Comparison

LightBlue® vs Find My Ring

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
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

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.

Highlights
  • 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.

Screenshots

LightBlue®4 screens
Find My Ring3 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Find My Ring sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. LightBlue® asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

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.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
LightBlue® versus Find My Ring: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLightBlue®Find My Ring
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (942 ratings)4.9 (655 ratings) — better
Positive reviews66.1% of reviews95.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings942 — better655
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.416.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size22 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPunch ThroughAndreas Assermark

Customer experience

LightBlue®

All ratings942 ratings
Positive83.3%
Neutral3.8%
Negative12.8%
Written reviews292 reviews
Positive66.1%
Neutral6.2%
Negative27.7%

Find My Ring

All ratings510 ratings
Positive98.2%
Neutral0.8%
Negative1.0%
Written reviews483 reviews
Positive95.7%
Neutral0.4%
Negative3.9%

User reviews

LightBlue®

From 942 App Store ratings

What 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 ratings

What 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

None

LightBlue®

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Find My Ring

One-time3
  • Small Tip$0.99
  • Medium Tip$4.99
  • Large Tip$9.99

Questions

Is LightBlue® free?
LightBlue® is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Find My Ring free?
Find My Ring is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, LightBlue® or Find My Ring?
Find My Ring is rated higher. LightBlue® averages 4.3 out of 5 from 942 ratings, while Find My Ring averages 4.9 from 655 ratings.
Do LightBlue® or Find My Ring have ads?
Neither LightBlue® nor Find My Ring shows ads.
Which is updated more often, LightBlue® or Find My Ring?
LightBlue® ships an update every 3 weeks, and Find My Ring every 3 months. Most recently, LightBlue® was updated on October 14, 2026 and Find My Ring on October 16, 2026.

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