Comparison

ST BLE Sensor vs Bluetooth mesh by Silicon Labs

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

Bluetooth mesh by Silicon Labs

This app enables Bluetooth mesh networking on iOS devices. It allows users to provision and configure Bluetooth mesh devices, manage network nodes, and control devices implementing light and lightness models.

Highlights
  • Bluetooth mesh networking implementation
  • Device provisioning
  • Node configuration
  • Publish and subscribe settings
  • Node grouping
  • Light and lightness model control
Features
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This application implements Bluetooth mesh networking for the iOS operating system. The Bluetooth Mesh by Silicon Labs application can be used to provision Bluetooth mesh capable devices and add them as nodes into a Bluetooth mesh network. The application also supports the configuration of the mesh models, publish and subscribe settings as well grouping of nodes. The application also implements light and lightness models for Bluetooth mesh, so it can be used to control Bluetooth mesh nodes which implement the same models. The application implements the Bluetooth mesh networking stack from the GATT bearer and up all the way to the mesh model layer. The native Bluetooth stack on iOS is used to open LE GATT connections to Bluetooth mesh nodes with a proxy feature enabled.

Screenshots

ST BLE Sensor4 screens
Bluetooth mesh by Silicon Labs4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Bluetooth mesh by Silicon Labs at 3.1 against ST BLE Sensor's 2.0. On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and update cadence 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

Bluetooth mesh by Silicon Labs holds the better App Store score, 3.1 against 2.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 10 and 7 respectively. 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 October 15, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
ST BLE Sensor versus Bluetooth mesh by Silicon Labs: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterST BLE SensorBluetooth mesh by Silicon Labs
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.0 (10 ratings)3.1 (7 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings10 — better7
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size55 MB17 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSTMicroelectronicsSilicon Labs

Customer experience

ST BLE Sensor

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

Bluetooth mesh by Silicon Labs

All ratings7 ratings
Positive57.1%
Neutral0.0%
Negative42.9%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

None

ST BLE Sensor

No in-app purchases

None

Bluetooth mesh by Silicon Labs

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ST BLE Sensor free?
ST BLE Sensor is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Bluetooth mesh by Silicon Labs free?
Bluetooth mesh by Silicon Labs is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, ST BLE Sensor or Bluetooth mesh by Silicon Labs?
Bluetooth mesh by Silicon Labs is rated higher. ST BLE Sensor averages 2.0 out of 5 from 10 ratings, while Bluetooth mesh by Silicon Labs averages 3.1 from 7 ratings.
Do ST BLE Sensor or Bluetooth mesh by Silicon Labs have ads?
Neither ST BLE Sensor nor Bluetooth mesh by Silicon Labs shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ST BLE Sensor or Bluetooth mesh by Silicon Labs?
ST BLE Sensor ships an update every 2 months, and Bluetooth mesh by Silicon Labs every 2 months. Most recently, ST BLE Sensor was updated on October 15, 2026 and Bluetooth mesh by Silicon Labs on October 25, 2026.

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