AirBeacon vs BeaconSET
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
AirBeacon
This app simulates a Bluetooth 4.0 / LE beacon on your iPhone or iPod touch. It allows for multiple beacon profiles with different UUIDs and major/minor values. It can also share beacon information with another device over Wi-Fi or Bluetooth.
- Simulates Bluetooth 4.0 / LE beacon
- Multiple beacon profiles
- Custom UUIDs, major/minor values
- Share beacon data over Wi-Fi
- Share beacon data over Bluetooth
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AirBeacon simulates a Bluetooth 4.0 / LE beacon using an iPhone or iPod touch. AirLocate allows multiple beacon profiles with different UUID's and major / minor values. In addition, when testing with an AirLocate device, AirBeacon can share beacon UUID's with AirLocate over a Wi-Fi or Bluetooth wireless connection.
BeaconSET
This utility app allows users to scan for and modify the parameters of iBeacons. It provides essential information like UUID and RSSi, and enables adjustments to settings such as UUID, Major, Minor, and Transmission Power.
- Scan for nearby iBeacons
- View iBeacon common information (UUID, RSSi)
- Modify iBeacon UUID
- Modify iBeacon Major and Minor values
- Adjust Transmission Power
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BeaconSET is an application which will help you scan and modify iBeacons’ parameters. Key Features -Scan for any iBeacons around you -Get iBeacon’s common information, such like UUID, RSSi -Modify iBeacon’s parameters, such like UUID, Major, Minor, Transimission Power, etc.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: BeaconSET at 33% against AirBeacon's 0%. AirBeacon's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 6 months) and iOS requirement (7.0 vs 15.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
AirBeacon ships an update every 2 weeks, BeaconSET every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | AirBeacon | BeaconSET |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 3.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 33.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 6 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 7.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | PerCon Corporation | Yunli-Wuli Network Co., Ltd |
Customer experience
AirBeacon
BeaconSET
In-app purchases
AirBeacon
No in-app purchases
BeaconSET
No in-app purchases
