Lora Sniffer vs OctopusFlow
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
OctopusFlow
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: OctopusFlow at every 6 days against Lora Sniffer's monthly. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Lora Sniffer ships an update monthly, OctopusFlow every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Lora Sniffer | OctopusFlow |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (6 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 6 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 6 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ImpactWave Lda | Adapty Inc. |
In-app purchases
Lora Sniffer
No in-app purchases
OctopusFlow
No in-app purchases
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