Comparison

Open Terminal vs BLE Scope

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

Head to head
About

Open Terminal

Features
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Open Terminal is an SSH client for your pocket. Connect to your servers, run commands, transfer files over SFTP and open tunnels, from your pocket. No account, no telemetry. Your hosts and keys stay on your device and in your own iCloud. SSH-2 with modern ciphers. SFTP file transfer. Port forwarding. Key and password authentication. Works with coding agents running on your own machine.

About

BLE Scope

Features
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BLE Scope is a lightweight utility for anyone working with Bluetooth Low Energy hardware โ€” firmware developers, integrators, and hobbyists who need to see exactly what a device is broadcasting and talk to it directly. SCAN - Real-time scan of nearby BLE peripherals with continuous RSSI updates. - Per-device RSSI history chart with a moving-average line, so you can watch signal behaviour as you move around. - Signal-strength grouping and sorting that stays readable while scanning. INSPECT ADVERTISEMENTS - Connectable flag, Tx power level, and advertised service UUIDs with well-known names resolved. - Hex dump of manufacturer-specific and service data, with the company identifier decoded. GATT - Connect to a peripheral and discover its services, characteristics, and descriptors. - Read characteristic values, with decoders for well-known characteristics. - Subscribe to notifications and indications with a rolling value log. - Write values as hex or text, with or without response. FAVORITES - Mark the peripherals you care about; favorites are stored on device and persist across sessions. BLE Scope has no account, makes no network connections, shows no ads, and collects no data. Scanning and connections run only while the app is in the foreground.

Screenshots

Open Terminal4 screens
BLE Scope4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: BLE Scope at every 4 days against Open Terminal's every 10 days. BLE Scope also leads on iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Open Terminal ships an update every 10 days, BLE Scope every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences ยท 4 level
Open Terminal versus BLE Scope: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOpen TerminalBLE Scope
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 10 daysEvery 4 days โ€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad โ€” better
Requires iOS26.018.0 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size17 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMichalot Louisbyungwoo koh

In-app purchases

None

Open Terminal

No in-app purchases

None

BLE Scope

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Open Terminal free?
Open Terminal is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is BLE Scope free?
BLE Scope is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Open Terminal or BLE Scope have ads?
Neither Open Terminal nor BLE Scope shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Open Terminal or BLE Scope?
Open Terminal ships an update every 10 days, and BLE Scope every 4 days. Most recently, Open Terminal was updated on October 14, 2026 and BLE Scope on October 7, 2026.

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