Comparison

Bluetooth Sleuth vs my BLE Scanner

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

Head to head
About

Bluetooth Sleuth

This utility allows users to deeply interact with their device's Bluetooth capabilities. It supports scanning for peripherals, advertising custom services, broadcasting and ranging iBeacons, and searching a comprehensive Bluetooth database.

Highlights
  • Configure custom Bluetooth advertisements
  • Scan for specific or all advertising devices
  • Connect to and browse peripheral services
  • Broadcast and range iBeacons
  • Search Bluetooth assigned numbers database
  • Monitor RSSI values with graphing
Features
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Bluetooth Sleuth is meant to be a well rounded app for interacting with your iOS or supported macOS device's Bluetooth functionality. This includes advertising and scanning for peripherals, as well as broadcasting, monitoring, and ranging iBeacons. The following covers some of the features included in Bluetooth Sleuth: [ADVERTISE] - Ability to configure an advertisement with your device - Create custom services, with their own characteristics and descriptors to advertise - Automatically saves custom services for later reuse [SCAN] - Ability to scan for all advertising devices within range - Ability to scan for specific advertisements that contain the provided CoreBluetooth UUID - Displays all peripherals, sorted by RSSI, with the ability to connect to devices that are open to connections - Browse a peripheral's services, characteristics, and descriptors - Monitor recent peripheral RSSI values with included graphing tools - Ability to automatically reconnect to a previously connected peripheral - Filter results to require names, ability to connect or minimum RSSI value [SEARCH] - Search through over 5,000 records in the Bluetooth database of assigned numbers for companies, services, characteristics and other related values [BROADCAST] - Configure your device to act as an iBeacon by providing it with a UUID, and optional major and minor values [RANGE] - Observe for the presence of any iBeacons broadcasting with the values you provide - See device information for any iBeacons located - Monitor recent iBeacon RSSI values with included graphing tools [MONITOR] - Observe region updates for any iBeacons broadcasting with the values you provide

About

my BLE Scanner

Features
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Simple Bluetooth scanner for BLE devices

Screenshots

Bluetooth Sleuth4 screens
my BLE Scanner2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: my BLE Scanner at weekly against Bluetooth Sleuth's every 2 months. my BLE Scanner also leads on device support (4 vs 2) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.0). On price, 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

Bluetooth Sleuth costs $0.99 and my BLE Scanner $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Bluetooth Sleuth ships an update every 2 months, my BLE Scanner weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Bluetooth Sleuth versus my BLE Scanner: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBluetooth Sleuthmy BLE Scanner
Price$0.99$0.99
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better
Requires iOS16.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSean McNeila Rausa

In-app purchases

None

Bluetooth Sleuth

No in-app purchases

None

my BLE Scanner

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Bluetooth Sleuth free?
Bluetooth Sleuth costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is my BLE Scanner free?
my BLE Scanner costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Bluetooth Sleuth or my BLE Scanner have ads?
Neither Bluetooth Sleuth nor my BLE Scanner shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Bluetooth Sleuth or my BLE Scanner?
Bluetooth Sleuth ships an update every 2 months, and my BLE Scanner weekly. Most recently, Bluetooth Sleuth was updated on September 30, 2026 and my BLE Scanner on September 23, 2026.

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