Anti Dog Bark vs Bluetooth Sleuth
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Anti Dog Bark
This utility app helps you combat disruptive dog barking from your own pets or neighbors. It provides a solution to reduce noise disturbances and create a more peaceful home environment.
- Stops dog barking
- Reduces noise
- Works for own or neighbor's dogs
- Creates peace
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Anti Dog Bark helps you stop your home's dog or neighbor 's dog barking again and making noise to bother you.
Bluetooth Sleuth
This utility allows users to deeply interact with their device's Bluetooth capabilities. It supports scanning for peripherals, advertising custom services, broadcasting and ranging iBeacons, and searching a comprehensive Bluetooth database.
- Configure custom Bluetooth advertisements
- Scan for specific or all advertising devices
- Connect to and browse peripheral services
- Broadcast and range iBeacons
- Search Bluetooth assigned numbers database
- Monitor RSSI values with graphing
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Bluetooth Sleuth is meant to be a well rounded app for interacting with your iOS or supported macOS device's Bluetooth functionality. This includes advertising and scanning for peripherals, as well as broadcasting, monitoring, and ranging iBeacons. The following covers some of the features included in Bluetooth Sleuth: [ADVERTISE] - Ability to configure an advertisement with your device - Create custom services, with their own characteristics and descriptors to advertise - Automatically saves custom services for later reuse [SCAN] - Ability to scan for all advertising devices within range - Ability to scan for specific advertisements that contain the provided CoreBluetooth UUID - Displays all peripherals, sorted by RSSI, with the ability to connect to devices that are open to connections - Browse a peripheral's services, characteristics, and descriptors - Monitor recent peripheral RSSI values with included graphing tools - Ability to automatically reconnect to a previously connected peripheral - Filter results to require names, ability to connect or minimum RSSI value [SEARCH] - Search through over 5,000 records in the Bluetooth database of assigned numbers for companies, services, characteristics and other related values [BROADCAST] - Configure your device to act as an iBeacon by providing it with a UUID, and optional major and minor values [RANGE] - Observe for the presence of any iBeacons broadcasting with the values you provide - See device information for any iBeacons located - Monitor recent iBeacon RSSI values with included graphing tools [MONITOR] - Observe region updates for any iBeacons broadcasting with the values you provide
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Bluetooth Sleuth at 5.0 against Anti Dog Bark's 1.4. Bluetooth Sleuth also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 2) and price ($0.99 vs $3.99). Anti Dog Bark's advantage is ratings volume (25 vs 1) and chart position (#166 vs unranked). On 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
Anti Dog Bark costs $3.99 and Bluetooth Sleuth $0.99 up front. Anti Dog Bark sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Bluetooth Sleuth asks for nothing beyond the download.
Bluetooth Sleuth holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Anti Dog Bark has 25 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Anti Dog Bark ships an update every 5 months, Bluetooth Sleuth every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Anti Dog Bark | Bluetooth Sleuth |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $3.99 | $0.99 — better |
| Rating | 1.4 (25 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 2.8% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 25 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Best chart rank | #166 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 7.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 振伟 张 | Sean McNeil |
Customer experience
Anti Dog Bark
Bluetooth Sleuth
Bugs and requests
Anti Dog Bark
Reported bugs
7 issues- Stop button does not work
- Play button does not function reliably
- Buttons only work intermittently
- App does not stop when hitting stop button
- Screen lock causes app to stop functioning
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- No audio output despite app being activated
- Frequency buttons unresponsive
Requested features
7 requests- Audio sensor to automatically detect dog barking
- Clear instructions and help menu
- Auto-stop functionality when screen dims/locks
- Louder volume output
- Proper high-frequency dog deterrent tones
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- Free version or trial before purchase
- Refund mechanism for non-working app
Bluetooth Sleuth
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Anti Dog Bark
- Train dog whistles$0.99
- Dog Behavior Signs$2.99
Bluetooth Sleuth
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Anti Dog Bark free?
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