Comparison

Try Blinky vs LuminaSet Bluetooth Utility

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

Head to head
About

Try Blinky

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Connect via Bluetooth and control the device's LED. This application can also display notifications when a button on a Bluetooth device is pressed.

About

LuminaSet Bluetooth Utility

Features
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Scan for nearby Bluetooth Low Energy peripherals and explore their services, characteristics, and device information. Built for firmware and hardware engineers who need to read, write, and verify GATT values quickly. Subscription required. Write and read any characteristic Write/Read characteristic values as strings, decimal numbers, or hex. With byte-order (big-endian / little-endian) and signed / unsigned interpretation for integer values. Hex entry that formats into byte pairs as you type without losing your cursor position. Read values from any characteristic, including custom and non-standard ones specific to your device. Subscribe to notifications and indications per characteristic and watch asynchronous updates arrive live. Built for repeat testing Write history is retained per device, per service, and per characteristic: twenty devices running identical firmware each keep their own characteristic write log and also has write history for matching Service + Characteristic / identical devices. Every write is timestamped and marked with its outcome, so you can see at a glance which values the peripheral accepted and which it rejected. Tap any past value to resend it instantly. Write to every connected device that exposes the same characteristic in a single action. See what the device actually is Service, characteristic, and descriptor names resolved from the Bluetooth SIG assigned numbers. Manufacturer resolved from the SIG company identifier in the advertising packet. Model number, serial number, and firmware, hardware, and software revisions read from the Device Information Service. Real-time signal strength and advertising details for every nearby device, with proximity and unknown-device filters. Console Log Live console with detailed, timestamped events for every connection, read, write, and notification. Filter the console by device, characteristic, UUID, or value to find one event among thousands. Full-screen console on iPhone. Export console output to a .txt file to attach to a bug report or share with your team. Terms of Use (EULA): https://keois.com/products/luminaset/terms-of-use.html Privacy Policy: https://keois.com/products/luminaset/privacy-policy.html Who this is for LuminaSet Bluetooth Utility is used by embedded firmware developers bringing up new hardware, QA and production-test teams verifying units before they ship, field engineers diagnosing deployed devices, and instructors teaching Bluetooth Low Energy. If you write firmware that exposes a GATT service, this is the tool for confirming it behaves the way you intended โ€” before you write a companion app. Moving from prototype to production When you go from one board on a bench to a batch on a line, keeping track of which unit received what becomes the hard part. Write history is scoped to the individual device rather than to the characteristic UUID, so identical units never share a log, and each entry records the time and whether the peripheral acknowledged it. Devices that publish a serial number over the Device Information Service are identified by that serial. Broadcast writes let you push the same provisioning value to every connected unit that supports it in one action. Supported devices Works with any Bluetooth Low Energy peripheral, including development kits and modules from Nordic Semiconductor, Espressif, Texas Instruments, Silicon Labs, and STMicroelectronics, as well as commercial sensors, beacons, wearables, and industrial equipment. Requires Bluetooth LE hardware; classic Bluetooth and Wi-Fi devices are outside the scope of Core Bluetooth and will not appear.

Screenshots

Try Blinky2 screens
LuminaSet Bluetooth Utility4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Try Blinky at none against LuminaSet Bluetooth Utility's 2. LuminaSet Bluetooth Utility's advantage is update cadence (every 3 months vs every 14 months). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. LuminaSet Bluetooth Utility sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Try Blinky asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Try Blinky ships an update every 14 months, LuminaSet Bluetooth Utility every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences ยท 4 level
Try Blinky versus LuminaSet Bluetooth Utility: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTry BlinkyLuminaSet Bluetooth Utility
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 14 monthsEvery 3 months โ€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo โ€” betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.617.0 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size1 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKAGA FEI Co., Ltd.devin sewell

In-app purchases

None

Try Blinky

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

LuminaSet Bluetooth Utility

Subscriptions2
  • LuminaSet Monthly7 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • LuminaSet Yearly7 Days trial$24.991 Year

Questions

Is Try Blinky free?
Try Blinky is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is LuminaSet Bluetooth Utility free?
LuminaSet Bluetooth Utility is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Try Blinky or LuminaSet Bluetooth Utility have ads?
Neither Try Blinky nor LuminaSet Bluetooth Utility shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Try Blinky or LuminaSet Bluetooth Utility?
Try Blinky ships an update every 14 months, and LuminaSet Bluetooth Utility every 3 months. Most recently, Try Blinky was updated on September 22, 2026 and LuminaSet Bluetooth Utility on September 19, 2026.

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