Similar to other reviewers, the main issue I have with this app is for its need of Full Photos permissions to even function (ie to take videos or photos and save them). In fact the entire facility is disabled (not even storing videos in the apps own working folder) if users album full access is not granted. This constitutes a violation of Data Minimization Principles from any Privacy frameworks, including GDPR. Further holding hostage functionality until extraordinary access unnecessary is granted is breach of responsible and ethical programming.
Overall the concept of the facility that this app seeks to provide is very beneficial. However this benefit is reflected in its prices which the owners pay to purchase the hardware. Of them the necessary and accompanying software is arbitrarily restricted or even functionality hidden behind a paywall, it diminishes the ownership gained by paying the high cost of the initial hardware purchase.
Before jumping on the subscription bandwagon, this device manufacturer should consider the total cost of ownership complete with content versus what os available is just paying the hardware and only granting necessary permissions. TCO inclusive of the the in app purchases, the hardware purchase, and the granting of security permissions which effectively is unbounded in price yields a product that has just out priced itself from carrying the above mentioned utility of the concept of this device.
Limiting the tco to just the hardware, and not granting permissions and refraining from in app purchases, yields a product that can only perform real time scans (can’t save video and can’t access reference materials of how- to’s). — again a yielding price point which is not market capable.
Beyond these considerations, an element of the app which is a source of frustration is the constant “recalibrating” that it performs practically every few seconds (probably 2x / minute). Additionally a scale which constantly changes with each recalibration prevents a single session to have a concept of what min and max the scale even represents. Granted temperatures can sway significantly , there should be an absolute scale and perhaps calibration brings into focus a subsection of the static scale that is applicable to the current viewfinder contents versus changing the scale each time.
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