Comparison

LightBlue® vs KeyesRobot

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

Head to head
About

LightBlue®

This toolkit helps developers scan, inspect, and troubleshoot Bluetooth Low Energy devices. It allows you to discover, connect, and interact with nearby BLE devices, isolate SDK issues, and even mimic devices for prototyping.

Highlights
  • Scan and discover BLE peripherals
  • Browse services and characteristics
  • Read, write, and subscribe to notifications
  • Mimic devices by cloning profiles
  • Advertise as a custom peripheral
  • Log and share BLE events
Features
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LightBlue® by Punch Through® Your ultimate BLE debugging and development toolkit. Trusted by BLE developers and engineers since 2012 to scan, inspect, and troubleshoot Bluetooth Low Energy devices with precision. Scan For Peripherals  Discover, connect, and interact with nearby BLE devices. Quickly view advertising peripherals, sort by signal strength (RSSI), and connect with a single tap. Once connected, explore the device's advertisement data, services, and characteristics. Isolate SDK Issues  Simplify debugging by pinpointing issues in your BLE SDKs. LightBlue lets you isolate your app's business logic and focus on core tasks like connecting, scanning, reading, writing, and receiving notifications, built on years of BLE development experience and platform best practices. Mimic Your Devices  Prototype your application by creating virtual BLE peripherals. Build a profile from scratch or clone an advertising peripheral to mimic your product's functionality, even before your own firmware is ready. Key features: - Scan and discover BLE peripherals nearby - Browse services and characteristics in detail - Read, write, and subscribe to notifications and indications - Send data from notifications to AWS IoT or Adafruit IO via Cloud Connect - Write to characteristics in Hex, Octal, Binary, Decimal, or ASCII - Clone peripheral profiles or build your own from scratch - Advertise as a custom peripheral to simulate your device - Thoroughly log and share BLE events - Available on iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Android LightBlue started in 2012 as an internal tool. Punch Through built it to test and debug BLE devices while working on client projects. It worked well, so we shared it with the community. We've kept it free ever since. Today, LightBlue is used by solo developers and engineering teams alike, including inside some of the world's most respected tech and device companies.

About

KeyesRobot

Control Bluetooth 4.0 smart cars with your mobile device. This application facilitates communication with smart car modules for remote operation.

Highlights
  • Bluetooth 4.0 communication
  • Smart car control
  • Remote operation
Features
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This is an APP for controlling Bluetooth smart car. The main function is to communicate with Bluetooth 4.0 module

Screenshots

LightBlue®4 screens
KeyesRobot2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: KeyesRobot at 5.0 against LightBlue®'s 4.4. KeyesRobot also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.4). LightBlue®'s advantage is ratings volume (943 vs 1). On price, 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

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

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

KeyesRobot holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: LightBlue® has 943 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
LightBlue® versus KeyesRobot: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLightBlue®KeyesRobot
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (943 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews66.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings943 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, MaciPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS16.413.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size22 MB4 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperPunch Through克俭 左

Customer experience

LightBlue®

All ratings943 ratings
Positive83.5%
Neutral3.7%
Negative12.8%
Written reviews293 reviews
Positive66.2%
Neutral6.1%
Negative27.6%

KeyesRobot

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

LightBlue®

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Crashes after updates
  • Fails to connect Apple Pencil
  • Doesn't detect all nearby devices

Requested features

3 requests
  • Ability to manually name devices
  • More precise location tracking
  • Integration with Siri/Shortcuts

KeyesRobot

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

LightBlue®

No in-app purchases

None

KeyesRobot

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is LightBlue® free?
LightBlue® is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is KeyesRobot free?
KeyesRobot is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, LightBlue® or KeyesRobot?
KeyesRobot is rated higher. LightBlue® averages 4.4 out of 5 from 943 ratings, while KeyesRobot averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do LightBlue® or KeyesRobot have ads?
Neither LightBlue® nor KeyesRobot shows ads.

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