GoSpectro vs DogView
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
GoSpectro
Transform your smartphone into a portable light spectrometer with this app and its accessory. Analyze spectral data for material characterization, with applications in gemology, food analysis, and water quality testing.
- Turn smartphone into a spectrometer
- Measure, record, and analyze spectral data
- Export spectral data
- Material characterization
- Applications in gemology and food industry
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Spectroscopy is a powerful tool that allows to analyze matter from the spectral component of light. So far, it has been restricted to professionals, considering the cost, the size and complexity of the equipment. Today, GoSpectro puts the power of spectroscopy in the hands of everyone, offering the world’s most compact and most simple light spectrometers. This application, combined with the GoSpectro accessory, allows to turn any smartphone into a light spectrometer in order to measure, record, analyze and export spectral data. It is the ideal companion for students, professionals or anyone who needs to measure a light spectrum on the go. This enables to perform material characterization and analysis with an ultra-compact device natively connected to the internet, with applications in gemology (gem identification), food industry (color measurement, allergen detection), water quality (pollution detection), academia/teaching, anti-counterfeiting, art, etc.
DogView
Experience the world through a dog's eyes with this app. It uses real-time processing to filter out red wavelengths, replicating the dichromatic blue-and-yellow vision of canines. Explore your surroundings from a new perspective.
- Simulates dog vision spectrum
- Real-time processing
- Filters red wavelengths
- Blue-and-yellow visual replication
- Camera-based exploration
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Using real-time processing, DogView strips away red wavelengths to accurately replicate the dichromatic blue-and-yellow visual spectrum of a dog's eyes. Perfect for pet parents, dog lovers, and curiosity seekers who want to better understand their companion's perspective. Turn on the camera, look around your home, and discover a whole new world!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: DogView at 5.0 against GoSpectro's 2.3. DogView also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 2 months). GoSpectro's advantage is iOS requirement (8.0 vs 26.4). On price, ratings volume, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
DogView holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 4 respectively.
GoSpectro ships an update every 2 months, DogView every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | GoSpectro | DogView |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.3 (6 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 25.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 6 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 26.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Thomas Kuntzel | ERIK RAFAEL AGUILAR HERNANDEZ |
Customer experience
GoSpectro
DogView
In-app purchases
GoSpectro
No in-app purchases
DogView
No in-app purchases
