Comparison

Bluelyze vs Periphery

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

Head to head
About

Bluelyze

Features
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Scan, inspect and debug Bluetooth LE devices. Read, write and monitor GATT characteristics. Pro adds MQTT, Home Assistant, Siri and Shortcuts. Bluelyze is a Bluetooth Low Energy toolkit for developers, hardware engineers and IoT tinkerers. Test ESP32, nRF52, Arduino and other BLE hardware from your iPhone or iPad, then send the data where it is useful. FREE TOOLKIT Scan nearby devices with live RSSI. Browse GATT services and read, write or subscribe to characteristics where the device supports it. Decode Eddystone beacons (UID, URL and TLM). Connect to up to 4 devices with a dashboard. Custom names, ignore list, favorites and history. Log of BLE advertising packets with CSV and JSON export. Proximity finder based on signal strength. Peripheral emitter that turns your iPhone into a BLE peripheral. QR scanner. Background monitoring of pinned characteristics, within the limits iOS allows. MQTT PUSH (PRO) Publish the values of your pinned characteristics to an MQTT broker such as Mosquitto, HiveMQ or EMQX, and use them in Home Assistant or Node-RED. TCP or TLS, username and password, topic template, QoS 0 or 1, retain, JSON or value only payload. Background pushes are not guaranteed, because iOS limits background work. HOME ASSISTANT (PRO) Add your pinned characteristics as Home Assistant sensors using MQTT discovery, and remove them again when you are done. Needs an MQTT broker connected to Home Assistant. SIRI & SHORTCUTS (PRO) Read Characteristic, Write Characteristic and Get Last Value actions work from Siri, the Shortcuts app and Spotlight. Get Last Value returns the last value received from a characteristic pinned for monitoring, without a new read. Needs a favorite BLE device. WEBHOOK PUSH (PRO) Send characteristic values as an HTTPS POST with JSON to your own endpoint. Users who set up a webhook before version 1.2 keep webhook push for free. BLUELYZE PRO Pro unlocks MQTT push, Home Assistant discovery, webhook push and Siri and Shortcuts actions. It also removes ads on iPhone and iPad and lifts the limit of the advertising packet log (free: 1000 entries). On Mac, Pro adds device windows, the RSSI dashboard window and saving to Downloads. Pro is an auto-renewing subscription, monthly or yearly, charged to your Apple ID. It renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the period ends. Manage it in your Apple ID settings. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://bluelyze.appkadag.com/privacy

About

Periphery

Features
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Professional Bluetooth LE scanner and debugger for iOS. Periphery gives developers, engineers, and power users a complete toolkit for inspecting Bluetooth Low Energy devices. Scan nearby devices, read GATT services and characteristics, write values, and subscribe to notifications โ€” all in one elegant app. FEATURES - Scan and discover nearby BLE devices in real time - Full GATT inspector: browse services, characteristics, and descriptors - Read, write, and subscribe to BLE characteristics - Automatic UUID identification for known devices - Device fingerprinting: identify chips from Nordic, ESP32, Xiaomi, Shelly - Offline UUID database โ€” no internet required - Dark interface optimized for hardware labs - Find lost Bluetooth devices, tags, and trackers by signal strength (RSSI) with a live proximity meter, a signal graph and an optional beep that speeds up as you get closer - Give devices your own names: they keep them next time and are listed first - Filter the list by minimum signal or hide devices that advertise no name PRO FEATURES Unlock with Periphery Pro: - Unlimited scanning, with no session limit - Session logging: every read, write and notification saved - Unlimited saved sessions, exportable as plain text - No ads, ever FREE VERSION Free to download. The first 3 scan sessions are free, with ads. Unlimited scanning, session logs and no ads need Periphery Pro (subscription or lifetime purchase). BUILT FOR - iOS and embedded developers - IoT engineers and hobbyists - Hardware prototypers - QA engineers testing BLE products - Anyone debugging Bluetooth connectivity - Anyone hunting a lost Bluetooth tag, tracker, or pair of earbuds COMMON QUESTIONS Does it work without an account or internet? Yes to both. Everything happens over Bluetooth on the device. What can it actually see? Any Bluetooth Low Energy device advertising nearby: name, address, RSSI, advertisement data, then the full GATT tree โ€” services, characteristics, descriptors โ€” with read, write and notify. Can it find my lost earbuds or a tracker? It can tell you whether they are advertising and how strong the signal is, which gets you warmer or colder as you walk. It cannot show a map or a direction: BLE gives signal strength, not bearing. Does it work with classic Bluetooth devices? No. iOS only exposes Bluetooth Low Energy to apps. Car kits and older audio devices that use classic Bluetooth are invisible to any app on the App Store. Why does the address change every few minutes? That is iOS, not the app. Apple rotates the identifier it shows you for privacy, so the same device can appear under different addresses. Does it work on iPad? Yes. Terms of Use: https://masaapps360.com/periphery/terms/ Privacy Policy: https://masaapps360.com/periphery/privacy/

Screenshots

Bluelyze4 screens
Periphery4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Periphery at every 10 days against Bluelyze's every 3 months. Periphery also leads on iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.4). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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. Bluelyze sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Periphery sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Bluelyze ships an update every 3 months, Periphery every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences ยท 4 level
Bluelyze versus Periphery: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBluelyzePeriphery
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 10 days โ€” better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.417.0 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size16 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerkemal cetinkayaGrima Hdez

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Bluelyze

Subscriptions2
  • Bluelyze Pro Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Bluelyze Pro Yearly$29.991 Year
4 purchases

Periphery

Subscriptions3
  • Periphery Pro Weekly$0.997 Days
  • Periphery Pro Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Periphery Pro Yearly$2.991 Year
One-time1
  • Periphery Pro Lifetime$3.99

Questions

Is Bluelyze free?
Bluelyze is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Periphery free?
Periphery is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Bluelyze or Periphery have ads?
Both Bluelyze and Periphery show ads.
Which is updated more often, Bluelyze or Periphery?
Bluelyze ships an update every 3 months, and Periphery every 10 days. Most recently, Bluelyze was updated on November 9, 2026 and Periphery on November 1, 2026.

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