Anecdata.org vs Infrared Explorer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Anecdata.org
This platform empowers users to create, manage, and participate in citizen science projects. It facilitates data collection in the field, even offline, and supports project analysis and download.
- Project creation and management
- Datasheet design
- Participant invitation
- Offline data collection
- Data download and analysis
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Anecdata.org is a free online platform for managing all aspects of a citizen science project, from project creation, datasheet design, inviting participants, collecting data, to eventual download and analysis of data! The app makes it easy for you to create your own project or find a project to join, with excellent offline support for collecting data in the field.
Infrared Explorer
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Infrared Explorer turns a phone with a FLIR ONE thermal camera into a science instrument for the classroom, the lab and the field. SEE HEAT Point the camera at anything and watch temperature become color, live. Switch palettes, lock or free the temperature range, and read the value under the crosshair. RECORD AND ANALYZE Capture thermal clips that keep the temperature of every pixel, then play them back with thermometers and analysis tools. Compare a kettle coming to the boil, a running motor, or the wall of your school on a cold morning. TIME-LAPSE Leave the camera watching for up to 24 hours: one thermal frame every few seconds or minutes, played back as a film. With a wired FLIR ONE, the recording carries on with the phone locked, and a Live Activity on the lock screen shows its progress. LEARN WITH REAL DATA Lessons and a Showcase of experiments from other classrooms give you something to try today. A Video Store of sample recordings works without any camera attached. MAP THE INVISIBLE Infrared Street View captures panoramas with their temperatures, geotags them and shares them on a map with other explorers. GO FURTHER Sign in to upload recordings to the cloud, join a class, and have an AI model draft a lab report from your own data. Requires a FLIR ONE thermal camera: FLIR ONE Gen 3, Pro or Pro LT with the connector that matches your iPhone, or a FLIR ONE Edge / Edge Pro over Wi-Fi. Without a camera, the sample recordings and the built-in simulator let you explore every feature. Infrared Explorer is made by the Institute for Future Intelligence, a nonprofit. It is free, with no ads and no in-app purchases.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Infrared Explorer at daily against Anecdata.org's every 3 weeks. Anecdata.org's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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.
Anecdata.org ships an update every 3 weeks, Infrared Explorer daily. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Anecdata.org | Infrared Explorer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Daily — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 47 MB | 141 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | MDI Biological Laboratory | Institute for Future Intelligence |
In-app purchases
Anecdata.org
No in-app purchases
Infrared Explorer
No in-app purchases
Questions
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