BLE Insight vs TransparentBLE

BLE Insight is a powerful Bluetooth Low Energy development tool designed for developers, engineers, and IoT professionals. Scan, connect, and communicate with any BLE device — all from your iPhone. Visualize every detail of BLE communication with real-time sequence diagrams, live RSSI monitoring, and interactive data graphs. KEY FEATURES • Device Scanner Discover nearby BLE devices instantly. View device names, RSSI signal strength, and detailed advertisement data including service UUIDs, manufacturer data, and TX power. • Service & Characteristic Explorer Browse all services and characteristics of connected devices. Read, write, and subscribe to characteristics with a single tap. Supports Hex, UTF-8, and Decimal data formats. • Real-Time Sequence View Watch BLE communication unfold in real time. Every connection event, service discovery, read, write, and notification is displayed in a clear, chronological timeline. • RSSI Signal Monitor Track signal strength with a live-updating chart. View current, min, max, and average RSSI values at a glance with color-coded signal quality indicators. • Data Graphing & Logging Plot numeric characteristic values on real-time graphs. Supports standard integers, floats, and IEEE 11073 FLOAT formats. Export logged data as CSV. • Automated Test Scripts Record communication sessions and convert them into reusable test scripts. Create custom test sequences manually. Run scripts and verify each step with pass/fail results. • Beacon Scanner Detect iBeacon and Eddystone beacons nearby. View UUID, Major, Minor, proximity, and signal strength for each beacon. • Favorites & Session History Star your frequently used devices for quick access. All communication sessions are automatically saved and can be reviewed or exported anytime. • Connection Parameters View MTU sizes and connection details. Configure connection options including background notifications and auto-reconnect (iOS 17+). Built for professionals who need visibility into BLE communication. Whether you're developing firmware, debugging a sensor, or testing an IoT product — BLE Insight gives you the tools to understand what's happening over the air. Requires iOS 17.0 or later. Bluetooth 4.0+ (BLE) capable device required.

TransparentBLE is a local-first Bluetooth Low Energy utility for discovering, inspecting, logging, and controlling BLE devices from iPhone or iPad. Use it to scan nearby BLE peripherals, connect to devices, inspect GATT services and characteristics, read values, write payloads, subscribe to notifications, and debug raw BLE traffic in console and terminal-style views. TransparentBLE also supports reusable BLE profile files. A profile can describe how a device should be matched, which services and characteristics it uses, how notification payloads should be parsed, and which controls should appear in the app. This lets makers, developers, and hardware owners create an iOS control surface for BLE devices without building a custom Swift app. Features: - BLE device scanning with configurable refresh intervals - GATT service and characteristic inspection - Read, write, and notify support - Console and terminal-style BLE debugging - RSSI tracking and RSSI history graph - JSONL diagnostic log recording - Log history with filtering, timeline view, export, and share support - Optional background recording for diagnostics - Live Activity and Dynamic Island status while recording - Import local .bleprofile.json files - Import profiles from supported TransparentBLE links - Profile-based controls including switches, sliders, RGB controls, and option pickers - Local-first design with no ads, analytics, tracking SDKs, or developer-operated cloud service TransparentBLE is useful for BLE debugging, hardware testing, IoT projects, ESP32 experiments, embedded devices, meters, sensors, chargers, and custom BLE hardware where you understand the device protocol. Safety note: BLE profiles and write commands can affect connected hardware. Only import profiles you understand and trust, and test control commands carefully.