IR vs Thermography
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
IR
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The product which IR-TRACKER applied is a handheld monocular. It adopts infrared thermal imaging components, professional display eyepiece. It’s handheld operation and can get rich image information at low visibility or completely dark conditions. It’s compact and rugged which can meet the outdoor use requirements. The applications include patrol, law-enforcement, searching and rescuing, prisoner pursuing, hiking and etc.
Thermography
Connect directly to your infrared thermal imager to view real-time video, track temperatures, and capture images. Analyze and edit thermal data, generate PDF reports, and share findings easily.
- Real-time video preview
- Thermal imager control
- High/low temperature tracking
- Image and video capture
- PDF report generation
- Image analysis and editing
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Thermography is a mobile tool that supports direct connection with the infrared thermal imager wifi to view videos. It has functions such as real-time video preview, controlling the thermal imager, full screen high and low temperature tracking, adding analysis objects, taking photos, recording, generating PDF reports, email, sharing, image editing, video playback, etc. 1. Real time video preview, which can watch the video transmitted from the thermal imager in real time, realize full screen high and low temperature tracking, send control commands to the thermal imager, and add functions such as analysis objects, photography, and video recording; 2. Picture browsing, which can save photos, videos and pictures and videos directly downloaded from the thermal imager. It also supports PDF report generation, email sending, sharing and report printing functions for infrared pictures; 3. Picture editing, which can analyze infrared pictures, add analysis objects, modify picture information, and add notes, including text notes, photo notes, voice notes, and graffiti notes. Thermography是一款支持与红外热像仪wifi直连查看视频的手机端工具,具有实时视频预览、控制热像仪、全屏高低温追踪、添加分析对象、拍照、录像、生成PDF报表、邮件、分享、图片编辑、录像回放等功能。 1.实时视频预览,可实时观看热像仪传输过来的视频,并实现全屏高低温追踪,向热像仪发送控制命令,添加分析对象、拍照、录像等功能; 2.图片浏览,可保存拍照、录像和从热像仪直连下载的图片视频,同时支持对红外图片生成PDF报表、发送邮件、分享和报表打印功能; 3.图片编辑,可对红外图片进行分析,添加分析对象,修改图片信息,添加注释,包括文本注释、拍照注释、语音注释和涂鸦注释。
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Thermography at every 2 months against IR's every 7 months. IR's advantage is iOS requirement (9.0 vs 13). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
IR ships an update every 7 months, Thermography every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 27, 2026 and June 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | IR | Thermography |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 1.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 4 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 13 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 47 MB | 130 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | 凯兴 莫 | Wuhan Guide Infrared Co., Ltd |
In-app purchases
IR
No in-app purchases
Thermography
No in-app purchases









