ST BLE Sensor vs BLE Laboratory Pro
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Access sensor data
- Log data to cloud
- Update board firmware
- Explore demo functionalities
- Bluetooth Low Energy communication
- Motion-sensor data fusion
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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
BLE Laboratory Pro
This app allows users to scan for and interact with Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) devices, displaying advertisement data and enabling communication with services and characteristics. It also supports configuring the device as a BLE peripheral with custom profiles and services.
- Discover BLE devices with advertisement data
- Interact with services, characteristics, and descriptors
- Read and write UTF-8 and HEXA data
- Configure as a BLE peripheral
- Create custom services and characteristics
- Detailed runtime performance logs
- Slick UI and efficient navigation
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Are you developing BLE hard- or software? Are you interested in experimenting with BLE devices? Or do you just want to learn about devices in your vicinity? Look no further, you have found the best app! This is the result of years of BLE research and development. Here are the highlights: === Operation Mode Scanner === * Display discovered devices with complete advertisement data, * Interact with found services, characteristics, and descriptors, * Read and write UTF-8 and HEXA data with optimized keyboards. === Operation Mode Transmitter === * Configure as sending BLE peripheral with multiple profiles, * Create as many services and characteristics as you need, * Compose readable values out of static, dynamic, and interactive components. === Besides These === * Detailed log for analyzing the run-time-performance of every operation, * Slick UI and efficient navigation – the UI will never block you. Test the app with both operation modes – later on, unlock what you need via In-App-Purchase. Stay tuned for many more professional features – Version 1.0 is just the beginning!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: BLE Laboratory Pro at 55% against ST BLE Sensor's 0%. BLE Laboratory Pro also leads on rating (3.4 vs 2.0) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). ST BLE Sensor's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 8 months). On price, ratings volume, ads 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. BLE Laboratory Pro sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. ST BLE Sensor asks for nothing beyond the download.
BLE Laboratory Pro holds the better App Store score, 3.4 against 2.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 10 and 7 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of ST BLE Sensor's written reviews are positive against 55% of BLE Laboratory Pro's.
ST BLE Sensor ships an update every 2 months, BLE Laboratory Pro every 8 months. The most recent releases landed on June 19, 2026 and June 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ST BLE Sensor | BLE Laboratory Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.0 (10 ratings) | 3.4 (7 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 54.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 10 — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 8 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 55 MB | 26 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | STMicroelectronics International N.V. | Michael Lauer |
Customer experience
ST BLE Sensor
BLE Laboratory Pro
In-app purchases
ST BLE Sensor
No in-app purchases
BLE Laboratory Pro
- Scanner Support$8.99
- Transmitter Support$12.99
- All Operation Modes$17.99
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