nRF Connect for Mobile
Nordic Semiconductor ASA Utilities iPhoneiPadiPod touch
nRF Connect for Mobile is a free Utilities app for iPhone and iPad by Nordic Semiconductor ASA. Rated 4.5/5 from 465 ratings. Requires iOS 17.0.
- Rating
- 4.5
- 465 ratings
- Price
- Free
- on the App Store
- Size
- 15 MB
- Age 4+
- Updated
- Sep 30
- 2026 · v2.8.3
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About nRF Connect for Mobile
nRF Connect is a powerful generic tool that allows you to scan and explore your Bluetooth Low Energy (henceforth Bluetooth LE, also called Bluetooth Version 4.0+ of the Bluetooth specification) devices and communicate with them. nRF Connect also allows your iOS device to advertise as a peripheral, with full support of many of Bluetooth SIG adopted profiles. Additionally, nRF Connect supports Nordic Semiconductor’s Device Firmware Update profile (DFU) capabilities, allowing you to update compatible peripherals! + Features: • Supports DFU on all Nordic Semiconducto-powered devices. • Supports Nordic Thingy™ from Nordic Semiconductor. • Scan and discover nearby Bluetooth LE peripherals. • Filter Scanned Peripherals by Name, Manufacturer, Services (Advertised & Connected) and RSSI Level. • Parsing Multiple Formats of Bluetooth LE Advertisement Data. • Live RSSI Chart of Scanned Bluetooth LE Peripherals. • Complete iPad Support, including Multi-Tasking and Mouse Support as of 13.4. • Logs: Including BLE Function calls, and Export Function as CSV and Text. • Privacy-Oriented: Full-Disclosure of Scanned Data, Advertised Data, and User-Performed Actions held by nRF Connect. • Connecting to Any Connectable Bluetooth LE Smart Device. • Discovery of Services, Characteristics and Descriptors. • Read and Write Characteristics and Descriptors. • Enable and Disable Notifications and Indications. • Advertising as a Bluetooth LE Peripheral. • Setting up a Bluetooth LE (Peripheral) Server and Notifying/Indicating back to connected Central(s). • Low-Fat: nRF Connect for iOS is Very Small, so You Can Always Keep Us With You! >= Requirements: • iOS 16.0 and above. - Notes: nRF Connect also works with our Development Kits, which you may acquire online here: https://www.nordicsemi.com/eng/buy-online
Ratings & reviews
4.5
465 ratings
What’s new
Version 2.8.3 · Updated September 30, 2026
A big update; there are details, UI-level improvements as well as bug fixes, crash fixes addressed. For more information, please tap on "Application Version" from Settings, or read through the full 'What's New' list on first start after the update.
App privacy
The developer, Nordic Semiconductor ASA, reported these privacy practices to Apple.
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
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