BluetoothAssistant vs a
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
BluetoothAssistant
Easily discover, connect, and debug Bluetooth devices. This tool offers detailed information, signal strength detection, and data reading/writing capabilities for efficient Bluetooth management.
- Device scanning
- Signal strength detection
- Device connection
- Device information reading
- Data reading & writing
- Log data
- Batch writing
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Bluetooth Assistant can help you discover surrounding Bluetooth devices, connect and debug them. Key Features: Device scanning Signal strength detection Device connection Device information reading Data reading & writing Log data Batch writing Data packet storage Save and delete common write data Privacy policy: https://hzjuzhi.com/apps/bluetooth/privacy/ Terms of Use: https://hzjuzhi.com/apps/bluetooth/terms/
a
Run Unix commands locally on your iOS device with a powerful terminal emulator. Supports file transfer, editing, scripting with Python and Lua, and network utilities. Integrates with Shortcuts and supports multiple windows for multitasking.
- Local Unix terminal emulator
- SSH client
- File transfer (scp, curl)
- Text editing (vim, ed)
- Scripting (Python, Lua, JavaScript)
- Network utilities (nslookup, ping)
- Shortcuts integration
- Multi-window support
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a-Shell mini is a complete local terminal emulator, allowing to run most Unix commands on you iOS device. You can transfer files using scp and curl, edit them with vim and ed, process them using grep, awk and sed. Work with git repositories using lg2. Most commands are compiled for iOS native Arm64 format, making them fast and well integrated with iOS underlying BSD Unix. a-Shell mini includes Python, Lua, JavaScript and webAssembly for programming and scripting. It also includes native ffmpeg and convert for fast image and video conversion. There are also multiple network utilities: nslookup, ping, whois, ifconfig... Type help for help, help -l to get the full list of commands. a-Shell mini can be controlled from Shortcuts: run commands in order, process files in a-Shell, get the results as text or files, transfer files to other apps... a-Shell mini uses iPadOS 13+ “multiple windows” ability, so you can run multiple shells at the same time, with different commands, in different directories. You can edit a file in one window with vim and process it in the other with python. a-Shell mini is a minimalist terminal, designed to have a very small footprint (less than 250 MB). If you need more commands, please consider a-Shell, which has more Python packages, more JavaScript modules, Perl, make, a C and C++ compiler and TeX.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: a at none against BluetoothAssistant's 1. a also leads on ads (none vs shown) and rating (4.6 vs 4.2). BluetoothAssistant's advantage is ratings volume (1.1K vs 122). On price, update cadence, chart position 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
Both are free to download. BluetoothAssistant sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. a asks for nothing beyond the download.
a holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: BluetoothAssistant has 1.1K ratings behind it against 122, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 60% of BluetoothAssistant's written reviews are positive against 78% of a's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BluetoothAssistant | a |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (1.1K ratings) | 4.6 (122 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 60.4% of reviews | 78.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1.1K — better | 122 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Monthly |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Best chart rank | #42 | #39 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 87 MB | 383 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Hangzhou OrangeJuice Technology Co., Ltd. | Nicolas Holzschuch |
Customer experience
BluetoothAssistant
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User reviews
BluetoothAssistant
From 1.1K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Fast and efficient
- 👍 User-friendly
- 🔒 Helpful in finding lost devices
Room to improve
- 🐛 Doesn't work as expected
- 🔋 High battery consumption
- 💻 Compatibility issues
a
From 122 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Great app for shortcuts
- 🚀 Efficient and functional
- 💡 Useful for IT tasks
- ✨ Free and awesome
- 💻 Good for remote server connection
Room to improve
- 🐛 Font size not adjustable
- 🐛 Keyboard icons too large
- 🐛 App deletes itself
- 🐛 Rotating screen scrambles display
- 🐛 Pasting text shows strange characters
Bugs and requests
BluetoothAssistant
Reported bugs
3 issues- Crashes and freezes
- Unable to connect to certain devices
- Inaccurate device information
Requested features
3 requests- Support for more Bluetooth devices
- Improved device detection and connection
- Better battery optimization
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Reported bugs
12 issues- Keyboard icons comically large
- App deletes itself
- Rotating iPhone/iPad scrambles display
- Pasting text results in strange characters
- App only uses half of the screen when editing files
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- Command not found errors for all commands
- App crashes on launch after update
- Cannot get own absolute path
- Cannot execute own programs
- App messes up .txt file association
- Trouble selecting characters to copy and paste
- No module named requests in shortcuts
Requested features
8 requests- Option to use old keyboard buttons
- Add openssl support
- Add libx265 codec for ffmpeg
- Support telnet command
- Add possibility to compile from source
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- Make Ubuntu default
- Add expansion of keys (e.g., echo {a..z})
- Adjustable font size
In-app purchases
BluetoothAssistant
- VIP$3.99
a
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is BluetoothAssistant free?
Is a free?
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