Comparison

BLE vs Periphery

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

Head to head
About

BLE

This app scans for nearby Bluetooth devices, displaying their signal strength on a live radar to help you locate lost items or detect unknown trackers. It prioritizes privacy by not requiring an account or location access, using only Bluetooth for its scans.

Highlights
  • Bluetooth device scanning
  • Live proximity radar
  • Signal strength indicator
  • Detects unknown devices
  • No account required
  • Privacy-focused design
Features
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Lost your earbuds or headphones? BLE helps you walk right to them. BLE (stands for Bluetooth Low Energy) listens for the Bluetooth devices around you and helps you find it. Your phone will also beat gently like a heart, faster as you get closer. You can also give your earbuds, headphones, speaker or watch a tag, a colour and a short code, so they stand out from everything else nearby Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://findmybluetooth.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 — 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 — 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 — services, characteristics, descriptors — 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

BLE3 screens
Periphery4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: BLE at none against Periphery's shown. On price, update cadence, 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. BLE sells 3 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

BLE ships an update every 4 days, Periphery weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
BLE versus Periphery: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBLEPeriphery
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterWeekly
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperYotam TroimGrima Hdez

In-app purchases

3 purchases

BLE

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Yearly14 Days trial$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • BLE LifeTime$59.99
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 BLE free?
BLE is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Periphery free?
Periphery is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do BLE or Periphery have ads?
Periphery shows ads; BLE does not.
Which is updated more often, BLE or Periphery?
BLE ships an update every 4 days, and Periphery weekly. Most recently, BLE was updated on October 25, 2026 and Periphery on October 24, 2026.

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