Comparison

ST BLE Sensor vs IoT Toolbox

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

Head to head
About

ST BLE Sensor

This app connects to ST development boards via Bluetooth Low Energy to access sensor data. You can log data to cloud providers, update board firmware, and explore various demo functionalities like environmental sensing and machine learning.

Highlights
  • Access sensor data
  • Log data to cloud
  • Update board firmware
  • Explore demo functionalities
  • Bluetooth Low Energy communication
  • Motion-sensor data fusion
Features
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The ST BLE Sensor application is used in conjunction with an ST development board and firmware compatible with the BlueST protocol to give you access to all the sensor data, which you can log to different cloud providers, and to update the board firmware directly from a mobile device via the Bluetooth® Low Energy protocol. After discovery ST development board, the app shows you a list of available demos and you can navigate through them to discover the functionalities of your board. Demos can be related about environmental, cloud, audio, board configuration, machine learning and and many other functionalities. The application is built on top of the BlueST SDK library implementing the BlueST protocol and helps you export the data easily via Bluetooth® Low Energy. The application also supports firmware library algorithms like motion-sensor data fusion, activity recognition and pedometer functionality. Both SDK and application source code are freely available at: https://github.com/STMicroelectronics

About

IoT Toolbox

This application helps users test Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) demo applications for specific chipsets. It demonstrates BLE capabilities through standard and custom profiles, allowing interaction with various smartphones.

Highlights
  • BLE demo application testing
  • NXP Connectivity chipset support
  • Standard BLE profiles
  • Custom proprietary profiles
  • Smartphone interaction
  • Future capability updates
Features
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IoT Toolbox allows the end-user to improve their Out of the Box Experience, providing a user-friendly way to test the BLE demo applications developed for the NXP Connectivity chipsets. IoT Toolbox is an all-in-one application capable of demonstrating NXP’s Bluetooth® LE capabilities through the implementation of Bluetooth® LE and custom proprietary profiles, allowing the interaction with different smartphones. The application interacts with the following Bluetooth® LE profiles: -Blood Pressure -Cycling Speed and Cadence -Glucose -Health Thermometer -Heart Rate -Proximity -Running Speed and Cadence The custom proprietary profiles included are: -NXP Beacon -Over the Air Programming (OTAP) -Thread Shell -Zigbee Shell -NFC Reader -Wireless Console/UART Future development will add more exciting capabilities.

Screenshots

ST BLE Sensor4 screens
IoT Toolbox3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: IoT Toolbox at 4.0 against ST BLE Sensor's 2.0. IoT Toolbox also leads on iOS requirement (8.0 vs 15.0). ST BLE Sensor's advantage is ratings volume (10 vs 2). On price, review sentiment, update cadence and ads 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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

IoT Toolbox holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ST BLE Sensor has 10 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 0% and 0% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on June 19, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
ST BLE Sensor versus IoT Toolbox: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterST BLE SensorIoT Toolbox
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.0 (10 ratings)4.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings10 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.08.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size55 MB11 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSTMicroelectronics International N.V.NXP Semiconductors

Customer experience

ST BLE Sensor

All ratings10 ratings
Positive20.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative80.0%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral12.5%
Negative87.5%

IoT Toolbox

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

ST BLE Sensor

No in-app purchases

None

IoT Toolbox

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ST BLE Sensor free?
ST BLE Sensor is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is IoT Toolbox free?
IoT Toolbox is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, ST BLE Sensor or IoT Toolbox?
IoT Toolbox is rated higher. ST BLE Sensor averages 2.0 out of 5 from 10 ratings, while IoT Toolbox averages 4.0 from 2 ratings.
Do ST BLE Sensor or IoT Toolbox have ads?
Neither ST BLE Sensor nor IoT Toolbox shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ST BLE Sensor or IoT Toolbox?
ST BLE Sensor ships an update every 2 months, and IoT Toolbox every 2 months. Most recently, ST BLE Sensor was updated on June 19, 2026 and IoT Toolbox on September 19, 2026.

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