Comparison

IR vs Thermography

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

Head to head
About

IR

Features
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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.

About

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.

Highlights
  • 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。

Screenshots

IR2 screens
Thermography4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

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.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
IR versus Thermography: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterIRThermography
PriceFreeFree
Rating—1.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—4 — better
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS9.0 — better13
Further details — not scored
Size47 MB130 MB
Age rating4+12+
Developer凯兴 莫Wuhan Guide Infrared Co., Ltd

In-app purchases

None

IR

No in-app purchases

None

Thermography

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is IR free?
IR is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Thermography free?
Thermography is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do IR or Thermography have ads?
Neither IR nor Thermography shows ads.
Which is updated more often, IR or Thermography?
IR ships an update every 7 months, and Thermography every 2 months. Most recently, IR was updated on September 27, 2026 and Thermography on June 20, 2026.

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