Bluetooth Inspector

George Garside · Developer Tools

4.6 1.6K ratings Free

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Chart standing · US

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#41
Best #27 ▲ 3
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#43
Best #28 ▲ 1

What changed · US

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Oct 8, 2026
New version 1.7.8 → 1.7.9

Features: • Peripherals that haven't been seen recently are greyed out in the list, so devices that have gone quiet are easy to tell apart from those still nearby. Fixes: • Writing a second or later value to a characteristic no longer crashes the app. • Sending a write while viewing a characteristic no longer crashes when the device confirms it. • Scanning for devices no longer crashes the app when many advertisements arrive at once. • A new device is no longer listed twice when it advertises several times in quick succession. • Successful writes now show the value you sent in the write history instead of an empty entry. • Services a device removes or changes no longer linger alongside the refreshed ones. • The peripherals toolbar no longer crashes when location isn't available. Further: • Peripheral discovery, signal strength updates and received values are now processed on a background actor, keeping the app responsive during intensive scanning. • Location updates now use the modern Core Location live updates API.

Aug 26, 2026
Rating ★ 4.56 → 4.57
Aug 26, 2026
New version 1.7.7 → 1.7.8

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5★ 79% 1.2K
4★ 9% 147
3★ 5% 83
2★ 2% 27
1★ 5% 71

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Bluetooth Inspector Pro $3.99

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About

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 device identifiers 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. • See a history of the value of a characteristic since the session started, timestamped to when the value changed. • Log found peripherals, services, characteristics and values, and export a .log file of timestamped events for your analysis. • Shortcuts integration with actions for scanning and interrogation, enumerating services and characteristics, and reading values. • Background scanning by advertised service IDs with device count mapped by location found and status shown in a Live Activity. Get support @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, unless Background Scanning is enabled in the app and the Live Activity is running.

What's new · 1.7.9

Features: • Peripherals that haven't been seen recently are greyed out in the list, so devices that have gone quiet are easy to tell apart from those still nearby. Fixes: • Writing a second or later value to a characteristic no longer crashes the app. • Sending a write while viewing a characteristic no longer crashes when the device confirms it. • Scanning for devices no longer crashes the app when many advertisements arrive at once. • A new device is no longer listed twice when it advertises several times in quick succession. • Successful writes now show the value you sent in the write history instead of an empty entry. • Services a device removes or changes no longer linger alongside the refreshed ones. • The peripherals toolbar no longer crashes when location isn't available. Further: • Peripheral discovery, signal strength updates and received values are now processed on a background actor, keeping the app responsive during intensive scanning. • Location updates now use the modern Core Location live updates API.

Details

ReleasedMay 2020
UpdatedJun 2026
Version1.7.9
Size18 MB
RequiresiOS 26.0 or later
Age rating4+
LanguagesEnglish
PriceFree
Categories Developer ToolsUtilities
Bundle IDcom.georgegarside.bluetoothinspector