RIDGID Thermal vs FoxIR
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Wi-Fi image transfer
- Thermal image analysis
- Spot measurements
- Image annotations
- Temperature display
- Color palette adjustment
- Image sharing
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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.
FoxIR
This thermal imaging app transforms your phone into a portable infrared camera. It captures detailed thermal images and temperature data, allowing for precise measurements and real-time monitoring. Analyze temperature variations, set alarms, and generate comprehensive reports.
- 256x192 pixel infrared resolution
- Real-time 25Hz high frame rate
- -20℃ to 550℃ temperature range
- Thermal imaging, fusion, and picture-in-picture modes
- Real-time temperature sound/light alarms
- Temperature measurement analysis reports
- Video recording and data export
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The mobile phone thermal imager is a portable thermal imaging product of long-wave infrared (8~14μm, LWIR), which can convert the thermal radiation of the measured object into images and temperature data. Main functions: 1. Supports ultra-high infrared resolution of 256X192 pixels, and displays thermal images in real time and high definition through 25Hz high frame rate. 2. Supports measurement of the full temperature range of -20℃~550℃ (-4℉~1022℉), and can accurately detect temperature changes of 0.1℃(32.18℉). 3. Supports real-time image photography and video recording, and can set the maximum\minimum\center temperature value display of point, line, and surface areas at any position on the image. 4. Supports thermal imaging\fusion\picture-in-picture mode switching, combining infrared images and visible light images. 5. Supports real-time temperature sound/light alarm, and can customize high or low temperature alarm values and alarm modes. 6. Support real-time temperature waveform monitoring, you can set points, lines, and surface areas at any position on the image for temperature monitoring, automatically save temperature monitoring videos, support video playback and excel table data export. 7. Support the generation of temperature measurement analysis reports, you can select any photo in the album to generate a PDF report, and support PDF report sharing.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: FoxIR at 100% against RIDGID Thermal's 26%. FoxIR also leads on rating (5.0 vs 1.8) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.6). RIDGID Thermal's advantage is ratings volume (128 vs 1). 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.
FoxIR 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 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 26% of RIDGID Thermal's written reviews are positive against 100% of FoxIR's.
RIDGID Thermal ships an update every 9 months, FoxIR every 6 months. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | RIDGID Thermal | FoxIR |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.8 (128 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 26.5% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 128 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 9 months | Every 6 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 29 MB | 19 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | RIDGID Software Solutions | 俊华 邹 |
Customer experience
RIDGID Thermal
FoxIR
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
FoxIR
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
RIDGID Thermal
No in-app purchases
FoxIR
No in-app purchases
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