nRF Toolbox vs ST Asset Tracking
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
ST Asset Tracking
Configure and set up Bluetooth Low Energy and NFC sensors for environmental and motion data logging. Track position and sensor data, then send it to a dashboard for analysis with charts and filtering.
- Configure BLE and NFC sensors
- Set data logging thresholds
- Log environmental and motion data
- Track position and sensor readings
- Send data to ST AWS dashboard
- Analyze data with charts and filters
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With the ST Asset Tracking app, you can configure and set-up the threshold of Asset Tracking Bluetooth Low Energy device and NFC Sensor. The app communicates with the FP-ATR-BLE1, FP-SNS-SMARTAG1, FP-SNS-SMARTAG2, FP-ATR-ASTRA1 functional packs firmware running on an STM32 microcontroller, which manages the specific environmental and motion sensor data logging activity. The app also supports Astra board that has NFC and short / long range connectivity (BLE, LoRa, and 2.4 GHz and sub 1-GHz proprietary protocols). The app lets you change sampling intervals, choose which sensor data is logged, and the conditions that trigger data logging. Once configured, the app is starting to track the position, environmental and motion sensors and allows the user to send recorded data to the ST AWS dashboard. The data collected on dashboard can be consulted through charts and filtered through time intervals up to 7 days before. For more information, visit the ST Asset Tracking web pages on www.st.com .
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: nRF Toolbox at 2.6 against ST Asset Tracking's 1.0. nRF Toolbox also leads on review sentiment (22% vs 0%) and ratings volume (8 vs 2). ST Asset Tracking's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 18.0). On price, update cadence, 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.
nRF Toolbox holds the better App Store score, 2.6 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 2 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 22% of nRF Toolbox's written reviews are positive against 0% of ST Asset Tracking's.
nRF Toolbox ships an update every 5 weeks, ST Asset Tracking every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | nRF Toolbox | ST Asset Tracking |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.6 (8 ratings) — better | 1.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 22.2% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 8 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 78 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Nordic Semiconductor ASA | STMicroelectronics |
Customer experience
nRF Toolbox
ST Asset Tracking
In-app purchases
nRF Toolbox
No in-app purchases
ST Asset Tracking
No in-app purchases
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