Comparison

BLE Terminal vs Plant Factory

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

Plant Factory

This app provides a smart indoor vertical farming solution for growing leafy greens, herbs, and flowers year-round. It offers remote control of lighting, temperature, and water systems, along with nutrient monitoring and seed ordering capabilities.

Highlights
  • Remote control of lighting and temperature
  • Monitor pump speed and water quality
  • Order seeds and consumables
  • Pesticide-free growing
  • Modular hydroponic growth platform
  • Year-round produce supply
Features
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Plant Factory is a revolutionary indoor vertical farming solution that can produce a sustainable supply of living leafy greens, herbs, and flowers in any season. We create urban growing solutions delivering high quality produce ready for supply or consumption when it’s freshest and most nutritious. Our modular hydroponic growth platform’s unique design is so versatile it can be used at home, in food service industries or retail applications. Sleek, compact, and packed with innovative and practical features, plants can be grown pesticide-free under optimal conditions, producing a steady, predictable supply in any season. Whether you’re growing fresh greens for your family, micro herbs for your restaurant, or selling many kilograms of living vegetables a day, Plant Factory has the perfect solution. Whether you have one Plant Factory or ten, the Plant Factory app gives you total control of lighting, temperature, pump speed and other variables across all your systems from the convenience of your smartphone or tablet via WiFi and Bluetooth. You can also monitor nutrients and water quality and order seeds and consumables from right in the app.

Screenshots

BLE Terminal4 screens
Plant Factory4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Plant Factory at Free against BLE Terminal's $9.99. Plant Factory also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.2) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). BLE Terminal's advantage is ratings volume (5 vs 1) and device support (4 vs 2). On update cadence, ads and 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

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

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Plant Factory holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: BLE Terminal has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

BLE Terminal ships an update every 2 weeks, Plant Factory every 4 weeks. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
BLE Terminal versus Plant Factory: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBLE TerminalPlant Factory
Price$9.99Free — better
Rating4.2 (5 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews55.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings5 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 4 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB58 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLANARS LLCPlant Factory Group Pty Ltd

Customer experience

BLE Terminal

All ratings5 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive55.6%
Neutral0.0%
Negative44.4%

Plant Factory

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

BLE Terminal

No in-app purchases

None

Plant Factory

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is BLE Terminal free?
BLE Terminal costs $9.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Plant Factory free?
Plant Factory is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, BLE Terminal or Plant Factory?
Plant Factory is rated higher. BLE Terminal averages 4.2 out of 5 from 5 ratings, while Plant Factory averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do BLE Terminal or Plant Factory have ads?
Neither BLE Terminal nor Plant Factory shows ads.
Which is updated more often, BLE Terminal or Plant Factory?
BLE Terminal ships an update every 2 weeks, and Plant Factory every 4 weeks. Most recently, BLE Terminal was updated on October 24, 2026 and Plant Factory on October 24, 2026.

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