LightBlue® vs BLE Beacon Toolkit

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.

Scan nearby Bluetooth Low Energy devices, inspect their signals, and test iBeacon identities with your iPhone or iPad. Beacon Tool helps developers, technicians, and makers explore BLE devices and troubleshoot compatible Bluetooth projects. BLUETOOTH LOW ENERGY SCANNER • Discover nearby devices broadcasting BLE advertisements. • Inspect advertised names, service information, and raw data. • Search devices and filter for favorites, connectable devices, or iBeacon advertisements. • Save custom names and notes to recognize devices later. LIVE SIGNAL FINDER • Follow a selected device’s signal strength as you move. • View RSSI history and signal trends. • Use changing signal levels to help locate a nearby advertising device. iBEACON SIMULATOR AND MONITORING • Create test identities with UUID, Major, and Minor values. • Start and stop iBeacon advertising. • Monitor selected identities and view matching beacon signals. ADVANCED TOOLS WITH BEACONTOOLS PRO • Explore GATT services and characteristics on compatible, connectable devices. • Read supported values, write to writable characteristics, and subscribe to notifications. • Use a terminal with compatible Nordic UART peripherals. • Save and manually replay reusable GATT write commands. • Record scan and GATT sessions, then export CSV, JSON, or text reports. • Simulate custom GATT peripherals for testing with a second device. • Check expected iBeacon identities during a deployment inspection and export CSV or JSON reports. Pro unlocks advanced tools and removes ads through a one-time lifetime purchase. No subscription. SAVE AND REUSE YOUR SETUP Keep favorite devices, names, and notes organized. Optionally sync saved device names and notes through iCloud. Import and export supported beacon definitions and testing configurations. Bluetooth support depends on the peripheral and its available services. Scanning and simulation work in the foreground. Signal strength and distance readings are estimates. Explore your BLE devices and build your next Bluetooth test with Beacon Tool. — WHO IT'S FOR — • iOS developers integrating Core Location / Core Bluetooth • IoT and hardware engineers commissioning beacon fleets • Retail, museum, and venue teams testing proximity experiences • QA engineers validating BLE-based features • Hobbyists exploring the world of Bluetooth Low Energy Beacon Multi-Tool is designed to feel fast, focused, and at home on iOS. No bloat, no servers, no accounts — just the BLE tools you actually need. Privacy Policy: https://hvhorgz.netlify.app/privacy/beacon Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/