Comparison

nRF Programmer for Thingy vs Bluetooth UART time

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

Head to head
About

nRF Programmer for Thingy

Features
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The nRF Programmer allows users to upload precompiled firmware samples from the nRF Connect SDK to your Nordic Thingy:53 over Bluetooth® Low Energy (LE), without connecting to a PC or external programmer. This allows you to easily test out different applications and update firmware without the need of having physical access to the device. Read more about Thingy:53 at https://www.nordicsemi.com/Products/Development-hardware/Nordic-Thingy-53

About

Bluetooth UART time

Features
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When no WIFI is available this app can be used the send an accurate time and date. The app is designed to be used in my word clock project that can be found here: https://github.com/ednieuw and https://ednieuw.home.xs4all.nl/Woordklok/The app can also send and receive text. On my Github site examples can be found to communicate with ESP32's like the Arduino Nano ESP32. With the BLEserialPro and BLEserialnRF app from the App store and other BLE terminal UART apps a connectio"BLE-UARTtime"n can be made. When this app is installed on an iPhone the device broadcast name is the name of the iPhone instead of the expected "BLE-UARTtime" .

Screenshots

nRF Programmer for Thingy3 screens
Bluetooth UART time3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: nRF Programmer for Thingy at 13.0 against Bluetooth UART time's 15.6. On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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

Scorecard1 real difference · 5 level
nRF Programmer for Thingy versus Bluetooth UART time: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameternRF Programmer for ThingyBluetooth UART time
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 8 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size28 MB1 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperNordic Semiconductor ASAEd Nieuwenhuys

In-app purchases

None

nRF Programmer for Thingy

No in-app purchases

None

Bluetooth UART time

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is nRF Programmer for Thingy free?
nRF Programmer for Thingy is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Bluetooth UART time free?
Bluetooth UART time is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do nRF Programmer for Thingy or Bluetooth UART time have ads?
Neither nRF Programmer for Thingy nor Bluetooth UART time shows ads.

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