BBCBasic vs Lora Sniffer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
BBCBasic
This app implements the classic BBC BASIC programming language with modern enhancements. It supports advanced graphics, physics, multimedia, and networking, while maintaining compatibility with the original BBC Microcomputer.
- 2D and 3D graphics
- Shader programming
- 2D physics engine
- Stereo music and sound effects
- Video playback
- Networking support
- Accelerometer support
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BBC BASIC is the programming language originally specified and adopted by the British Broadcasting Corporation for its groundbreaking Computer Literacy Project of the early 1980s. This is an advanced, cross-platform, implementation with many enhancements over early versions. As well as extensions to the language it supports anti-aliased 2D graphics, 3D graphics, shader programming and includes a 2D physics engine. Its multimedia capabilities include stereo music, sound effects and video. It supports networking and the accelerometer. Nevertheless it maintains a high degree of compatibility with the BBC Microcomputer, including SOUND, ENVELOPE and MODE 7.
Lora Sniffer
This application serves as the user interface for a LoRa radio communication device. It allows technicians and hobbyists to test LoRa networks, monitor communications, and send data. Features include message logging with GPS, signal quality information, and data export options.
- LoRa radio communication testing
- Network maintenance
- BLE device connection
- Message logging with GPS
- Signal quality analysis (CRC, SNR, RSSI)
- Data export (HTML, JSON)
- Firmware updates for device
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The LoRaSniffer App is the user-interface for the LoRaSniffer Device. The combination of both, the device and the app, is a tool for technicians and hobbyist allowing to use LoRa radio communications for testing and network maintenance. The LoRaSniffer Device is a LoRa radio module that can use all possible features the LoRa standard offers. This app is its convenient user-interface. It connects via BLE to the device to allow access to all its setup-parameters, receive communications from other LoRa nodes and send data via LoRa. Using 2 coupled LoRaSniffer devices, it can provide valuable information about network quality in a real-world scenario. The app provides a logging window with features for: formatting of received communications, additional time-stamp and the GPS location where each message was received. Each received message is tagged with "Quality of Signal" information as CRC, SNR, RSSI and carrier-frequency offset. The app allows as well to save the logged data as a visual document in HTML or as JSON protocol file. Messages can be sent as ASCII-text or as binary data. Tools allow to scan for channel activity, calculate transmission times for specific payloads or, if used with 2 devices, allow to gain real-time information to optimize LoRa networks in the field. More, the app can be used as well to update the firmware of the LoRaSniffer device.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: BBCBasic at 75% against Lora Sniffer's 0%. BBCBasic also leads on rating (4.4 vs 1.0). Lora Sniffer's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 3 months). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
BBCBasic holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 6 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of BBCBasic's written reviews are positive against 0% of Lora Sniffer's.
BBCBasic ships an update every 3 months, Lora Sniffer monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and September 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BBCBasic | Lora Sniffer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (8 ratings) — better | 1.0 (6 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 8 — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 55 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Richard Russell | ImpactWave Lda |
Customer experience
BBCBasic
Lora Sniffer
In-app purchases
BBCBasic
No in-app purchases
Lora Sniffer
No in-app purchases
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