better |
| Rating | 4.2 (5 ratings) | 4.5 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | LANARS LLC | Ed Nieuwenhuys |
Customer experience
BLE Terminal
BLE Serial Pro
In-app purchases
BLE Terminal
No in-app purchases
BLE Serial Pro
No in-app purchases
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