Comparison

BLE Radar Ultra vs OpenFactor

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

Head to head
About

BLE Radar Ultra

This utility app helps you detect, analyze, and locate Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) devices. It offers real-time signal monitoring, directional tracking, and data export for various use cases.

Highlights
  • Real-time BLE scanning
  • Distance estimation via RSSI
  • Live signal analysis
  • Directional tracking with compass
  • Device focus mode
  • Export data (CSV/JSON)
  • Customizable scan settings
Features
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BLE Radar Ultra – Find, analyze, and locate Bluetooth devices like a pro. BLE Radar Ultra helps you precisely detect and track Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) devices. Whether you're searching for a lost device, analyzing signals, or testing BLE hardware – this app provides powerful tools in a modern interface. • Smart Scanning: Instantly detect all BLE devices nearby and sort them by signal strength and distance. • Live Signal Analysis: Monitor RSSI values in real-time with smoothing and stability ratings for reliable results. • Signal Chart: Visualize signal history and identify stable trends instead of single spikes. • Direction Finder: Use compass support to determine the most likely direction of a device. • Device Focus Mode: Track a single device with detailed information like stability, trend, and last seen. • Custom Settings: Flexibly adjust scan speed, signal smoothing, and list behavior. • Export & Tools: Export device lists (CSV/JSON) or start fresh with a clean list anytime. Ideal for: • Finding lost Bluetooth devices • Testing BLE hardware • Analyzing Smart Home setups • Developers and tech enthusiasts Note: Distance display is based on signal strength (RSSI) and may vary depending on the environment and obstacles. Main Features: • Real-time BLE scan • Distance estimation via RSSI • Signal chart with smoothing • Directional tracking • Stability and trend analysis • Favorites & Device Focus • Export (CSV / JSON) • Adjustable scan settings

About

OpenFactor

This app generates two-factor authentication codes securely on your iPhone and Apple Watch. It prioritizes privacy with no accounts, servers, or third-party code, and encrypts your data locally. It supports importing from other authenticator apps and offers encrypted backups.

Highlights
  • Generates TOTP and HOTP codes
  • Apple Watch support
  • No account or server required
  • Local data encryption
  • Import from other authenticators
  • Encrypted and plain backups
  • Biometric app lock
Features
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OpenFactor generates two-factor authentication codes on iPhone and Apple Watch. No account, no server, no analytics, no third-party code. Your accounts are encrypted before they are stored. The key that opens them lives in the app's private container on each device, is never synced, is never written to the Keychain, and is excluded from device backups. If you turn on iCloud sync, the encrypted records travel through your own iCloud Keychain and the key does not go with them. DESIGN PRINCIPLES · No backend to breach, subpoena, or shut down. · No telemetry. · Built in the open from the first commit. · Your accounts are yours to take elsewhere. WHAT IT DOES · Generates TOTP and HOTP codes to the published standards, verified against the test vectors in those specifications. · Shows one code at a time on Apple Watch, which keeps working with your iPhone off, absent, or out of range. · Imports from other authenticators, including Google Authenticator transfer codes and Aegis vaults. Scan a setup code with the Camera app, open one from an image, or share an image straight into OpenFactor without saving it to Photos first. · Exports an encrypted backup whose format is public and documented, or a plain file for moving to another app. The difference is stated on screen, because portability should not require hiding the security cost. · Locks behind Face ID, Touch ID, or your passcode. WHAT IT DELIBERATELY DOES NOT DO · No Mac app and no browser extension. A second factor is worth less the moment it lives on the machine asking for it. · No password storage and no autofill. This is an authenticator, not a password manager. OPEN SOURCE · The source is public, including the design documents, review findings, and hardware experiments behind them. Read it at github.com/dragut-eth/openfactor

Screenshots

BLE Radar Ultra4 screens
OpenFactor4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: OpenFactor at none against BLE Radar Ultra's 1. OpenFactor also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 5 days vs every 2 months). BLE Radar Ultra's advantage is ratings volume (3 vs 1). On price, rating, device support and iOS requirement 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. BLE Radar Ultra sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. OpenFactor asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for BLE Radar Ultra against 5.0 for OpenFactor. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

BLE Radar Ultra ships an update every 2 months, OpenFactor every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
BLE Radar Ultra versus OpenFactor: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBLE Radar UltraOpenFactor
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 5 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS17.6 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKurenz Music GbRReVeNG System

Customer experience

BLE Radar Ultra

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

OpenFactor

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

In-app purchases

1 purchases

BLE Radar Ultra

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$1.99
None

OpenFactor

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is BLE Radar Ultra free?
BLE Radar Ultra is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is OpenFactor free?
OpenFactor is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, BLE Radar Ultra or OpenFactor?
BLE Radar Ultra and OpenFactor are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 3 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do BLE Radar Ultra or OpenFactor have ads?
BLE Radar Ultra shows ads; OpenFactor does not.
Which is updated more often, BLE Radar Ultra or OpenFactor?
BLE Radar Ultra ships an update every 2 months, and OpenFactor every 5 days. Most recently, BLE Radar Ultra was updated on October 31, 2026 and OpenFactor on October 24, 2026.

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