Comparison

BLE Serial Pro vs uFTP Server2

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

Head to head
About

BLE Serial Pro

Transform your iOS device into a wireless serial terminal for Bluetooth Low Energy devices. Send commands and receive data in real-time from various IoT hardware, making debugging and development seamless.

Highlights
  • Connect to any BLE serial device
  • Send commands and receive data
  • Programmable buttons for quick commands
  • Live console strip for real-time feedback
  • Customizable display options
  • Smart alerts for specific data patterns
Features
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A range of devices use Texas Instruments’ CC2540/CC2541 system-on-chip as a Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) interface and are compatible with Android and iOS platforms. BLE boards as the AT-09, MLT-BT05, HM-10, JDY-08, JDY-10 et cetera use CC2540/41 chips and can be connected to the serial ports of Arduino's and Raspberry's. Features: • Fully customisable console view, with options like: - Display format (ASCII, Hex, Dec, etc.) - Line numbers and timestamps - Newline behaviour - Style (code or chat) and sound effects • Send data how it suits you: - In different formats (ASCII, Hex, Dec, etc.) - With or without newline/carriage return character at the end - All at once or in chunks (to accommodate for processing time) • Create buttons to send pre-determined messages - Customise the messages, titles, color and layout - Optionally send message repeatedly while button is pressed - Optionally append newline character to messages - These buttons can be exported, to be imported on other devices • Completely functional bluetooth explorer included! Find out the services, descriptors and other properties of any bluetooth device in range • "Send on Connect" option, to send a preset message after pairing • "Auto Reconnect" option, to reconnect automatically to the previous device • Easily copy or share the sent and received messages • Editable service/characteristic UUIDs to connect to • Read/Write characteristic UUIDs can be set separately • Easy to use minimalist layout

About

uFTP Server2

Features
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This is the iOS version of uFTP Server, a very small FTP Server designed for fast file transferring without hair struggling. Anonymous user or a single user authentication, without complex and boring configuration. The mainly purpose to develop this small utility is to make it easy when transfer files between Apple products and other devices. Although it is really very small, but it supports almost all FTP commands and has very high performance when transferring files. A simple filter file can be used to hide file and directories for FTP client, and another file use the same rules can be used to speed up big folder searching.

Screenshots

BLE Serial Pro4 screens
uFTP Server24 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: uFTP Server2 at weekly against BLE Serial Pro's every 5 months. BLE Serial Pro's advantage is price ($3.99 vs $6.99). On ads, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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

BLE Serial Pro costs $3.99 and uFTP Server2 $6.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

BLE Serial Pro ships an update every 5 months, uFTP Server2 weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 14, 2026 and September 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
BLE Serial Pro versus uFTP Server2: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBLE Serial ProuFTP Server2
Price$3.99 — better$6.99
Rating4.5 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.615.6
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEd Nieuwenhuys斌 虞

In-app purchases

None

BLE Serial Pro

No in-app purchases

None

uFTP Server2

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is BLE Serial Pro free?
BLE Serial Pro costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is uFTP Server2 free?
uFTP Server2 costs $6.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do BLE Serial Pro or uFTP Server2 have ads?
Neither BLE Serial Pro nor uFTP Server2 shows ads.
Which is updated more often, BLE Serial Pro or uFTP Server2?
BLE Serial Pro ships an update every 5 months, and uFTP Server2 weekly. Most recently, BLE Serial Pro was updated on September 14, 2026 and uFTP Server2 on September 10, 2026.

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