Comparison

Bluetooth Scanner vs Framehound

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

Head to head
About

Bluetooth Scanner

Discover nearby Bluetooth devices and access detailed connection information. Utilize signal strength and distance estimation to track down lost items, with an option to trigger an audible alert on supported devices.

Highlights
  • Scan nearby Bluetooth devices
  • Detailed connection information (TX Power, PHY, RSSI)
  • Lost device tracking via signal strength
  • Estimated distance to devices
  • Trigger sound alert on supported devices
Features
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This app helps you scan and detect nearby Bluetooth devices with detailed connection information. - Key Features: • Scan Nearby Devices: Discover all Bluetooth devices around you. • Detailed Connection Info: View TX Power, Primary & Secondary PHY, RSSI, and estimated distance,... • Lost Device Tracking: Use signal strength and distance estimation to locate lost devices. • Sound Alert: If the device supports it, trigger an alarm to find it faster. Simple, efficient, and reliable!

About

Framehound

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Framehound opens .pcap and .pcapng captures and analyses them on your device. You're in a wiring closet or on a customer site, something is broken, you have a capture, and your laptop is somewhere else. Framehound is for that moment: built for touch, and built on the assumption that you want an answer before a packet list. ANALYSIS, NOT JUST A PACKET LIST Open a capture and it has already been analysed. Nobody presses "analyse." • Overview — a health score with ranked, tappable issues, headline metrics, protocol mix and top talkers • Conversations — every exchange, named from what it actually is: TLS SNI, HTTP Host or Bonjour service. TCP flows carry handshake RTT, retransmissions, duplicate ACKs, zero-window events and how the connection closed • Hosts and VLANs — inventory with vendor resolution and drill-downs • Expert findings — severity-ranked results from the rule engine, each traceable to the packets behind it • Packets — the full list with a layer tree and hex dump TYPE THE FILTER YOU ALREADY KNOW Display filters work the way your muscle memory expects: ip.addr == 192.168.1.1 && tcp.flags.reset == 1. Every chart mark, table row, ladder arrow and finding carries the filter that produced it — tap it and that expression lands on an editable breadcrumb you can peel back one term at a time. MARK IT WHILE YOU'RE LOOKING AT IT Mark a packet, colour it, write on it. Note a conversation, a host or a finding. Annotations export back out as pcapng comments, so a capture annotated on an iPad opens in a desktop tool with the notes attached. FRAMEHOUND PRO An optional upgrade adding the specialist analysis: • Wireless analysis — frame-type mix, band and channel utilisation, retry rate, RSSI and SNR distribution, PHY generation mix • APs & Clients — beacon and AP inventory with information-element inspection, client capabilities inferred from probe requests, association sessions • Roaming analysis — 802.11r, k and v exchanges, roam events with their timing, and sticky-client verdicts • VoIP analysis — call setup and media quality end to end, MOS, jitter and loss per leg, and a timeline showing when audio broke • Protocol-aware ladders — SIP, TLS, DHCP, DNS, TCP and Wi-Fi association ladders with labelled messages, status codes and round-trip times • Guided investigations — pick a symptom and Framehound runs the checks in order, shows pass or fail with evidence, and names the next thing to look at • Apple Intelligence briefs — a plain-language read of the capture, what the findings mean together, and questions answered, entirely on device (requires an Apple Intelligence device) • Capture comparison — diff two captures to see what changed between a working state and a broken one • Report export — Markdown, PDF, annotated PCAPNG and filter lists, so what you found leaves as something a ticket can hold • Cloud import — pull captures straight from Cisco Meraki, Juniper Mist and Link-Live, with no laptop in the middle Pro is available monthly, annually with a 7-day free trial, or as a one-time purchase including all 1.x updates. PRIVACY Analysis is always on device. No account, no telemetry, no background sync. Networking exists in exactly two places, both off unless you turn them on and both user-initiated every time: pulling a specific capture from an integration you configured, and an opt-in local upload server that accepts one paired file push from another device. Apple Intelligence runs on-device and sees only a few hundred tokens of payload-free summary statistics. Packet payloads never reach the model. WHAT IT IS NOT It does not capture traffic — iOS cannot. It reads capture files you already have. It does not decrypt: pcapng Decryption Secrets Blocks are surfaced so you know they're there, and never used. GETTING CAPTURES IN Import from Files, use the share sheet from any app, drag and drop on iPad and Mac, or drop a file into On My iPhone → Framehound. Three sample captures are built in, so you can see it work first.

Screenshots

Bluetooth Scanner3 screens
Framehound4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Framehound at every 5 days against Bluetooth Scanner's every 3 months. Framehound also leads on device support (4 vs 2). Bluetooth Scanner's advantage is iOS requirement (16.0 vs 26.0). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Bluetooth Scanner sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Framehound sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $12.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Bluetooth Scanner ships an update every 3 months, Framehound every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Bluetooth Scanner versus Framehound: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBluetooth ScannerFramehound
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (9 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings9 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac, Vision Pro — better
Requires iOS16.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB26 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPhan Nhutmobiadroit, llc

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Bluetooth Scanner

One-time1
  • Premium$1.99
3 purchases

Framehound

Subscriptions2
  • Framehound Pro Monthly$12.991 Month
  • Framehound Pro Annual7 Days trial$99.991 Year
One-time1
  • Framehound Pro — One-Time Purchase$249.99

Questions

Is Bluetooth Scanner free?
Bluetooth Scanner is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Framehound free?
Framehound is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Bluetooth Scanner or Framehound have ads?
Neither Bluetooth Scanner nor Framehound shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Bluetooth Scanner or Framehound?
Bluetooth Scanner ships an update every 3 months, and Framehound every 5 days. Most recently, Bluetooth Scanner was updated on October 28, 2026 and Framehound on October 29, 2026.

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