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.
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.
- Customizable Bluetooth interfaces
- Control Arduino projects
- No iOS programming required
- Console/Terminal functionality
- Send and receive messages
- Arduino example sketch included
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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.
Pico Projects
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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.
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Verdict
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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | Handy Bluetooth Arduino Controller | Pico Projects |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (3 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 83.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 37 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Paul Shelley | Zaw Win Myat |
In-app purchases
Handy Bluetooth Arduino Controller
No in-app purchases
Pico Projects
No in-app purchases
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