
They already have some interesting projects with beacons on their website. Gelo is the most solid all-weather beacon available at the moment. Price: Developer preview kit (3 Beacons) $99 Price Integration kit £24,99 Retail kit £29.99Įstimote is the largest and most well-known beacon manufacturer, already more than 10.000 developer kits have been distributed, we also have one of the kits in our Danish office.Īlthough there are some problems with the estimote beacon, they are growing very fast and the expectations are that they will become the leading beacon manufacturer. They are still working on the SDK but you can already buy the beacons. The integration kits can be interesting if you want to place the beacons behind paintings for example. The SDK and Data analysis also sound very promising and this is definitely one of the players to remember for the coming months.īlueSense provides complete retail beacons as well as integration kits. The cat-shaped beacons have two AA batteries that are easily replaceable and the mounting plate makes it easy to connect them to the wall. BlueCatsīlueCats is made by the Australian firm Plus Location Systems.

Bluesense plus license#
This license falls under the MFi Pogram and this means that beacons that have this license are compatible with iOS devices. Because Apple recently announced that manufacturers will need a license to build beacons for iOS products. We have gathered a list of the 9 biggest manufacturers that you need to consider if you are planning a Beacon based app development project.Īll the hardware manufacturers are 3rd parties and this is important to keep in mind. The number of beacon manufacturers is increasing rapidly.
