Comparison

Bluetooth Serial Connect vs Argus

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

Head to head
About

Bluetooth Serial Connect

Control your Arduino projects with your phone. Design custom interfaces with buttons, joysticks, and displays to send and receive data via Bluetooth low-energy modules. An integrated library simplifies the connection process.

Highlights
  • Customizable control boards
  • Button and joystick inputs
  • Display integration
  • Bluetooth low-energy module support
  • Arduino library for easy integration
Features
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Turn your iPhone or iPad into a custom control panel for Arduino and BLE projects, without building a dedicated iOS app. Bluetooth Serial Connect lets you design a board, connect to an HM-10-style Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) UART module, and exchange commands and live readouts with your hardware. The companion Bluetooth Serial Connect Arduino library makes it straightforward to read controls and update displays, indicators, and gauges in your sketch. DESIGN YOUR BOARD Place, move, resize, and customize nine component types: • Buttons with momentary, latch, and repeat behavior • Joysticks, sliders, toggles, and D-pads • Text displays, labels, indicators, and gauges Assign channel numbers that stay fixed when you rearrange controls. Fine-tune colors, labels, value ranges, board appearance, and haptic feedback. Undo and redo changes, duplicate and lock controls, snap them to the grid, and adjust their front-to-back order. START WITH TEMPLATES AND EXAMPLES Explore seven editable board templates for RC cars, robotic arms, menu remotes, sensor hubs, smart-home relays, and more. Companion Arduino sketches and protocol examples help you connect the app to your code. Follow the interactive walkthrough or try a board with simulated data—no hardware required. Import, export, share, and duplicate boards as your projects grow. CONNECT AND TROUBLESHOOT Scan for nearby BLE devices, follow clear connection progress, remember frequently used modules for quick reconnecting, and configure service and characteristic UUIDs. Use the timestamped two-way console to inspect sent and received messages or send console text while you troubleshoot. Setup guides, wiring help, complete examples, and the wire protocol reference are available at bluetooth.henhen1227.com. Bluetooth Serial Connect is designed for HM-10-style BLE modules. Other BLE UART hardware may work when its service and characteristic UUIDs match the app settings. HC-05 and HC-06 Bluetooth Classic modules are not supported. A compatible BLE module is required for live hardware control. FREE OR PRO Start with one board free. Add more by watching rewarded ads, or unlock Bluetooth Serial Pro with a one-time in-app purchase for unlimited boards and no ads. The free version may also show occasional ads after edits. Existing boards remain available to use. No app account is required. Board files stay on your device unless you choose to share them.

About

Argus

Organize, search, and analyze your dashcam and Sentry Mode footage with on-device intelligence. Watch synced multi-camera playback, find events quickly with map view and filters, and get plain-language summaries. Your footage remains private, processed entirely on your device.

Highlights
  • Organized event library
  • Synced multi-camera playback
  • Searchable event timeline
  • Map view of events
  • On-device object detection
  • Private data processing
Features
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Argus turns your dashcam and Sentry Mode footage into an organized, searchable event library — with all analysis done privately on your device. Copy your TeslaCam folder from the USB drive, import it into Argus, and every Sentry and Saved event is automatically organized into a clean timeline you can browse, search, and map. WATCH EVERY ANGLE AT ONCE • Synced multi-camera playback — front, rear, and side repeaters play together, frame-aligned • Scrub one timeline and every camera follows • Export and share clips from any event FIND EVENTS FAST • Map view of all your events with smart clustering • Group events into trips automatically • Filter and search by date, location, tags, and what was detected • Add names, notes, and tags to any event ON-DEVICE INTELLIGENCE • Detects people and reads license plates in your footage — entirely on your device using Apple's Vision framework • Plain-language event summaries generated with on-device Apple Intelligence • Add plates to a personal watchlist (your own cars, or a plate from an incident) and get flagged when they appear in your footage • Set up geofences like “Home” or “Work” so events are labeled by place PRIVATE BY DESIGN • Your footage never leaves your device — no servers, no accounts, no analytics • Optional iCloud sync keeps your event notes, tags, and watchlist in your private iCloud database; videos always stay local

Screenshots

Bluetooth Serial Connect4 screens
Argus4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Argus at 5.0 against Bluetooth Serial Connect's 3.7. Argus also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 10 months). Bluetooth Serial Connect's advantage is ratings volume (7 vs 1) and iOS requirement (16.2 vs 18.0). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Argus holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bluetooth Serial Connect has 7 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Bluetooth Serial Connect ships an update every 10 months, Argus every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Bluetooth Serial Connect versus Argus: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBluetooth Serial ConnectArgus
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.7 (7 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings7 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 10 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.2 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size24 MB6 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperHenry AbrahamsenAnsis Atteka

Customer experience

Bluetooth Serial Connect

All ratings7 ratings
Positive57.1%
Neutral28.6%
Negative14.3%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Argus

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Bluetooth Serial Connect

No in-app purchases

None

Argus

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Bluetooth Serial Connect free?
Bluetooth Serial Connect is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Argus free?
Argus is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Bluetooth Serial Connect or Argus?
Argus is rated higher. Bluetooth Serial Connect averages 3.7 out of 5 from 7 ratings, while Argus averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Bluetooth Serial Connect or Argus have ads?
Bluetooth Serial Connect shows ads; Argus does not.
Which is updated more often, Bluetooth Serial Connect or Argus?
Bluetooth Serial Connect ships an update every 10 months, and Argus every 3 weeks. Most recently, Bluetooth Serial Connect was updated on October 24, 2026 and Argus on October 16, 2026.

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