Comparison

SynScan vs Totius

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

Head to head
About

SynScan

Control motorized telescope mounts for celestial object tracking and exploration. Features include GOTO functionality, object catalogs, and gamepad navigation. Ideal for novice users with alt-azimuth mounts.

Highlights
  • Control telescope mount slew, align, GOTO, and track
  • Point and Track celestial objects
  • Support gamepad navigation
  • Browse and save celestial object catalogs
  • Third-party app integration (ASCOM, SkySafari, Stellarium)
  • Emulator mount for testing
Features
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Use the SynScan app to control Sky-Watcher telescope mounts via Wi-Fi or Bluetooth LE. Mounts without built-in Wi-Fi can be supported via a SynScan Wi-Fi adapter. This version of the SynScan app is suited for novice users using alt-azimuth mounts. Features - Control telescope mount to slew, align, GOTO and track. - Point And Track: track celestial objects (including the Sun and planets) without aligning. - Support gamepad navigation. - Browse a catalog of stars, comets, and deep sky objects. Or, save your own objects. - Provide access to mount for use by third-party apps, including ASCOM clients, SkySafari, Luminos, Stellarium Mobile Plus, Stellarium Desktop or customer-developed apps. Also set up mount alignment for Luminos, Skysafari. - Support access to the mount and the SynScan app from any platform that supports TCP/UDP connections. - Provide emulator mount for testing and practicing. - Track fast-moving earth satellites by working with the PreviSat app on Windows PC or the Lumios app on iOS devices.

About

Totius

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Totius is a reality capture platform for real estate investors and construction companies. The platform brings your building transparency to be available for different parties who are managing, designing and working with construction and operational life cycle management. Accessing to the transparency building information can be done regardless of time, device, or location. Use our app to capture 360-degree image with attitude “Now we can document everything” and add standard direction phots to building’s floor plans. People who have received invitation from Totius platform can have access to the information, they can add and respond to observations, in real time. During life cycles management you can use the platform as a link to all digital information of the building and enrich 360-degree image information e.g. with images, notes, web links, documents. WHY USE TOTIUS? Creates surprising value for the owner, because they can follow construction company’s commitment, track commitment to schedule, the quality of work and safety factors. The Totius platform also supports AI development at construction site. Overall continuous development on the construction site - Make weekly project meetings more efficient with different parties. Plan your work, review degree of readiness and quality commitments while looking at up-to-date site conditions. Using Totius platform people do not need to go to construction site because the building comes virtually to you. Easy to set up – and integrate to other digital solutions! - Integrated with the apps you use every day, webservice, including project management, document storage and IoT systems.

Screenshots

SynScan3 screens
Totius4 screens

Verdict

The call

SynScan and Totius are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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

SynScan ships an update every 2 months, Totius every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on September 16, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
SynScan versus Totius: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSynScanTotius
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.3 (8 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews22.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings8 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS14.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size46 MB23 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAstropower Technology Co. Ltd.Kelotwin

In-app purchases

None

SynScan

No in-app purchases

None

Totius

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is SynScan free?
SynScan is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Totius free?
Totius is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do SynScan or Totius have ads?
Neither SynScan nor Totius shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SynScan or Totius?
SynScan ships an update every 2 months, and Totius every 4 months. Most recently, SynScan was updated on September 16, 2026 and Totius on October 2, 2026.

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