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LightBlue®

by Punch Through Design LLC

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Appeye score 70 out of 100, from 346 reviews (moderate confidence)

346 reviews analysed · 26 Nov 2014 – 21 Aug 2026 · scored 15 Sep 2026

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Based on 346 reviews from 26 Nov 2014 - 21 Aug 2026.

Overview

Appeye score
70/100moderate confidence
Category rank
#2069 of 3,089Utilities
Reviews analysed
346Scored reviews across both stores.
Sentiment trend
FlatIts trend signals are holding steady.
App Store
4.3

940 ratings

Review sentiment

67
App nameLightBlue®
SellerPunch Through Design LLC
GenreUtilities
Version5.3.7
Content rating4+
Requires iOS16.4
Size22 MB
Released8 Sept 2012
Current version24 Jul 2026
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Play Store
3.2

873 ratings · 500,000+ installs

Review sentiment

63

Star distribution

1★ 10.3% · 2★ 14.8% · 3★ 7.3% · 4★ 67.6% · 5★ 0%
App nameLightBlue® — Bluetooth LE
DeveloperPunch Through Design
GenreTools
Version2.14.0
Content ratingEveryone
ReleasedAug 22, 2017
Reviews on store96
App description

LightBlue® by Punch Through® Your ultimate BLE debugging and development toolkit. Trusted by BLE developers and engineers since 2012 to scan, inspect, and troubleshoot Bluetooth Low Energy devices with precision. Scan For Peripherals  Discover, connect, and interact with nearby BLE devices. Quickly view advertising peripherals, sort by signal strength (RSSI), and connect with a single tap. Once connected, explore the device's advertisement data, services, and characteristics. Isolate SDK Issues  Simplify debugging by pinpointing issues in your BLE SDKs. LightBlue lets you isolate your app's business logic and focus on core tasks like connecting, scanning, reading, writing, and receiving notifications, built on years of BLE development experience and platform best practices. Mimic Your Devices  Prototype your application by creating virtual BLE peripherals. Build a profile from scratch or clone an advertising peripheral to mimic your product's functionality, even before your own firmware is ready. Key features: - Scan and discover BLE peripherals nearby - Browse services and characteristics in detail - Read, write, and subscribe to notifications and indications - Send data from notifications to AWS IoT or Adafruit IO via Cloud Connect - Write to characteristics in Hex, Octal, Binary, Decimal, or ASCII - Clone peripheral profiles or build your own from scratch - Advertise as a custom peripheral to simulate your device - Thoroughly log and share BLE events - Available on iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Android LightBlue started in 2012 as an internal tool. Punch Through built it to test and debug BLE devices while working on client projects. It worked well, so we shared it with the community. We've kept it free ever since. Today, LightBlue is used by solo developers and engineering teams alike, including inside some of the world's most respected tech and device companies.

Score by store

Appeye's overall score out of 100, calculated separately for each store.

App Store
77/100

from 167 reviews (moderate confidence)

Play Store
63/100

from 179 reviews (moderate confidence)

Gap between stores: 14 points

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