Device Detector vs SmartThermal
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Device Detector
Scan and analyze all devices connected to your local network. This essential tool helps protect your privacy by identifying everything on your network. Regular updates ensure an improved user experience.
- Scan local network
- Analyze connected devices
- Privacy protection
- Regular updates
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This is a tool to scan and analyze all devices on your local network. It is an essential app to protect your privacy. We will regularly update the app to improve your experience.
SmartThermal
Connect your mobile device to observation devices for real-time viewing and recording. Control your observation equipment directly from your smartphone.
- Connect to ThermEyeTec observation devices
- Use smartphone as mobile viewfinder
- Record video and images
- Full smartphone control of observation devices
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Smart Thermal is an application providing connection between your mobile devices and observation devices from ThermEyeTec. With this application, observation devices can not only use a smartphone as its mobile view finder, video and image recorder, also can be fully controlled on a smartphone.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: SmartThermal at 5.0 against Device Detector's 4.4. SmartThermal also leads on ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). Device Detector's advantage is review sentiment (49% vs 8%) and ratings volume (3.6K vs 1). On price, update cadence, 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.
SmartThermal holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Device Detector has 3.6K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 49% of Device Detector's written reviews are positive against 8% of SmartThermal's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Device Detector ships an update monthly, SmartThermal every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Device Detector | SmartThermal |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (3.6K ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 48.9% of reviews — better | 7.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3.6K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 44 MB | 55 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 长金 胡 | Hangzhou Qingkong Technology Co., Ltd. |
Customer experience
Device Detector
SmartThermal
Bugs and requests
Device Detector
Reported bugs
3 issues- Inconsistent network connectivity detection
- Crashes and freezes during scans
- Incorrect device identification in some cases
Requested features
4 requests- Improve device identification and location details
- Provide more context on suspicious devices
- Offer ad-free or paid version to remove ads
- Add support for more device types and manufacturers
SmartThermal
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Device Detector
No in-app purchases
SmartThermal
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Device Detector free?
Is SmartThermal free?
Which has better reviews, Device Detector or SmartThermal?
Do Device Detector or SmartThermal have ads?
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