Blue Hound

Name: Blue Hound
Rating: 4.6 (899 reviews)
Author: GrangerFX

by GrangerFX

iPhone · iPad

Abandoned risk Last checked 31 Jul 2026

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What it is: Store information collected; independent summary not yet available.
At a glance: $1.99

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Utilities
Productivity

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Key functions

Function	Availability	Access	Scope	Evidence
Family Sharing	Yes	Unknown	App Store	Store published

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Price: $1.99

Last verified 31 Jul 2026

Ratings & reviews

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4.6 899 ratings · App Store

5/5Finding lost e-scooters
I was a city launch manager and then regional ops manager for the two big names in the e-scooter industry. As you can imagine, our scooters would end up all over the place and our night crews would go chasing after them based on their last known geolocation. Often times though, those locations were inside buildings, under water, or in private homes and garages. We started verifying that some of our scooters were indeed inside a building in non-accessible and sometimes unsafe locations with Blue Hound. Best part was 98% of city police departments considered the combo of our geolocation and the live Blue Hound data as probable cause and were more than willing to help us recover them.

ncurrey · 31 Jul 2026
5/5Buy Once - No Subscription
I lost one of my hearing aids and immediately felt like less of a person. It is horrifying to realize that I am one misplaced item away from not being able to function in society. While I was late for work and panicking, all their apps wanted to make me subscribe for a monthly service. This app had me pay once and then helped me find my most important item. Thank you so much!!!

The Reasonable Man · 31 Jul 2026
5/5$3,700 hearing aid lost and found—twice
On two occasions, I was hit in the side of the head and someone platters realized my hearing aid wasn’t in my ear. I would never have found them without blue hound. The distance to the object are only indicators (a technology limitation about wireless). However by looking at the map and the distance in both cases I found the hearing aid. The first time it was even hidden under a leaf. This tool is great!

Blake Ratcliff · 31 Jul 2026
5/5Cheaper than buying a new fitbit. Pleasantly surprised.
Only had 20% power, time was of the essence. I was able to locate it before time ran out. Now that I’m able to putts around on the app leisurely, I have some thoughts. Learning how to use the app could be more intuitive. I think the app would benefit from a tutorial when you first open it. But other than that minor gripe, I think the app is very well made, and well worth 1.99.

skee skee skee · 31 Jul 2026
5/5Worked!
In five minutes this app zeroed in on my wife’s lost phone. We knew it was on the property, just didn’t know where it was. Also, it had been turned to airplane mode when we were at a wedding the day before and it still worked. Turned out to be in the car where she folded down one of the back seats on top of it. Once we knew it was in the car. It was just a matter of looking a little harder. Definitely worth the money. 🙏🏼

Calypso Joel · 31 Jul 2026

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Versions

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1.0.4
Blue Hound has been trained to bark when it finds a new device (or tweet, or ping or vibrate). You can turn on the New Device Alert in the Settings app for Blue Hound. This feature is handy when you are walking with your phone in your pocket in low power mode. In crowded environments, such as the mall on a weekend, Blue Hound will show fewer devices which have not yet been identified. It makes the list easier to read and helps the app work better.
1.0.5
A long press on the description in the information view will now show the manufacturer data. Option to display the signal strength in Settings. Several other small improvements and bug fixes you probably won't notice.
1.0.6
Updated the in-app documentation.
1.0.7
Support for iOS 11.
1.0.8
Many bugs died to bring you this update.
1.0.9
You are now only able to search for devices that you have found in the past. You will not be able to see devices found by other users. This change was made in order to comply with Apple's App Store guidelines.
1.1
Faster drawing in the Map screen when you pinch to zoom.
1.1.1
Improved the quality of the Map view when zoomed in. Chased and caught a few more bugs.
1.1.2
Apple TV 4K is displayed correctly. Better display of iOS devices with Bluetooth turned off.
1.1.3
Rounded the spikes on the tracks. Fixed tiny text in the device list.
1.1.4
Improved power saver mode. Fixed a rare crash bug.
1.1.5
The scanner list will not update when it has been scrolled to prevent beacons from jumping around. Improved power saver mode. Tilt your phone down 45 degrees to darken the screen and up 45 degrees to restore it. When you search for text in the scanner, you will only be notified when new matching devices are discovered.
1.1.6
Blue Hound now supports devices without a built-in GPS receiver. Note: The outdoor heat map and direction finding features require GPS location accuracy. The scanner, information view and signal strength meter works with any iOS device.
1.1.7
More efficient cloud storage of scanned devices. Fixed issues with the samples display in the map screen.
1.1.8
Bug fix.
1.1.9
Fitbit and other paired devices can now be found. The Sorting Mode in the Search Options is now used to sort active and inactive devices.
1.2
Improved identification of Windows 10 computers with sharing enabled.
1.2.1
More iOS devices are now supported. More accurate detection of paired devices.
1.3
iOS 13 support
1.3.1
Bug fixes
1.3.2
Improved Bluetooth data decoding. Fixed hexadecimal display.
1.3.3
English/metric search range units. Several bugs fixed.
1.3.4
Support for dark mode.
1.3.5
Improvements and fixes for device identification.
1.3.6 · 23 Oct 2023
Fixes rare bug that cause blank lines in the device list.

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Last verified: 31 Jul 2026
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