BLE View vs Simple BLE Scanner
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
BLE View
This utility scans for nearby Bluetooth Low Energy devices. It enables connection to devices to discover their services and characteristics, allowing users to read, write, and receive notifications from these characteristics.
- Scan for BLE devices
- Connect to devices
- Discover services and characteristics
- Read device characteristics
- Write to device characteristics
- Listen for notifications
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BLE View scans for nearby Bluetooth Low Energy devices. It allows you to connect to a device and discover it's services and characteristics. Once connected you can read, write, and listen for notifications from device characteristics.
Simple BLE Scanner
This application scans for nearby Bluetooth Low Energy devices and presents them in a filterable list. It displays crucial information for each device, including advertised data, signal strength, and timestamps. Users can easily start and stop the scanning process.
- Scan for nearby BLE devices
- Display discovered devices in a list
- Filter list by search field
- Display advertised data and RSSI
- Display Timestamp for each device
- Sort advertised data alphabetically
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This app scans for nearby Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) devices and displays them in a list. The list can be filtered by a search field, and the advertised data of each device is displayed in the list. The app also displays the RSSI (received signal strength indicator) value for each device, and the timestamp of every lookup in human readable format. The app has a button for starting or stopping the scan. Features - Scan for nearby BLE devices - Display discovered devices in a list - Filter list by search field - Display advertised data and RSSI value for each device - Display Timestamp for each device - Sort advertised data alphabetically - Start and stop scan with a button Requirements - iOS 12.0 or later
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Simple BLE Scanner at 5.0 against BLE View's 1.0. Simple BLE Scanner also leads on device support (4 vs 2). BLE View's advantage is iOS requirement (8.0 vs 15.6). 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.
Simple BLE Scanner holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.
| Parameter | BLE View | Simple BLE Scanner |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | — | Every 36 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | KEVIN LOVETTE | Christian Moeller |
Customer experience
BLE View
Simple BLE Scanner
In-app purchases
BLE View
No in-app purchases
Simple BLE Scanner
No in-app purchases
Questions
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