Comparison

BlueTooth Scanner Plus vs RF Signal Detector

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

Head to head
About

BlueTooth Scanner Plus

Quickly scan and identify nearby Bluetooth devices like headphones, speakers, and smart gadgets. View device names and signal strength to estimate proximity. Features a clean, user-friendly interface for everyday use.

Highlights
  • Scan for nearby Bluetooth devices
  • View detected device names
  • See signal strength
  • Refresh scans
  • Simple, clean design
Features
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Find nearby Bluetooth devices in seconds. Blue Scanner helps you quickly scan for Bluetooth devices around you and see what’s nearby. Use it to identify headphones, speakers, watches, fitness trackers, smart devices, and other Bluetooth-enabled items. Features: • Scan for nearby Bluetooth devices • View detected device names • See signal strength to estimate how close a device may be • Refresh scans anytime • Simple, clean, easy-to-use design Great for checking what devices are around your home, office, car, or workspace. Blue Scanner is a simple Bluetooth discovery tool built for everyday use. Subscription Terms After the free trial ends, your subscription will automatically renew unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the trial or current billing period. Payment will be charged to your Apple ID account after confirmation of purchase. Terms: https://sites.google.com/view/talk-or-not/home

About

RF Signal Detector

Features
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Sweep turns the sensors your iPhone actually has into three real detectors — and tells you plainly what they can and cannot find. READ THIS FIRST No iPhone app is a radio scanner. iOS gives no way to scan for Wi-Fi networks, tune arbitrary frequencies, or see a device that is switched off or not transmitting. Apps that claim to do those things are guessing. Sweep does not. What your phone genuinely has is a Bluetooth radio, a magnetometer, and a network stack. Sweep uses all three properly and shows you the real numbers. BLUETOOTH SIGNAL SCAN A live scan of the 2.4 GHz band. Every transmitter advertising nearby is listed with its true signal strength in dBm, strongest first, updating continuously. Walk toward a device and watch its reading climb — that is how you narrow down where something is. Vendor and device type are identified where the advertisement gives them away. MAGNETIC FIELD METER The magnetometer reads the ambient field in microtesla. Calibrate to the room you are standing in, then sweep slowly along walls, sockets, vents and furniture. Motors, speaker magnets, transformers and anything with an iron core push the reading well above local background. Peak-hold catches a spike you moved past too quickly. NETWORK DEVICE SCAN Lists the cameras, printers, speakers, streaming boxes and smart-home accessories advertising themselves on the Wi-Fi you are joined to. A device serving RTSP is streaming video — worth knowing about in a room you did not set up yourself. WHAT THE LIMITS ARE • Bluetooth scanning sees BLE advertisements only, not Wi-Fi and not classic Bluetooth traffic. • A magnetic spike means metal or a magnetic field — steel studs, pipes and screws all register. It is a clue, not proof. • The network scan only sees devices on your own network that advertise a service. • Signal strength is not distance. Walls and bodies move it, so Sweep reports coarse proximity instead of a made-up figure in metres. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Everything is measured on your device. No account, no cloud, no uploads, no tracking, and nothing is ever connected to — Sweep only listens. FREE & PRO The Bluetooth scan and the Wi-Fi network scan are free to run. Sweep Pro adds what they find (the count and the full device list), the magnetic field meter, the device locator, scan history, and an adjustable sensitivity threshold for the magnetic alert. Sweep Pro is a subscription: • Weekly with a 3-day free trial, then $3.99/week • Yearly $17.99 Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your App Store account settings. Privacy Policy: https://leomarston.github.io/manycode-legal/privacy.html Terms of Use: https://leomarston.github.io/manycode-legal/terms.html

Screenshots

BlueTooth Scanner Plus4 screens
RF Signal Detector4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: RF Signal Detector at 17.0 against BlueTooth Scanner Plus's 26.5. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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 Plus sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days and RF Signal Detector sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
BlueTooth Scanner Plus versus RF Signal Detector: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBlueTooth Scanner PlusRF Signal Detector
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequency—Every 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.517.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB14 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTalk or Not, Inc.Emine Saridogan

In-app purchases

3 purchases

BlueTooth Scanner Plus

Subscriptions3
  • Weekly Premium7 Days trial$4.997 Days
  • monthly premium7 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • Annual Premium7 Days trial$39.991 Year
2 purchases

RF Signal Detector

Subscriptions2
  • Weekly3 Days trial$3.997 Days
  • Yearly$17.991 Year

Questions

Is BlueTooth Scanner Plus free?
BlueTooth Scanner Plus is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is RF Signal Detector free?
RF Signal Detector is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do BlueTooth Scanner Plus or RF Signal Detector have ads?
Neither BlueTooth Scanner Plus nor RF Signal Detector shows ads.

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