Comparison

Balsio vs NearBLE

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

Head to head
About

Balsio

This app provides a dedicated space for work-related conversations, separating them from personal chats. It allows messaging via work email, collaboration within teams, and communication with external contacts like clients and partners. Users can also message WhatsApp contacts in supported regions.

Highlights
  • Separate work and personal messages
  • Message via work email
  • Team chat workspace
  • External communication with clients/partners
  • WhatsApp integration (EEA)
  • Organize chats by project/client
  • Threaded replies and chat management
Features
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Balsio – A chat app for work conversations Work messages often end up in the apps we use with friends and family. Balsio gives work conversations a separate place. With Balsio, you can: - Message anyone using their work email. No phone numbers needed. - Keep work and personal messages in separate apps. - Keep all your team's chats in one shared workspace. Invite a new person once, and they can join any team chat they need. - Talk with people outside your company: clients, partners, and suppliers. They do not have to join your team. - Message your WhatsApp contacts without leaving Balsio (available in the European Economic Area, where contacts have enabled third-party chats). - Organize chats into lists by project or client, reply in threads, and snooze chats or mark them as done. Tools like Slack and Teams are for conversations inside your company. Balsio is for your team and for the people outside your company: clients, partners, and suppliers. If you have used a personal chat app before, Balsio will feel familiar.

About

NearBLE

Features
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NearBLE helps you discover, inspect, and understand nearby Bluetooth Low Energy devices. Use NearBLE to scan for BLE devices around you, view signal strength in real time, inspect advertised services and manufacturer data, and keep a history of past scan sessions. When you want more context, NearBLE Pro unlocks Ask AI so you can get a clearer explanation of what a device might be and what its broadcast data suggests. Features: • Scan nearby BLE devices in real time • View device name, signal strength, and connectable status • Inspect advertised services and manufacturer data • Open device details for a closer look • Save scan history and revisit previous sessions • Mark important devices as favorites • Use Ask AI with NearBLE Pro for richer device explanations • Restore purchases with Apple-managed subscriptions NearBLE is designed for fast BLE discovery with a clean interface that works well for testing, troubleshooting, and identifying nearby devices. NearBLE Pro: • Unlimited Ask AI access • Favorites across the app • Premium BLE tools Subscriptions: NearBLE Pro is available as a monthly auto-renewable subscription. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel your subscription anytime in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Balsio4 screens
NearBLE4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Balsio at none against NearBLE's 1. Balsio also leads on iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.2). On price, ads and device support 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. NearBLE sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $0.99 per month. Balsio asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Balsio versus NearBLE: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBalsioNearBLE
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.2
Further details — not scored
Size51 MB2 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperFyello Productivity SIAAdis Mulabdic

In-app purchases

None

Balsio

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

NearBLE

Subscriptions1
  • NearBLE Pro$0.991 Month

Questions

Is Balsio free?
Balsio is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is NearBLE free?
NearBLE is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Balsio or NearBLE have ads?
Neither Balsio nor NearBLE shows ads.

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