LightBlue® vs Find My Ring
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
LightBlue®
This app allows users to interact with Bluetooth Low Energy devices. It supports scanning for, connecting to, and analyzing BLE peripherals, as well as simulating your own BLE devices. It's a comprehensive tool for developers and enthusiasts working with BLE technology.
- Scan and discover BLE peripherals
- Connect and view device profiles
- Read and write characteristics
- Subscribe to notifications
- Create and advertise virtual BLE devices
- Clone peripheral profiles
- Log and share BLE events
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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.
Find My Ring
Locate your lost Oura ring using its Bluetooth signal strength. This app provides a real-time indicator to help you find your device, especially when it's hidden indoors.
- Bluetooth signal strength indicator
- Locates lost Oura rings
- Indoor finding assistance
- Avoids manual searching
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This little app will assist you in locating a lost Oura ring by searching for its Bluetooth signal. It saves you from dissecting the vacuum cleaner or combing through your high pile rug. The official Oura app recently added a feature, having the same name as this app, that can help you find a lost ring by displaying its last known location on a map. In contrast, this app provides a Bluetooth signal strength indicator, which is much more helpful when your ring is lost under a roof.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Find My Ring at 4.9 against LightBlue®'s 4.3. Find My Ring also leads on review sentiment (96% vs 66%). LightBlue®'s advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 3 months). On price, ratings volume, ads 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
Both are free to download. Find My Ring sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. LightBlue® asks for nothing beyond the download.
Find My Ring holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 942 and 655 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 66% of LightBlue®'s written reviews are positive against 96% of Find My Ring's.
LightBlue® ships an update every 3 weeks, Find My Ring every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | LightBlue® | Find My Ring |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (942 ratings) | 4.9 (655 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.1% of reviews | 95.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 942 — better | 655 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 22 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Punch Through | Andreas Assermark |
Customer experience
LightBlue®
Find My Ring
User reviews
LightBlue®
From 942 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Found lost devices
- 🔍 Helpful for locating Bluetooth devices
- 👍 Works great
- 👍 Lifesaver
- 👍 Fantastic app
Room to improve
- 🐛 Doesn't work with dead devices
- 🐛 Unreliable connection
- 🐛 Confusing to use
- 🐛 Doesn't work with all devices
Find My Ring
From 655 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Accurate location tracking
- 👍 Easy to use
- 🔍 Helpful in finding lost ring
- 💰 Free app with optional tip
- 🙏 Grateful for developer's work
Room to improve
- 🐛 Inconsistent signal detection
- ⚠️ Doesn't work with Oura Gen 4 ring
- 🔍 Requires being close to the ring
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
Find My Ring
Reported bugs
2 issues- Difficulty connecting to ring
- Inaccurate location detection
Requested features
2 requests- Integration with Oura app
- Support for newer Oura ring models
In-app purchases
LightBlue®
No in-app purchases
Find My Ring
- Small Tip$0.99
- Medium Tip$4.99
- Large Tip$9.99
Questions
Is LightBlue® free?
Is Find My Ring free?
Which has better reviews, LightBlue® or Find My Ring?
Do LightBlue® or Find My Ring have ads?
Which is updated more often, LightBlue® or Find My Ring?
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