Stefan Arnold
For everyday users of small Bluetooth-enabled gadgets like earbuds, fitness trackers, and smart pens.
Snapshot
Who is Stefan Arnold?
Providing utility-focused Bluetooth tracking tools for users to locate misplaced personal devices. Simplifying the recovery of small electronics through proximity-based guidance.
Target audience
Portfolio
Free 4Last updated
Bluetooth Scanner: Finder App
v1.2
2.3y ago
Publisher DNA
What defines Stefan Arnold?
Publisher DNA
Primary focus
Utility tools for Bluetooth device tracking
Scale
indie
Target audience
Everyday users of small Bluetooth-enabled gadgets like earbuds, fitness trackers, and smart pens.
Signature Patterns
- •Focus on single-purpose utility tools
- •Monetization via subscription model with free-to-download entry
- •Core functionality centered on signal triangulation and proximity detection
Portfolio momentum
The publisher has released zero updates in the last 6 months and currently maintains only one app, which is classified as abandoned.
Portfolio
What does Stefan Arnold ship?
Apps
4 apps analysed
Analysis in progress
Analysis in progress
Effective triangulation-based location feature
- High average rating (4.44) from 281 users
- Viral-style KBO broadcast effects create a distinct social-sharing loop
Distributed across 12 markets, strongest in Europe.
Based on 1 of 4 apps with localized market data, more coverage rolling in as scans complete · last scanned .
Americas (3)
- Brazil1 / 1
- Mexico1 / 1
- United States1 / 1
Europe (7)
- France1 / 1
- Germany1 / 1
- Italy1 / 1
- Netherlands1 / 1
- Portugal1 / 1
›+2 more europe markets
- Spain1 / 1
- Sweden1 / 1
Asia-Pacific (2)
- Japan1 / 1
- South Korea1 / 1
Core markets (1/1 apps)
Rivals
Who does Stefan Arnold compete with?
The rivals identified
Nemeses(1)
Most direct functional competitor with a high-velocity release cadence (8 updates in 6 months) targeting the exact same 'lost peripheral' use case.
Contenders(2)
The native OS-level incumbent that defines the baseline user expectation for device recovery on iOS.
A dominant market player in the Productivity category with a massive 26k+ review footprint and direct feature parity.
Same space(4)
A technical peer that uses a 'radar' visualization to bridge the gap between developer tool and consumer finder.
A hardware-software hybrid that competes for the 'lost item' headspace through proprietary tracking tags.
The industry standard for technical BLE debugging, capturing the prosumer and developer segment of the scanning market.
The primary hardware-based rival that defines the 'Lifestyle' category for item tracking.
The Analyst's Read
The bottom line on Stefan Arnold
Bottom line
This is a single-app developer with a niche utility product that has entered a maintenance phase. Future viability depends on whether the publisher resumes development to address OS-level compatibility requirements.
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What fed this analysis
- Apps analyzed:
- 1
- With full intel:
- 1
- With overview:
- 1
- Website scraped:
- yes
- Social presence:
- no