Comparison

This vs iNet.Live

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

This

Enhance your photos by adding labels, descriptions, and commentary. This app offers a clean interface with customizable pointers and automatic text optimization for clarity. Share your annotated images easily across various social media platforms and messaging apps.

Highlights
  • Add pointers, labels, and descriptions
  • 7 expressive pointer designs
  • Adjustable pointer size and position
  • Automatic text legibility optimization
  • Save and share to social media
  • Clean, minimal design
Features
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Tell the whole story by adding pointers, labels, descriptions, and commentary to your photos. FEATURES: • Awarded “App Store Best of 2016” by Apple • From Tinrocket, creator of Waterlogue (App Store Best of 2014) and Olli (App Store Best of 2017) • Clean, minimal design • Simple, interactive, and fun to use • 7 expressive pointer designs to suit your mood • Easily add, delete, re-size, or re-position pointers • Automatically optimizes text legibility • Save to your phone or share via Instagram, Facebook, Bluesky, Mastodon, Message, Email, and more WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING ABOUT THIS BY TINROCKET: “App Store Best of 2016" —Apple “App Store Pick of the Week” —Starbucks “This for iOS makes adding simple annotations to photos dead simple”—Lifehacker “This is an absurdly easy way to add information to photos and send them away.”—MacStories KEEP UP WITH TINROCKET: • Follow @Tinrocket on Instagram for the latest! • We’re here to help: If you have a question or need assistance, you can always email us at support@tinrocket.com • If you like “This,” please consider leaving an App Store review or rating. Every review counts and helps indie developers like ourselves.

About

iNet.Live

Stream live video directly from your mobile device to a newsgathering center or compatible decoder. This app is ideal for capturing field reports, interviews, and events when professional gear is unavailable.

Highlights
  • Live video streaming
  • Direct to newsgathering center
  • Field reporting capture
  • Event coverage
  • Interview recording
  • Backup streaming solution
Features
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Go live from anywhere with just your phone. iNet.Live streams broadcast-quality video from your phone straight to your newsgathering center, or to any location with an iNet.Live decoder. Use it for field reports, cut-ins, interviews, breaking news, weather, sports and events. It's also the perfect backup when news breaks and your gear isn't with you. BUILT FOR THE FIELD • Up to 1080p HD video with stereo audio • Secure, low-latency streaming that holds up on cellular networks • Adjusts the bitrate automatically on a weak connection • Saves a full-quality copy of every stream to your phone • Watch return video from the station This app requires an iNet.Live account and a receiving decoder. Contact your VideoShip representative to get set up.

Screenshots

This4 screens
iNet.Live4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: iNet.Live at Free against This's $2.99. This's advantage is ratings volume (533 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 18.0). On rating, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

iNet.Live is free to download; This costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

iNet.Live holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: This has 533 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

This ships an update every 5 weeks, iNet.Live every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
This versus iNet.Live: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterThisiNet.Live
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating4.8 (533 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews85.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings533 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.6 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size45 MB9 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTinrocket, LLCVideoship Enterprises

Customer experience

This

All ratings510 ratings
Positive96.1%
Neutral2.2%
Negative1.8%
Written reviews250 reviews
Positive85.6%
Neutral7.6%
Negative6.8%

iNet.Live

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

This

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • App crashing when saving to Photos
  • Annotations not aligning properly on certain backgrounds

Requested features

4 requests
  • Additional color options for annotations
  • Ability to add multiple lines or brackets from a single point
  • Option to save original and annotated images separately
  • Support for larger screen sizes and newer devices

iNet.Live

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

This

No in-app purchases

None

iNet.Live

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is This free?
This costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is iNet.Live free?
iNet.Live is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, This or iNet.Live?
iNet.Live is rated higher. This averages 4.8 out of 5 from 533 ratings, while iNet.Live averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do This or iNet.Live have ads?
Neither This nor iNet.Live shows ads.
Which is updated more often, This or iNet.Live?
This ships an update every 5 weeks, and iNet.Live every 2 months. Most recently, This was updated on November 2, 2026 and iNet.Live on November 3, 2026.

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