nRF Toolbox for BLE
Tools
Explore your Bluetooth Low Energy devices with nRF Toolbox.
- Rating
- 3.4
- 434 ratings
- Downloads
- 358K+
- on Google Play
- Price
- Free
- No in-app purchases
- Updated
- Aug 26
- 2026 · v4.4.1
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About nRF Toolbox for BLE
The nRF Toolbox is a container app that stores your Nordic Semiconductor apps for Bluetooth Low Energy in one location.
It contains applications demonstrating Bluetooth LE profiles:
- Cycling Speed and Cadence,
- Running Speed and Cadence,
- Heart Rate Monitor,
- Blood Pressure Monitor,
- Health Thermometer Monitor,
- Glucose Monitor,
- Continuous Glucose Monitor,
- Proximity Monitor.
Since version 1.10.0 the nRF Toolbox supports also the Nordic UART Service which may be used for bidirectional text communication between devices. Version 1.16.0 added Android Wear support for the UART profile. The UI allows one to create configurable remote control with UART interface.
The Device Firmware Update (DFU) profile allows one to upload the application, bootloader and/or the Soft Device image over-the-air (OTA). It is compatible with Nordic Semiconductor nRF5 devices.
The DFU has the following features:
- Scans for devices that are in DFU mode
- Connects to devices in DFU mode and uploads the selected firmware (soft device, bootloader and/or application)
- Allows HEX or BIN file upload through your phone or tablet
- Allows to update a soft device and bootloader from ZIP in one connection
- Pause, resume, and cancel file uploads
- Includes pre-installed examples that consist of the Bluetooth low energy heart rate service and running speed and cadence service
Note:
- Android 4.3 or newer is required.
- Compatible with nRF5 devices
- The development kits can be ordered from http://www.nordicsemi.com/eng/Buy-Online .
- The nRF5 SDK and SoftDevices are available online from http://developer.nordicsemi.com
- The source code of nRF Toolbox is available on GitHub: https://github.com/NordicSemiconductor/Android-nRF-Toolbox
It contains applications demonstrating Bluetooth LE profiles:
- Cycling Speed and Cadence,
- Running Speed and Cadence,
- Heart Rate Monitor,
- Blood Pressure Monitor,
- Health Thermometer Monitor,
- Glucose Monitor,
- Continuous Glucose Monitor,
- Proximity Monitor.
Since version 1.10.0 the nRF Toolbox supports also the Nordic UART Service which may be used for bidirectional text communication between devices. Version 1.16.0 added Android Wear support for the UART profile. The UI allows one to create configurable remote control with UART interface.
The Device Firmware Update (DFU) profile allows one to upload the application, bootloader and/or the Soft Device image over-the-air (OTA). It is compatible with Nordic Semiconductor nRF5 devices.
The DFU has the following features:
- Scans for devices that are in DFU mode
- Connects to devices in DFU mode and uploads the selected firmware (soft device, bootloader and/or application)
- Allows HEX or BIN file upload through your phone or tablet
- Allows to update a soft device and bootloader from ZIP in one connection
- Pause, resume, and cancel file uploads
- Includes pre-installed examples that consist of the Bluetooth low energy heart rate service and running speed and cadence service
Note:
- Android 4.3 or newer is required.
- Compatible with nRF5 devices
- The development kits can be ordered from http://www.nordicsemi.com/eng/Buy-Online .
- The nRF5 SDK and SoftDevices are available online from http://developer.nordicsemi.com
- The source code of nRF Toolbox is available on GitHub: https://github.com/NordicSemiconductor/Android-nRF-Toolbox
What’s new
Version 4.4.1 · Updated August 26, 2026
In this version we fixed a bug causing some chunks received from devices with MDS service to be prematurely deleted before they were sent to nRF Cloud.
User reviews
Great for updating the firmware on my new Puck.js
Helped me troubleshoot and fix connection to my bike trainer.
Nice
It read my cadence meter immediately.
work great 5 stars why not
Would be nice to get the hint to enable location service on Android.
Alternatives to nRF Toolbox for BLE
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| App | Rating | Price | Installs | Last updated | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| nRF Toolbox for BLE | 3.4 / 5 | Free | 100,000+ | Aug 26, 2026 | |
| nRF Connect for Mobile | 4.3 / 5 | Free | 1,000,000+ | Dec 12, 2024 | Compare |
| nRF Logger | 4.2 / 5 | Free | 100,000+ | Jul 23, 2026 | Compare |
| nRF Device Firmware Update | 3.9 / 5 | Free | 100,000+ | Feb 11, 2026 | Compare |
| nRF Connect Device Manager | 3.6 / 5 | Free | 10,000+ | – | Compare |
| nRF Wi-Fi Provisioner | – | Free | 10,000+ | Dec 11, 2024 | Compare |
| nRF Beacon | 2.8 / 5 | Free | 10,000+ | Jun 20, 2016 | Compare |
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