BLE Scanner Alternatives

BLE Scanner is described as 'Was developed with a vision to help Bluetooth community, developers who wants to build BLE products & applications' and is an app. There are more than 10 alternatives to BLE Scanner for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Windows, Android, Android Tablet and Flathub apps. The best BLE Scanner alternative is Radar: Track BLE Beacons, which is free. Other great apps like BLE Scanner are btscanner, BLE Radar, Blueman and Toothpicks.

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BLE Scanner alternatives page was last updated Feb 11, 2025
  1. Radar: Track BLE Beacons icon
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    The Radar is an Android app designed to track and monitor Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) beacon devices, like smart bands, HT sensors, proximity beacons.

    4 Radar: Track BLE Beacons alternatives
    Radar: Track BLE Beacons screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Platforms

    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • Android TV
    • Fire TV

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Ad-free
    Radar: Track BLE Beacons iconBLE Scanner Icon

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    • Radar: Track BLE Beacons is the most popular Android & Android Tablet alternative to BLE Scanner.

    • Radar: Track BLE Beacons is the most popular free alternative to BLE Scanner.

    • Radar: Track BLE Beacons is Free and ProprietaryBLE Scanner is Freemium and Proprietary
    • Radar: Track BLE Beacons is LightweightBLE Scanner is not according to our users
  2.  7 likes

    btscanner is a tool designed specifically to extract as much information as possible from a Bluetooth device without the requirement to pair.

    12 btscanner alternatives
    btscanner screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
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    • btscanner is the most popular Windows & Linux alternative to BLE Scanner.

    • btscanner is the most popular Open Source alternative to BLE Scanner.

    • btscanner is Free and Open SourceBLE Scanner is Freemium and Proprietary
  3. BLE Radar icon
     1 like

    The app for BLE ether monitoring tracks your environment, finds some devices, makes relations between devices around you, and tracks devices' movements.

    12 BLE Radar alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • F-Droid

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused

    Features

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  Bluetooth Support
    BLE Radar iconBLE Scanner Icon

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  4. Blueman icon
     6 likes

    Bluetooth manager.

    12 Blueman alternatives
    blueman device manager

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    Blueman iconBLE Scanner Icon

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  5. Toothpicks icon
     1 like

    Welcome to Toothpicks: an awesome Bluetooth device manager for macOS. With Toothpicks you can add your favorite Bluetooth devices to the menu bar and connect/disconnect them with a single click. Alternatively, define a connect/disconnect hot key for each of your Bluetooth...

    15 Toothpicks alternatives
    Toothpicks screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac

    Toothpicks Features

    1.  Sits in the MenuBar
    Toothpicks iconBLE Scanner Icon

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    • Toothpicks is the most popular Mac alternative to BLE Scanner.

    • Toothpicks is Free and ProprietaryBLE Scanner is Freemium and Proprietary
  6.  5 likes

    Bluesniff is a proof of concept Bluetooth device discovery tool. Bluesniff can be concidered a bluetooth wardriver of sorts. It is meant to raise awareness of BT security issues and likely has a lot of room for improvement.

    12 Bluesniff alternatives
    Bluesniff screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    Discontinued

    Bluesniff was last updated in 2003 and the official website is no longer accessible. The official website is however archived on the Wayback Machine (https://web.archive.org/web/20030810210058/http://bluesniff.shmoo.com/) and there is also an unofficial GitHub mirror: https://github.com/auraltension/bluesniff

    BLE Scanner Icon

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  7. BlueSoleil icon
     11 likes

    The best Bluetooth driver/Bluetooth software for Vista, Linux, WinCE. Easy-to-use, Innovative and Interoperable. Connect with Bluetooth headset, Bluetooth mobile phone, Bluetooth mouse and Bluetooth GPS Receiver etc.

    10 BlueSoleil alternatives
    BlueSoleil screenshot 1

    License model

    Platforms

    • Windows

    BlueSoleil Features

    1.  Bluetooth Support
    BlueSoleil iconBLE Scanner Icon

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    • BlueSoleil is the most popular commercial alternative to BLE Scanner.

    • BlueSoleil is Paid and ProprietaryBLE Scanner is Freemium and Proprietary
  8. WIDCOMM Bluetooth Software icon
     4 likes

    WIDCOMM BLUETOOTH is a free BT stack which will allow you to connect your computer with others Bluetooth devices.

    11 WIDCOMM Bluetooth Software alternatives
    WIDCOMM Bluetooth Software screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    WIDCOMM Bluetooth Software iconBLE Scanner Icon

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  9. Bluejay Bluetooth Manager icon
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    A Bluetooth manager and Bluez front-end. With it, you can pair devices, connect to and remove devices, turn Bluetooth on and off, and more. Bluejay is powered by the Qt6 graphical toolkit and KDE Frameworks.

    15 Bluejay Bluetooth Manager alternatives
    Bluejay Bluetooth Manager screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused
    2.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Works Offline
    2.  No Tracking
    3.  No registration required
    4.  Ad-free
    5.  QT Based
    Bluejay Bluetooth Manager iconBLE Scanner Icon

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  10. GNOME Bluetooth icon
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    gnome-bluetooth is a fork of bluez-gnome focused on integration with the GNOME desktop environment

    12 GNOME Bluetooth alternatives
    GNOME Bluetooth screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Platforms

    • Linux

    GNOME Bluetooth Features

    1.  Bluetooth Support
    GNOME Bluetooth iconBLE Scanner Icon

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  11. Bluetooth Audio Receiver icon
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    This app allows you to use the latest version of Windows 10 2004 (Bluetooth A2DP Sink) to play music from Bluetooth devices on your PC.

    13 Bluetooth Audio Receiver alternatives
    Bluetooth Audio Receiver screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Bluetooth Audio Receiver iconBLE Scanner Icon

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  12. Blueberry icon
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    Blueberry is a gnome-bluetooth front-end, Blueberry works on any desktop environment and should work on any distribution as long as gnome-bluetooth is installed. It is an application which configures Bluetooth.

    10 Blueberry alternatives
    Blueberry screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    Blueberry iconBLE Scanner Icon

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