HOTMAC vs DLscope
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
HOTMAC
Connect a digital microscope to your iPhone or iPad via Wi-Fi to view live image streams. This software receives the stream and displays it on your device.
- Wi-Fi microscope connection
- Live image streaming
- Display microscope frames
- iPhone and iPad compatibility
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if you want to use the software 'HOTMAC', the digital microscope must be connected to the Apple's iPhone or iPad by wifi , then the image frame stream will be sent from the microscope, the software 'HOTMAC' can receive the frame stream and show it
DLscope
Control hardware devices and view their image data directly from your phone. Capture photos and save them to your device, or share them easily with others. This utility app offers a straightforward way to interact with connected hardware.
- Connect to hardware devices
- View device image data
- Capture photos via app
- Save photos to phone
- Share captured album files
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DLscope is a hardware device control software. 1.After connecting to the device, you can view the image data of the device。 2.You can take a photo through the app and save it to your phone。 3.You can share the captured album files via AirDrop。
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: HOTMAC at 2.8 against DLscope's 1.8. HOTMAC also leads on iOS requirement (8.0 vs 13). DLscope's advantage is review sentiment (13% vs 0%) and ratings volume (29 vs 5). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
HOTMAC holds the better App Store score, 2.8 against 1.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: DLscope has 29 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 0% of HOTMAC's written reviews are positive against 13% of DLscope's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
HOTMAC ships an update every 3 months, DLscope every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | HOTMAC | DLscope |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.8 (5 ratings) — better | 1.8 (29 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 13.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 29 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 13 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 60 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 有发 赖 | 红奎 刘 |
Customer experience
HOTMAC
DLscope
In-app purchases
HOTMAC
No in-app purchases
DLscope
No in-app purchases
