Bluetooth Inspector

Bluetooth Inspector

By George Garside

  • Category: Developer Tools
  • Release Date: 2020-05-02
  • Current Version: 1.7.3
  • Adult Rating: 4+
  • File Size: 12.67 MB
  • Developer: George Garside
  • Compatibility: Android, iOS 17.0
Score: 4.56931
4.56931
From 1,414 Ratings

Description

Discover nearby Bluetooth peripherals and inspect their services for information and characteristics. • View information and signal strength for all peripherals and devices, updating in real time as you move around. • Get battery level for your own Apple devices — no need to install the app on all your devices. • See model identification broadcast by devices around you, mapping the Apple device identifier to the marketing name. • Extract software and firmware version strings from devices broadcasting this information. • Read any characteristic's value, even for services not well known and are custom to the device being interrogated. • Write characteristic values back to the peripheral as string, numeric or hex (pro). • See a history of the value of a characteristic since the session started, timestamped to when the value changed (pro). • Log found peripherals, services, characteristics and values, and export a .log file of timestamped events for your analysis (pro). • Shortcuts integration with actions for scanning and interrogation, enumerating services and characteristics, and reading values (pro). Get support on Twitter @grgarside or georgegarside.com/apps/bluetooth-inspector Constant use of Bluetooth connectivity can drain your device's battery. Bluetooth connectivity is only used when this app is in the foreground and up to a few seconds after being backgrounded to safely disconnect from peripherals being interrogated.

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Reviews

  • Completely Unusable

    2
    By orangekay
    Even with a device actively selected, the list of devices re-sorts itself constantly and the selection is only preserved by index, not by device ID. I have no idea who thought this would be an acceptable UI choice but it is not. It also rainbow pinwheels constantly, requiring a force quit.

  • BT Inspector

    1
    By BobbyJo1358
    This is a useless app as is … when you pay for the app, you really get nothing …. GPS info is collected but not displayed in Session dump, You cannot rename/customized BT entry, no user document, the developer has no easy way to feedback to him …. Things to add and improve: 1) Allow changing the name of a BT device to indicate what it is (ex: Bill iPhone, John TV, etc) - Store that info so when it seen again, you know. 2) Add the GPS position to each device in the Session dump file 3) Allow blocking or non-display of known BT device(s) (ex: do not display your personal devices, just everybody else, etc) 4) Add link to developer feedback for the app 5) Provide and allow adding a picture for device (ex: if it a phone, use a icon for a phone, if a printer, icon for a printer you can add) 6) Store all this data on phone and cloud where ever so it inly entered once. 7) Show MAC instead of useless UUID. UUID is no value. MAC address is needed else this app is a total waste of money. Thank you

  • Found my lost sensor

    5
    By Seattle11
    I have over 30 Govee temperature sensors. I name them by the location I put them in. Well I lost track of one sensor because it got switched with another sensor when I was changing the batteries. Then that lost sensor started showing a humidity level of 75%. So I needed to find that sensors location. I removed the batteries from all the Govee devices I could and then launched BT Inspector. It did not take long to figure out which BT device was my lost sensor. I started walking around watching the BT signal increase and decrease. Walking towards the stronger signal location I got within 6 feet of the sensor. At that point I remembered where I had placed a sensor. I was able to find the high humidity and deal with it. Using the BT Inspector I have been able to get within 6 feet of a device. At that point the signal stops changing enough to narrow the device location down any further.

  • Worth it, even if you don’t know why.

    5
    By BAGillotti3
    I personally use it all the time, and it pretty fun to just run it in a crowded environment and see everything nearby, like, someone brought their BT speaker onto the plane I’m on. I don’t feel like writing a full review, but one last thing, I like the pro add on, I bought it and am not disappointed, although I don’t know how to use it.

  • Truly amazed!

    5
    By TravelerrrRN
    I’m not a review writer but I DO need to read them from time to time so this is my way of giving back. ☺️I’ve been looking for something like this in the app store. It’s so hard to know what/who to trust (hence the need for this app). So far it seems I got lucky with my first choice. I might upgrade because I’d like a log I don’t have to create… but the free version starts right up and is easy to understand.

  • Did not work.

    1
    By Princess Consuela RN
    Don’t pay for this

  • What’s in a name?

    3
    By Pstrumbull
    Love the app. Everything I wanted but the ability to apply a ‘friendly’ name to a device. Don’t need to use this often, but when I do it’s hard to remember what ‘name’ is what device so it creates a lot of ‘noise’ trying to isolate on a specific device. Would but it if it could do that, otherwise still looking.

  • Premium Bluetooth application

    4
    By DW__#
    I really liked this application. It almost dumps data from nearby devices. Everything the description states it does - it really does but here are the application short comings….while the description states what’s the application can do and its features there is not full guide of the various data types that are being inspected. Next, is the map while you can zoom in/out - the level doesn’t stay and immediately zooms back out - pretty annoying especially when I’m in a small building or amongst a crowded area. No other gripes from but George - seriously: I can help you write a guide - If you’d like me to show you some of my work I can e mail you.

  • THIS APP IS THE TRUTHHHH

    5
    By Erica Caitlin
    Rarely ever will I submit a review. BUTTT had to for this app. Being the most (maybe the only) useful app I’ve ever downloaded. It does exactly as claims in description. You will not be disappointed. Best part payment is one and done! NO monthly subscription. Discover any & all devices around you connect to them without user permission. VERY HELPFUL & FUN! ❤️Love itttt ♥️

  • Annoying map bug

    1
    By Awesomekat123
    I purchased this mainly because of the estimated location map view. However there is an annoying bug where I can’t zoom in nor out, if I pinch-zoom in, it works but as soon as I let go it takes me back to a default view where i can hardly see anything in terms of device numbers. Please fix.

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