Comparison

RIDGID Thermal vs tCamView

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

Head to head
About

RIDGID Thermal

Connect to Wi-Fi enabled thermal imagers to transfer, analyze, and organize thermal images on your smartphone or tablet. Easily add measurements, annotations, and adjust color palettes before saving and sharing your findings.

Highlights
  • Wi-Fi image transfer
  • Thermal image analysis
  • Spot measurements
  • Image annotations
  • Temperature display
  • Color palette adjustment
  • Image sharing
Features
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RIDGID Thermal works exclusively with RT-5x, RT-7x and RT-9x Wi-Fi enabled thermal imagers from RIDGID. The app allows seamless transfer of thermal images from the imager to your smartphone or tablet for analysis, organization and sharing. Create multiple spot measurements within an image, easily make annotations, and show the max and min temperatures within an area. It’s easy to navigate between the visual image and the thermal image and well adjust the thermal color palette displayed. Save images and analysis to your photo library and quickly share with others.

About

tCamView

Connect to a wireless thermal imaging camera to view and save thermal images. Adjust camera settings and export images for sharing. Requires a compatible camera hardware to view live feeds.

Highlights
  • Connect to tCam-Mini
  • View thermal images
  • Save radiometric data
  • Export JPEG images
  • Configure camera parameters
  • Use with or without camera hardware
Features
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Use your iPhone or iPad to connect to thehttps://store.groupgets.com/products/tcam-mini open source tCam-Mini wireless thermal imaging camera designed by danjuliodesigns, LLC and available at Group Gets. View thermal images captured by the long-wave infrared radiation (LWIR) sensor in a variety of palettes designed to tease out different details. Save radiometric data files that can be shared on a Mac with the Desktop application. Export jpeg images to Photos, Messages or Email. Configure tCam-Mini's operating parameters such as AGC, Emissivity and Gain to match your needs. Note: This application uses Wifi to communicate with tCam-Mini and requires a tCam-Mini to display or save live images. It can be used without a tCam-Mini to view and export saved images. You can buy a tCam-Mini from Group Gets: https://store.groupgets.com/products/tcam-mini Or build your own using the design in Dan Julio's github repository: https://github.com/danjulio/lepton/tree/master/ESP32/tCam-Mini

Screenshots

RIDGID Thermal4 screens
tCamView4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: tCamView at 5.0 against RIDGID Thermal's 1.8. tCamView also leads on update cadence (every 3 months vs every 9 months) and device support (3 vs 1). RIDGID Thermal's advantage is ratings volume (128 vs 2). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

tCamView holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: RIDGID Thermal has 128 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

RIDGID Thermal ships an update every 9 months, tCamView every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
RIDGID Thermal versus tCamView: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRIDGID ThermaltCamView
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.8 (128 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews26.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings128 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 9 monthsEvery 3 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.611.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size29 MB10 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRIDGID Software Solutionsdanjuliodesigns LLC

Customer experience

RIDGID Thermal

All ratings128 ratings
Positive18.8%
Neutral4.7%
Negative76.6%
Written reviews34 reviews
Positive26.5%
Neutral2.9%
Negative70.6%

tCamView

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

RIDGID Thermal

Reported bugs

8 issues
  • App connects to network without permission
  • App requests location access
  • App doesn't take photos
  • App doesn't detect heat
  • App shows pre-taken photos
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  • App black screen on launch
  • App can't import photos
  • App can't connect camera to wifi

tCamView

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

RIDGID Thermal

No in-app purchases

None

tCamView

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is RIDGID Thermal free?
RIDGID Thermal is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is tCamView free?
tCamView is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, RIDGID Thermal or tCamView?
tCamView is rated higher. RIDGID Thermal averages 1.8 out of 5 from 128 ratings, while tCamView averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do RIDGID Thermal or tCamView have ads?
Neither RIDGID Thermal nor tCamView shows ads.
Which is updated more often, RIDGID Thermal or tCamView?
RIDGID Thermal ships an update every 9 months, and tCamView every 3 months. Most recently, RIDGID Thermal was updated on October 24, 2026 and tCamView on October 6, 2026.

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