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Last updated on: 2026-05-14
Android Apps > Communication > pfodAppV3 BT,BLE,Wifi,SMS
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pfodAppV3 BT,BLE,Wifi,SMS

3.0
Forward Computing and Control Pty.Ltd
4.29
49 reviews
1,000+
Downloads
$10.00

pfod - Control micro-devices from your Andriod. No Android programming required.

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About pfodAppV3 BT,BLE,Wifi,SMS

pfodAppV3 BT,BLE,Wifi,SMS is a communication app developed by Forward Computing and Control Pty.Ltd.

Download Statistics

pfodAppV3 BT,BLE,Wifi,SMS has been downloaded 2 thousand times. In the last 30 days, the app was downloaded 3 times.

User Ratings

pfodAppV3 BT,BLE,Wifi,SMS is rated 4.29 out of 5 stars. The rating is based on 49 ratings.

App Information

pfodAppV3 BT,BLE,Wifi,SMS costs $10.00 to download. The APK download size is 2.23 MB. The latest version available is 3.0. The last update was on March 14, 2026.

Technical Requirements

pfodAppV3 BT,BLE,Wifi,SMS requires Android 4.4+ or higher. The app has a content rating of Everyone. The app has been available on Google Play September 2012.

Description
V3.0.432 fixes BLE scanning
Check out the free companion apps,
pfodWebDesigner and pfodWeb at https://www.forward.com.au/pfod/pfodWeb/index.html
pfodWebDesigner is a free web based GUI designer,
pfodWeb is a free web based partial replacement for this app, (pfodApp) for ESP32, ESP8266 and Pi Pico W/2W

pfodDesignerV2 to design menus/charts and generate Arduino code for a wide variety of boards and pfodGUIdesigner to design interactive GUI components, buttons, sliders, gauges etc and generate Arduino code.
https://www.forward.com.au/pfod/pfodDesigner/index.html

4th Sept 2024 Rev 425 for Android 8+, fixed suppression of {@} and supports BLE packet size upto 517

5th Aug 2023 Android 10 -- Exception in CronetUrlRequest
The latest update to Android 10 sometimes locks up pfodApp (and the rest of the phone) on the first connection. This appears to be Google's problem and pfodApp works on subsequent starts.

13th Feb 2023 Android 12, 13 on some phones
checkPermissionForDataDelivery throws security exception
Appears to be Google's problem https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/246828858


Privacy Policy

Notes about Location permission usage on Android V12+
pfodApp does not and never has used or stored or sent any location information. However prior to Android V12, Google insisted on pfodApp requesting Location permission in order to make Bluetooth connections.
On Android 12+ it is possible to avoid asking for the Location permission since pfodApp does not actually use , store or send any location information. However pfodApp still runs mobiles back to Android V4.4 and currently does not take advantage of that aspect of Android V12. So for now on Android V12+ allow Location permission "While using the app" . NOTE: Do not choose "Only this time" because pfodApp only checks for permissions on start up not every time it is needed. So choosing "Only this time" will cause pfodApp to fail at some later time.

Since pfodApp runs on old Android mobiles, V8+, you can re-purpose your old mobile as a dedicated controller/user interface for your projects.

BLE connections. If pfodApp is having trouble re-connecting to your BLE device, use the nRF Connect app https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=no.nordicsemi.android.mcp
to connect first.

NOTE: None of these screens are built into pfodApp. They are all created by compact text messages from your Arduino or other micro. The contents of each screen shot here, including the language, is completely controlled by the microprocessor that pfodApp is connecting to.

See the Installation Guide: https://www.forward.com.au/pfod/Android_pfodApp/pfodAppForAndroidGettingStarted.pdf for detail on what permissions are used.

pfodApp connects to Adafruit Bluefruit Feather52, Arduino101, BBC micro:bit, other BLE modules including RFduino, Itead BLE Shield (HM_10 modules), Bluefruit LE Flora and UART Friend, Bluefruit LE SPI, RedBearLab BLE Shield, ESP8266 modules, Classic Bluetooth e.g. Itead Bluetooth Shield, SIM900 GPRS SMS shields, Adafruit Feather
WICED, Arduino Ethernet shield, and others pfod (Protocol For Operations Discovery)

It also has menu and image caching as well as Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) support in addition to SMS,WiFi and Bluetooth V2. Colour and text formatting as well as sliders and data logging and plotting, are available so you can easily capture and display those measurements on your android, and with 128 bit security so you can control you devices over the internet easily and safely.

This pfodApp has intentional limitations in functionality and the software will have unintentional coding errors. It must NOT be used in any situation where there is any risk of personal injury or damage to property. Copyright in the documents and in any implementations of pfod are owned by Forward Computing and Control Pty. Ltd. (Forward)

Recent changes:
Version 3.0.501 -- added support for CH9141, fixed null pointer in scanner
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More data about pfodAppV3 BT,BLE,Wifi,SMS

Price $10.00
Total downloads 2 thousand
Recent downloads 3
Rating 4.29 based on 49 ratings
Ranking Not ranked
Version 3.0
APK size 2.23 MB
Number of libraries 11
Designed for Android 4.4+
Suitable for Everyone
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Downloads over time

pfodAppV3 BT,BLE,Wifi,SMS has been downloaded 2 thousand times. Over the past 30 days, it has been downloaded 3 times.

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Comments on pfodAppV3 BT,BLE,Wifi,SMS for Android

★★★★★ Brian Vick · May 16, 2016
Excellent product. Meets the needs of my intended projects perfectly. I had been searching for a wireless Bluetooth LE app, that would allow for more substantial interactive control of an Arduino. Also, more importantly; I was looking for an app, that could download and write larger volumes of logged data to file (I tried several other apps that could not accomplish this). This app does! The pfod Designer app, which is a free download, with many features far too numerous too list, is used in conjunction with this ODAPI BT, BLE, Wi-Fi, SMS, to professionally develop your own personal Arduino interface. I had thought that learning Android programming would be required, in order to develop an intensive enough app suitable to my needs. Not so! No Android programming is required. For anyone contemplating robotics, automation and control, or data logging projects, just to name a few, this app should be a lot of fun!
★★★★★ James & Charmaine Wainwright · Apr 11, 2016
Great App, with excellent support from the developer. Easy to use and configure if you, like me, are new to using Arduino.
★★☆☆☆ Roger Ondersma · Dec 27, 2019
This did not work for me using pixel 3a/android10 and adafruit blue fruit le shield. Shield pairs with device but fails to connect with ODAPI. Connects to Ada fruit app with no issue. Great idea if I could get it to work.
★☆☆☆☆ A Google User · Jul 29, 2015
Seriously bad quality When using ip connection to Wi-Fi device program does not auto reconnect tumeouted connection. Also, ui is quite horrifying.

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