Bluetooth Sleuth vs IONA StatIQ
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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
IONA StatIQ
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The StatIQ Band provides mobility, accuracy, and traceability for ESD. Features: - Measures electrostatic charge on the user, with a resolution equivalent of 10 V body potential. - Audible alarms when threshold is exceeded or ESD events occur (as low as 100 V discharge). - Mobile app to visualize voltage data and change parameters on the StatIQ Band such as alarm thresholds and volume. Company Information: - Developed by Engineering PhD founders in Southwest Colorado. - Years of data driven research on electrostatics measurements.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: IONA StatIQ at Free against Bluetooth Sleuth's $0.99. IONA StatIQ also leads on iOS requirement (14.0 vs 16.0). On update cadence, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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
IONA StatIQ is free to download; Bluetooth Sleuth costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Bluetooth Sleuth ships an update every 2 months, IONA StatIQ every 4 months. Both last shipped on October 30, 2026.
| Parameter | Bluetooth Sleuth | IONA StatIQ |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 99 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sean McNeil | Stevenson Engineering LLC |
In-app purchases
Bluetooth Sleuth
No in-app purchases
IONA StatIQ
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Bluetooth Sleuth free?
Is IONA StatIQ free?
Do Bluetooth Sleuth or IONA StatIQ have ads?
Which is updated more often, Bluetooth Sleuth or IONA StatIQ?
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