Comparison

BLE Sniffer vs IndieForge

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

Head to head
About

BLE Sniffer

This app transforms your iPhone into a passive Bluetooth Low Energy scanner. It reveals nearby BLE devices, logs their advertisements, and offers a proximity radar to estimate distance, all without establishing a connection.

Highlights
  • Live BLE device scanning
  • Device categorization with vendor lookup
  • Proximity radar and Geiger mode
  • Session saving and baseline comparison
  • Full CSV export of scan data
  • Optional GATT service inspection
Features
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BLE Sniffer turns your iPhone into a passive Bluetooth Low Energy scanner. See the BLE devices broadcasting around you, log what they're advertising, and use a proximity radar to gauge how close they are — all without connecting to anything. Think of it as a "sniff raw" mode for the Bluetooth Low Energy spectrum: capture the advertisements in the air, filter nothing, analyze offline. Whether you're mapping the BLE devices in your own home, auditing your gear, or reverse-engineering your own hardware, BLE Sniffer shows you what's broadcasting nearby. WHAT IT DOES Live device scanning See a real-time list of the nearby BLE devices that are advertising — name, identifier, signal strength (RSSI), manufacturer, service UUIDs, advertisement count, and first/last-seen times. Sort by signal, activity, name, or recency. Device categorization (heuristic) A built-in lookup of the complete Bluetooth SIG manufacturer registry — 4,000+ vendor IDs — plus vendor and name heuristics attaches a visual badge to some devices to help you triage a long list — for example dev boards, smart-home gear, and devices whose manufacturer ID or advertised name matches known camera vendors. These are best-effort guesses based on what a device broadcasts, not confirmed identifications. Proximity radar & "Geiger" mode A radar view plots advertising devices on concentric rings by signal strength. Pick one device and switch to single-device mode: a big live RSSI readout with color-coded background plus audio and haptic feedback that speeds up as the signal gets stronger — walk around and home in on it like a metal detector. Sessions & baseline diffing Save a scan as a named session. Capture a baseline in one location, scan another, and diff the two — see which advertising devices appear in the new scan but not the baseline. A quick way to narrow a long list down to what changed. Full CSV export Export any session or live scan as CSV — one row per advertisement, with timestamps, identifiers, RSSI, manufacturer IDs, service UUIDs, TX power, and raw advertisement bytes. Share it anywhere via the system share sheet for offline analysis. Optional device inspection For devices you own, opt in to connect and browse the GATT service tree — read manufacturer, model, and firmware info and explore characteristics. Connections are always explicit and per-device; the app never auto-connects. PRIVACY-FIRST BY DESIGN • Passive by default — it listens, it doesn't transmit or pair • No ads, no in-app purchases, no subscriptions • No telemetry, no accounts, no cloud — your data stays on your device • Everything is logged locally and exported only when you choose GREAT FOR • Mapping and auditing the BLE devices broadcasting in your own home or office • Hardware hackers, makers, and security researchers • Anyone curious about the invisible radio traffic around them PERMISSIONS BLE Sniffer asks only for Bluetooth access, which it uses to listen for nearby device advertisements. It does not pair, transmit, or request your location. Each device appears under an app-scoped identifier assigned by iOS — no hardware addresses are exposed. NOTE BLE Sniffer is a passive observation tool for the Bluetooth Low Energy spectrum. It detects Bluetooth Low Energy advertisements only — it is not a hidden-camera or surveillance detector and cannot find devices that don't broadcast BLE (including many cameras, and anything using Bluetooth Classic, Wi-Fi, or cellular). RSSI indicates rough proximity (distance), not direction, and device categories are heuristic guesses, not guarantees. Please use it responsibly and legally.

About

IndieForge

Features
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IndieForge is the all-in-one productivity app built from the ground up for indie developers, solo founders, and side-project builders. If you maintain multiple apps, juggle versions, track income and expenses, or simply want to see how far you have come — IndieForge is your private war room. No team required. No complicated setup. Just you, your projects, and a tool that finally understands how indie developers actually work. BUILT FOR HOW INDIE DEVELOPERS ACTUALLY WORK Every project in IndieForge is organized by version, not by sprint or epic. Tasks belong to versions. Versions belong to projects. When it is time to ship, you know exactly what changed — and IndieForge generates a formatted changelog for you automatically. Switch between a four-column kanban board (To Do, Doing, Review, Done) and a filtered view by version, tag, or today's focus. Drag tasks across columns. Mark today's priority. Stay in flow. TRACK REVENUE, INVESTMENT, AND NET PROFIT Stop guessing whether your projects are profitable. IndieForge lets you record revenue and investment entries per project, then shows you a clear profit-and-loss breakdown — per project and across your entire portfolio. See six-month income trends with stacked bar charts. Know your profit margin at a glance. Make better decisions about where to invest your time and money. PROJECT FILE ARCHIVE WITH ICLOUD SYNC Attach Word documents, Excel spreadsheets, PDFs, design files, images, and any other project asset directly to your projects. Files are organized by type and synced across all your devices via iCloud. Link files to specific versions or reference them from individual tasks. Large files sync lazily — thumbnails arrive first, full files download on demand. Your local cache is managed automatically so you never run out of storage. DEV JOURNAL — YOUR DEVELOPMENT STORY IndieForge includes a dedicated journal for recording your development journey. Write about breakthroughs, struggles, lessons learned, and milestones reached. Attach up to nine photos per entry. Tag entries to projects and versions. Choose your mood. The journal lives outside your projects because your story is bigger than any single product. It is the thread that connects everything you build. SHARE YOUR PROGRESS WITH THE WORLD Generate beautifully designed share cards from your journal entries, version changelogs, milestone achievements, development streaks, and monthly revenue reports. Share them to Twitter, Instagram, WeChat, or anywhere else. Choose from multiple card templates. Adjust the aspect ratio for stories, feeds, or landscape posts. Your progress deserves to be seen. STREAK, MILESTONES, AND MOTIVATION Building alone is hard. IndieForge keeps you going with a development streak counter, achievement milestones, and today's focus reminders. Watch your streak grow. Celebrate your first user, your first dollar, your hundredth task. Every small win is recorded. Every day you ship counts. APPLE ECOSYSTEM, DEEPLY INTEGRATED IndieForge is a native Apple app built with SwiftUI, SwiftData, and CloudKit. It runs on iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Watch. Home Screen widgets show your streak, today's tasks, and revenue at a glance. Live Activities track your development sessions on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island. The Apple Watch companion lets you check your focus tasks and mark them complete from your wrist. Everything syncs through iCloud. Your data stays on your device and in your private CloudKit database — never on third-party servers. SIMPLE, TRANSPARENT PRICING IndieForge offers a free tier with one project and core features. Upgrade to Pro for unlimited projects, revenue tracking, widgets, the Apple Watch app, and all share card templates. Choose monthly, annual, or a one-time lifetime purchase. No ads. No analytics tracking. No data selling. Your projects are yours. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

BLE Sniffer4 screens
IndieForge4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: BLE Sniffer at none against IndieForge's 3. BLE Sniffer also leads on iOS requirement (16.4 vs 26.0). IndieForge's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs monthly) and device support (4 vs 1). On price and ads 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. IndieForge sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. BLE Sniffer asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

BLE Sniffer ships an update monthly, IndieForge every 2 days. Both last shipped on October 25, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 5 level
BLE Sniffer versus IndieForge: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBLE SnifferIndieForge
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS16.4 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size39 MB19 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperShibby Ventures LLC旭东 王

In-app purchases

None

BLE Sniffer

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

IndieForge

Subscriptions2
  • VIP for Month1 Month trial$0.991 Month
  • VIP for year1 Year trial$9.901 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Member$29.99

Questions

Is BLE Sniffer free?
BLE Sniffer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is IndieForge free?
IndieForge is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do BLE Sniffer or IndieForge have ads?
Neither BLE Sniffer nor IndieForge shows ads.
Which is updated more often, BLE Sniffer or IndieForge?
BLE Sniffer ships an update monthly, and IndieForge every 2 days. Most recently, BLE Sniffer was updated on October 25, 2026 and IndieForge on October 25, 2026.

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