Comparison

App Activity Viewer vs BlueSpy

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

Head to head
About

App Activity Viewer

This utility allows users to view detailed App Privacy Reports generated by iOS 15. Users can save these reports from their iPhone or iCloud Drive and then open them within the app for analysis.

Highlights
  • View App Privacy Reports
  • Supports iOS 15 reports
  • Save reports to iPhone
  • Save reports to iCloud Drive
  • Open saved report files
Features
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The App Activity Viewer lets you view the details of an App Privacy Report created by iOS 15. To create a report, go to the Settings app, choose Privacy > Record App Activity and turn the recording on. After you gathered enough data, click "Save App Activity" and store the file on your iPhone or in iCloud Drive. In the App Activity Viewer app, select the file to open it.

About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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/

Screenshots

App Activity Viewer4 screens
BlueSpy4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: App Activity Viewer at none against BlueSpy's 7. App Activity Viewer also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). BlueSpy's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 67%). On price, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. BlueSpy sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. App Activity Viewer asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
App Activity Viewer versus BlueSpy: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterApp Activity ViewerBlueSpy
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (4 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings4 — better—
Update frequency—Every 17 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB849 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJannik ArndtGiuseppe Mazzilli

Customer experience

App Activity Viewer

All ratings5 ratings
Positive40.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative40.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

BlueSpy

Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

App Activity Viewer

No in-app purchases

7 purchases

BlueSpy

Subscriptions3
  • Bronze Membership$0.991 Month
  • Gold Membership$3.991 Month
  • Platinum Membership$4.991 Month
One-time4
  • Characteristic Write Feature$0.99
  • 1-Year Subscription$3.99
  • 2-Year Subscription$6.99
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  • 3-Year Subscription$8.99

Questions

Is App Activity Viewer free?
App Activity Viewer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is BlueSpy free?
BlueSpy is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do App Activity Viewer or BlueSpy have ads?
Neither App Activity Viewer nor BlueSpy shows ads.

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