nRF Toolbox vs Movesense Showcase
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
nRF Toolbox
This utility app connects to various Bluetooth Low Energy accessories. It demonstrates multiple BLE profiles, including health and fitness sensors, allowing users to monitor data from devices like heart rate monitors and glucose monitors.
- Bluetooth Low Energy connectivity
- Demonstrates BLE profiles
- Heart Rate Monitor support
- Glucose Monitor support
- Cycling Speed and Cadence
- Running Speed and Cadence
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nRF Toolbox works with a wide range of Bluetooth Low Energy accessories. It contains applications demonstrating BLE profiles: Cycling Speed and Cadence, Running Speed and Cadence, Heart Rate Monitor, Blood Pressure Monitor, Health Thermometer, Glucose Monitor, Continuous Glucose Monitor, Monitoring & Diagnostic and more. The source code of this application is available on GitHub: https://github.com/nordicsemi/iOS-nRF-Toolbox
Movesense Showcase
This application allows you to connect and stream data from specialized motion sensors. Record and analyze motion, heart rate, and temperature data, or develop custom sensor applications. It's designed for creating personalized wearable solutions.
- Connect multiple motion sensors
- Stream real-time sensor data
- Record data logs for analysis
- Share data in CSV and JSON formats
- Update sensor firmware
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Movesense is an open and programmable development environment for sensing solutions, capable of measuring motion, heart rate, temperature and more. With the tiny, durable, water resistant motion sensor you can track anything that moves. Connect one or multiple Movesense sensors to Movesense Showcase application, stream data from the sensors to your phone and record your data for further analysing. You can also develop your own app in the Movesense sensor to make it work exactly as you need. With our innovative tools you can build your own wearables. To access all features, a Movesense sensor is required. You can get your own Movesense sensor from https://www.movesense.com/shop Main features: • Sensor connection for one or multiple sensors • Easy-to-use data recording function • Sharing recorded data logs (CSV and JSON) • Device firmware update to selected sensor
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Movesense Showcase at 100% against nRF Toolbox's 22%. Movesense Showcase also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.6) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 18.0). nRF Toolbox's advantage is update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 3 months). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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.
Movesense Showcase holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 3 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 22% of nRF Toolbox's written reviews are positive against 100% of Movesense Showcase's.
nRF Toolbox ships an update every 5 weeks, Movesense Showcase every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and June 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | nRF Toolbox | Movesense Showcase |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.6 (8 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 22.2% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 8 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 27 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Nordic Semiconductor ASA | Movesense Oy |
Customer experience
nRF Toolbox
Movesense Showcase
In-app purchases
nRF Toolbox
No in-app purchases
Movesense Showcase
No in-app purchases
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