Thingsup BLE Scanner & Logger vs BlueSpy
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
Thingsup BLE Scanner & Logger
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Thingsup BLE Beacon Scanner and Logger was developed with a vision to help Bluetooth community, developers who wants to build BLE Beacons & applications. Thingsup BLE Beacon Scanner is used by not only developers but also users with Thingsup Bluetooth BLE Sensor Beacons. You can directly configure your beacon's data, configure passwords, log and advertise intervals as well as read stored data and export as CSV and password protected Excel format. Main Features of Bluetooth BLE Scanner ===================== 1. Scan near by Bluetooth Low Energy, iBeacon and Eddystone devices. 2. Scan Thingsup BLE Sensors and get realtime values. 3. Log nearby BLE packets and data 4. Export Log data as CSV and Excel XLSX 5. Password Protected Excel Log File 6. Read stored data from Thingsup BLE Sensor Beacons 7. Send data to MQTT Servers 8. Customise MQTT Topic and Data
BlueSpy
This tool allows you to inspect, read, and write data with Bluetooth Low Energy devices. Explore device capabilities, analyze behavior, and understand security levels through real-time scanning and interactive features.
- Scan nearby BLE devices in real-time
- Sort and filter peripherals
- Identify device types and models
- Read and write peripheral data
- Explore communication logs
- Configure custom settings
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BlueSpy is the next generation BLE peripheral analyzer tool that allow you to inspect, read and write data with virtually any device capable of communicate with Bluetooth Low Energy standard and GATT profile. BlueSpy is an experimental tool that let you explore the capabilities of your nearby bluetooth devices and interact with them so that you can use it to: debug, analyze, measure or reverse engineering in the attempt to better understand their behaviour and their security level. BlueSpy is mostly a free tool, but in the effort to maintain and evolve it some features will only be availables under in-app purchase. Key Features: - Scan nearby device and return advertisment data in realtime. - Sort peripherals by name, identifier and signal strength. - Filter scanned peripherals. - Identify device type and model based on expandable knowledge base. - Read peripheral services, characteristics and descriptors. - Write data to peripheral characteristics. - Explore logs for any communication between BlueSpy and your BLE devices. - Configure custom settings like auto-notification, auto-remove unreachable peripherals, stop scan on idle, and more. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Thingsup BLE Scanner & Logger at none against BlueSpy's 7. Thingsup BLE Scanner & Logger also leads on update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 17 months) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 18.0). On price, ads and device support there is nothing between them.
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Both are free to download. BlueSpy sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Thingsup BLE Scanner & Logger asks for nothing beyond the download.
Thingsup BLE Scanner & Logger ships an update every 6 weeks, BlueSpy every 17 months. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Thingsup BLE Scanner & Logger | BlueSpy |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | โ | 100.0% of reviews |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks โ better | Every 17 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No โ better | Yes |
| Monetization | โ | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod โ better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 โ better | 18.0 |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 65 MB | 849 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | iobot Technologies India Private Limited | Giuseppe Mazzilli |
In-app purchases
Thingsup BLE Scanner & Logger
No in-app purchases
BlueSpy
- Bronze Membership$0.991 Month
- Gold Membership$3.991 Month
- Platinum Membership$4.991 Month
- Characteristic Write Feature$0.99
- 1-Year Subscription$3.99
- 2-Year Subscription$6.99
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- 3-Year Subscription$8.99
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