Comparison

iGotYou vs BLE Sniffer

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

Head to head
About

iGotYou

This app helps identify theft or unauthorized access to your device. It can alert you with a photo and location data via email when motion is detected, the device is removed from a pocket/bag, or the power cable is unplugged. Configure email settings and a secret pattern to activate and disarm alerts.

Highlights
  • Motion detection alert
  • Pocket/bag removal alert
  • Power cable unplug alert
  • Photo capture (front/rear camera)
  • GPS location tracking
  • Email notifications
  • Secret pattern lock
Features
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iGotYou lets you identify intruder/theft with alarm, photo and location (using GPS). Supports iPhone, iPod and iPad. On the first time you open the app you need to configure your email. The preferred method is to create a dedicated iGotYou email account from gmail or hotmail. E.g create a new email account: yourname.igotyou@gmail.com. You might need to enable less secure settings in gmail if test mail does not work. (https://myaccount.google.com/lesssecureapps) Once you have created a new email account for iGotYou please enter the following information in iGotYou: email field: yourname.igotyou@gmail.com password field: password After completing the email settings, you can click on the Test Email button to test your settings. A test email will be sent to you. Please check your inbox/spam folders for that test email. To complete your settings for iGotYou return to the main screen and click on the Pattern button. Select your secret pattern and remember it! Now you can select from 3 different modes. 1.Motion alert – In this mode you will be alerted if someone move/pick your phone. (Use iDevice motion detector) 2.Pocket/Bag alert – In this mode you will be alerted if someone take your phone from your pocket/bag. (Use iDevice proximity detector) 3.Power alert – In this mode you will be alerted if someone unplug the power cable from your phone. (Use iDevice power detector) Once you selected your alert mode, click on the “click Here To Lock” button to activate the app. A popup message telling you what do will be displayed. - In case you selected the Motion alert mode, after clicking OK you will have 10 seconds to put your phone on a table. Don’t close the app or your phone! After 10 seconds the app will dim the screen and continue to run with minimum power. When someone (including you) will pick up/move the phone a short beep will be heard and a picture will be taken from the front and rear camera. An email with a picture + device location will be sent to your configured email. You have 15 seconds to disarm the app by selecting your secret pattern before hearing an alarm. The alarm will be stopped after the configured time (“Sound Duration”) or by selecting the right pattern. - In case you selected the Pocket/Bag alert mode, after clicking OK you will have 10 seconds to put your phone in your pocket/bag. Don’t close the app or your phone! After 10 seconds the app will dim the screen and continue to run with minimum power. When someone (including you) will take the phone from your pocket/bag a short beep will be heard and a picture will be taken from the front and rear camera. An email with a picture + device location will be sent to your configured email. You have 15 seconds ... (Same as before) - In case you selected the Power alert mode, after clicking OK you will have 10 seconds to connect your phone to a power source. Don’t close the app or your phone! After 10 seconds the app will dim the screen and continue to run with minimum power. When someone (including you) will unplug the phone from the power source a short beep will be heard and a picture will be taken from the front and rear camera. An email... (same as other modes) In addition you can enable/disable the use of flashlight when alarm is triggered. You can also enable/disable the option to save the photo to your photo album. (Camera roll). Retry Count – configure how many times you can try to enter your secret patter before triggering an alarm. Sound – Select the preferred sound from list of sounds. (Including None for no sound) Sound Duration – Select the time in seconds that you hear the alarm. Play Beep - If enabled will play a short beep sound when intruder is detected. Pattern reset: Delete the app from the task bar and open it again in case you forgot your pattern and the app is locked. Double click on the Home button to open the task bar. have a question regarding iGotYou? please feel free to contact us at support@novniv.com

About

BLE Sniffer

This app transforms your iPhone into a passive Bluetooth Low Energy scanner. It reveals nearby BLE devices, logs their advertisements, and offers a proximity radar to estimate distance, all without establishing a connection.

Highlights
  • Live BLE device scanning
  • Device categorization with vendor lookup
  • Proximity radar and Geiger mode
  • Session saving and baseline comparison
  • Full CSV export of scan data
  • Optional GATT service inspection
Features
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BLE Sniffer turns your iPhone into a passive Bluetooth Low Energy scanner. See the BLE devices broadcasting around you, log what they're advertising, and use a proximity radar to gauge how close they are — all without connecting to anything. Think of it as a "sniff raw" mode for the Bluetooth Low Energy spectrum: capture the advertisements in the air, filter nothing, analyze offline. Whether you're mapping the BLE devices in your own home, auditing your gear, or reverse-engineering your own hardware, BLE Sniffer shows you what's broadcasting nearby. WHAT IT DOES Live device scanning See a real-time list of the nearby BLE devices that are advertising — name, identifier, signal strength (RSSI), manufacturer, service UUIDs, advertisement count, and first/last-seen times. Sort by signal, activity, name, or recency. Device categorization (heuristic) A built-in lookup of the complete Bluetooth SIG manufacturer registry — 4,000+ vendor IDs — plus vendor and name heuristics attaches a visual badge to some devices to help you triage a long list — for example dev boards, smart-home gear, and devices whose manufacturer ID or advertised name matches known camera vendors. These are best-effort guesses based on what a device broadcasts, not confirmed identifications. Proximity radar & "Geiger" mode A radar view plots advertising devices on concentric rings by signal strength. Pick one device and switch to single-device mode: a big live RSSI readout with color-coded background plus audio and haptic feedback that speeds up as the signal gets stronger — walk around and home in on it like a metal detector. Sessions & baseline diffing Save a scan as a named session. Capture a baseline in one location, scan another, and diff the two — see which advertising devices appear in the new scan but not the baseline. A quick way to narrow a long list down to what changed. Full CSV export Export any session or live scan as CSV — one row per advertisement, with timestamps, identifiers, RSSI, manufacturer IDs, service UUIDs, TX power, and raw advertisement bytes. Share it anywhere via the system share sheet for offline analysis. Optional device inspection For devices you own, opt in to connect and browse the GATT service tree — read manufacturer, model, and firmware info and explore characteristics. Connections are always explicit and per-device; the app never auto-connects. PRIVACY-FIRST BY DESIGN • Passive by default — it listens, it doesn't transmit or pair • No ads, no in-app purchases, no subscriptions • No telemetry, no accounts, no cloud — your data stays on your device • Everything is logged locally and exported only when you choose GREAT FOR • Mapping and auditing the BLE devices broadcasting in your own home or office • Hardware hackers, makers, and security researchers • Anyone curious about the invisible radio traffic around them PERMISSIONS BLE Sniffer asks only for Bluetooth access, which it uses to listen for nearby device advertisements. It does not pair, transmit, or request your location. Each device appears under an app-scoped identifier assigned by iOS — no hardware addresses are exposed. NOTE BLE Sniffer is a passive observation tool for the Bluetooth Low Energy spectrum. It detects Bluetooth Low Energy advertisements only — it is not a hidden-camera or surveillance detector and cannot find devices that don't broadcast BLE (including many cameras, and anything using Bluetooth Classic, Wi-Fi, or cellular). RSSI indicates rough proximity (distance), not direction, and device categories are heuristic guesses, not guarantees. Please use it responsibly and legally.

Screenshots

iGotYou1 screens
BLE Sniffer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: BLE Sniffer at Free against iGotYou's $0.99. BLE Sniffer also leads on rating (5.0 vs 1.2). iGotYou's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and ratings volume (6 vs 2). On update cadence, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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 Sniffer is free to download; iGotYou costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

BLE Sniffer holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 2 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
iGotYou versus BLE Sniffer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameteriGotYouBLE Sniffer
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating1.2 (6 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews12.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings6 — better2
Update frequencyMonthlyMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS9.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB39 MB
Age rating+44+
DeveloperNiv GutherzShibby Ventures LLC

Bugs and requests

iGotYou

Reported bugs

25 issues
  • App crashes frequently
  • Email sending fails
  • Location not received
  • App minimizes easily
  • Doesn't work on iPhone 4/4s
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  • Update not appearing
  • Test email settings incorrect
  • App disabled after incorrect attempts
  • Motion alarm triggered by notifications
  • Cannot set up Yahoo mail
  • Cannot lock app
  • Camera sound/visual cannot be turned off
  • Picture sent to junk mail
  • App stops working when home button pressed
  • GPS active all the time
  • Doesn't send email of photo
  • Doesn't work unless app is open
  • Doesn't have real pass lock on phone
  • Doesn't lock phone
  • Motion alarm triggered by incoming messages
  • Cannot bypass with home button
  • App doesn't work
  • Alarm doesn't sound
  • Cannot get app to send email
  • Doesn't send pic or location to email

Requested features

10 requests
  • Integrate with iPhone lock screen
  • Shortcut for emergency activation
  • Alarm only on screen touch
  • Total lock including power button via certificates
  • Take photo on multiple wrong passcode attempts
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  • Option to enable photo on wrong passcode only
  • Block phone shutdown
  • Auto-lock when screen goes blank
  • Continuous running mode
  • Portuguese version

BLE Sniffer

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

iGotYou

No in-app purchases

None

BLE Sniffer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is iGotYou free?
iGotYou costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is BLE Sniffer free?
BLE Sniffer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, iGotYou or BLE Sniffer?
BLE Sniffer is rated higher. iGotYou averages 1.2 out of 5 from 6 ratings, while BLE Sniffer averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do iGotYou or BLE Sniffer have ads?
Neither iGotYou nor BLE Sniffer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, iGotYou or BLE Sniffer?
iGotYou ships an update monthly, and BLE Sniffer monthly. Most recently, iGotYou was updated on November 6, 2026 and BLE Sniffer on October 31, 2026.

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