Comparison

Handy Bluetooth Arduino Controller vs Pico Projects

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

Head to head
About

Handy Bluetooth Arduino Controller

Design custom iPhone interfaces to control your electronics projects via Bluetooth Low Energy. Easily create and customize buttons to send commands to your Arduino devices without needing to code for iOS.

Highlights
  • Customizable Bluetooth interfaces
  • Control Arduino projects
  • No iOS programming required
  • Console/Terminal functionality
  • Send and receive messages
  • Arduino example sketch included
Features
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Are you making an electronics project and want a custom iPhone app to go with it? With Handy BLE you can control the world around you through Bluetooth Low Energy. Create a custom interface in minutes that can communicate directly to your Arduino project. Easily design your own iPhone app without complicated iOS programming, then add a few simple commands to communicate with the LightBlue Bean through BLE (Bluetooth Low Energy). Buttons can be customized with different colors and text and then moved around the screen any way you would like. Set a command that you want sent to your device for each button. Then just power on your LightBlue Bean, tap to connect and control your Arduino project. It is as simple as that! Features: • Works with the LightBlue Bean • Console / Terminal • Send messages • Receive messages • Arduino Example Sketch provided • Supports 3D Touch quick actions • Built for beginners and experts Plus: • No iOS programming required • No internet required • No complicated connection process Handy BLE is designed to help younger makers and beginners understand the basics of mobile Bluetooth communication and is powerful enough for rapid prototyping by experts. We have tried to simplify the process so you can be up and running with your own iPhone application that will control your Arduino project. We have abstracted away the complicated bits but left enough so that you have complete control over your project while learning the basics as you go.

About

Pico Projects

Features
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Pico Projects is an app for those who are learning Raspberry Pi Pico. It contains useful Raspberry Pi Pico projects in MicroPython and circuit diagrams. Also, it provides datasheet documents with details.

Screenshots

Handy Bluetooth Arduino Controller4 screens
Pico Projects4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Handy Bluetooth Arduino Controller at 9.0 against Pico Projects's 16.0. On price, ads, 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Handy Bluetooth Arduino Controller versus Pico Projects: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHandy Bluetooth Arduino ControllerPico Projects
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.7 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews83.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS9.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB37 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPaul ShelleyZaw Win Myat

In-app purchases

None

Handy Bluetooth Arduino Controller

No in-app purchases

None

Pico Projects

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Handy Bluetooth Arduino Controller free?
Handy Bluetooth Arduino Controller is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Pico Projects free?
Pico Projects is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Handy Bluetooth Arduino Controller or Pico Projects have ads?
Neither Handy Bluetooth Arduino Controller nor Pico Projects shows ads.

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