LightBlue® 4+
The go-to BLE development tool
Punch Through
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- Free
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Description
LightBlue® can connect you to all of your devices that use Bluetooth Low Energy (also known as Bluetooth Smart, or Bluetooth Light).
LightBlue® has two modes, central and peripheral. In central mode, you can scan for and connect to all BLE devices around you. Once connected, you have a detailed view of all the device's profiles, from which you can read and write to characteristics and subscribe to notifications.
To enter BLE peripheral mode, navigate to the "Virtual Devices" tab and tap on the "+" icon to create a virtual device. When the blue checkmark is checked for a device, your iOS device is advertising as that particular BLE peripheral. LightBlue® allows you to customize the services and characteristics of any virtual peripheral profile. You can also clone any peripheral you connect to in central mode and save that profile to your list of virtual peripherals—simply connect to a device and tap on the "Clone" button on the top right of the screen.
Full support of read, write, and notify is included. You can view the signal strength (RSSI) to get an idea of how close you are to the peripheral.
The log tab allows you to keep track of all significant BLE events that occur while using the app (e.g., device discovery, connection, reading, writing), and you can share the content of the log.
Use LightBlue® to test your new BLE Heart Rate Monitor, temperature sensor, Microchip AVR-BLE and PIC-BLE development boards, TI CC2540 Keyfob, Nordic uBlue, Panasonic PAN1720, etc. LightBlue® is also ideal for developers wanting to test the firmware of their own BLE peripherals.
Key features:
- Scan and discover Bluetooth peripherals in the vicinity
- See basic device info (UUID, RSSI)
- Browse services and characteristics
- Register for notifications and indications
- Send data from notifications and indications to AWS IoT or Adafruit IO via our Cloud Connect feature
- Read values from characteristics
- Write to characteristics in Hex, Oct, Bin, Decimal or ASCII
- Clone peripheral profiles
- Choose from an array of common, preconfigured peripheral profiles
- Advertise as a peripheral using custom profiles
- Thoroughly log and share BLE events
- Custom UI and extended support for connecting to Microchip AVR-BLE and PIC-BLE development boards
What’s New
Version 4.2.8
Minor bug fixes and updates
Ratings and Reviews
This actually works. Amazing!
My partner lost his phone
skiing in tree runs on whistler mountain, 3G wasn’t on so couldn’t locate it on find my phone. I downloaded this app to hopefully track it, we returned to the run he believed he thought he lost it on.
Took a couple of slow ski runs to pin point a possible bluetooth signal (-60-70 range, with one blue bar) which I think is about two meters from it. (I tested this app with another phone at home)
I also had to discard any other skiers phones who were skiing around us as well.
By the 3rd run I stopped where the signal was flickering and started to walk around and closer to the ground and the signal got to about -45 with 4 blue bars and boom! A foot away hidden under a pile of snow there it was. 😄 Recommended!
Best one I’ve tried
Downloaded maybe 5 or 6 different apps when i lost my fitbit and this one was 100% the best.
Connected to my fitbit which i knew was in the house, but didn’t show any signal strength for the first hour (admittedly it was on less than 10% battery). Once it picked up a signal, I found it within two minutes. Amazing. Was connecting to all my other devices around the house aswell, so must be because the Fitbit was low on battery. Amazing app, and free of charge! Will be keeping for the next time i inevitably lose it 🥴
Found my Fitbit One
Lost my Fitbit One on a very long autumn (leafy) park walk. After 4 days I was able to do the same walk again with LightBlue running on my phone. After about 1.5 miles of walking at our normal fast pace ‘One’ popped up in the list of Peripherals Nearby and (astonished) we started the search, kicking through the leaves and using the app’s signal strength indicator to home in on the device. It’s not pin-point accurate so it took a while to narrow down the search area, but we did and unbelievably we found the One, dirty and hidden in leaves. Great app that worked for me.
App Privacy
The developer, Punch Through, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy.
Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
- Contact Info
- Usage Data
- Diagnostics
Privacy practices may vary based on, for example, the features you use or your age. Learn More
Information
- Provider
- Punch Through Design LLC
- Size
- 6.4 MB
- Category
- Utilities
- Compatibility
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- iPhone
- Requires iOS 11.0 or later.
- iPad
- Requires iPadOS 11.0 or later.
- iPod touch
- Requires iOS 11.0 or later.
- Mac
- Requires macOS 10.15 or later.
- Apple Vision
- Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- Languages
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English
- Age Rating
- 4+
- Copyright
- © Punch Through Design LLC
- Price
- Free