Comparison

WE Bluetooth LE Terminal vs Thinger.io

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

Head to head
About

WE Bluetooth LE Terminal

This application allows developers to connect to and interact with WΓΌrth Elektronik eiSos Proteus radio modules via Bluetooth Low Energy. Users can scan for devices, send binary or ASCII data, and configure module GPIO pins.

Highlights
  • Scan for Proteus devices
  • Initiate Bluetooth LE connection
  • Send binary data
  • Send ASCII data
  • Configure GPIO pins
Features
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The App WE Bluetooth LE Terminal is intended for developers that want to use WΓΌrth Elektronik eiSos Proteus radio module series with their smart device. The user can scan for Proteus devices and initiate a connection to them. Once a connection is active they can send binary or ASCII data over a Bluetooth Low Eenergy link using the integrated Profiles of Proteus module for generic data transfer. The user can also configure the GPIO pins of the module, if supported by the module. The Source Code for this App is available on Github: https://github.com/WurthElektronik/Proteus-Connect

About

Thinger.io

Features
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The official Thinger.io application to handle all your IoT workflow directly from your phone. Thinger.io is a cloud IoT Platform that provides every needed tool to prototype, scale and manage connected products in a very simple way. Our goal is to democratize the use of IoT making it accessible to the whole world, and streamlining the development of big IoT projects. - Free IoT platform: Thinger.io provides a lifetime freemium account with only few limitations to start learning and prototyping when your product becomes ready to scale, you can deploy a Premium Server with full capacities within minutes. - Simple but Powerful: Just a couple code lines to connect a device and start retrieving data or controlling its functionalities with our web-based Console, able to connect and manage thousands of devices in a simple way. - Hardware agnostic: Any device from any manufacturer can be easily integrated with Thinger.io's infrastructure. - Extremely scalable & efficient infrastructure: thanks to our unique communication paradigm, in which the IoT server subscribes device resources to retrieve data only when it is necessary, a single Thinger.io instance is able to manage thousands of IoT devices with low computational load, bandwidth and latencies. - Open-Source: most of the platform modules, libraries and APP source code are available in our Github repository to be downloaded and modified with MIT license.

Screenshots

WE Bluetooth LE Terminal4 screens
Thinger.io4 screens

Verdict

The call

WE Bluetooth LE Terminal and Thinger.io are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters β€” price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them β€” neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

WE Bluetooth LE Terminal ships an update every 6 months, Thinger.io every 9 months. Both last shipped on October 8, 2026.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
WE Bluetooth LE Terminal versus Thinger.io: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWE Bluetooth LE TerminalThinger.io
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews0.0% of reviewsβ€”
Update frequencyEvery 6 months β€” betterEvery 9 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeβ€”
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS14.013.0 β€” better
Further details β€” not scored
Size16 MB82 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperWuerth Elektronik eiSos GmbH & Co. KGInternet of Thinger

In-app purchases

None

WE Bluetooth LE Terminal

No in-app purchases

None

Thinger.io

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is WE Bluetooth LE Terminal free?
WE Bluetooth LE Terminal is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Thinger.io free?
Thinger.io is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do WE Bluetooth LE Terminal or Thinger.io have ads?
Neither WE Bluetooth LE Terminal nor Thinger.io shows ads.
Which is updated more often, WE Bluetooth LE Terminal or Thinger.io?
WE Bluetooth LE Terminal ships an update every 6 months, and Thinger.io every 9 months. Most recently, WE Bluetooth LE Terminal was updated on October 8, 2026 and Thinger.io on October 8, 2026.

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