Comparison

FARO Stream vs Virtek IRIS Mobile

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

Head to head
About

FARO Stream

This app streamlines on-site data capture by connecting FARO hardware with cloud services. It offers real-time feedback and scan pre-registration, enhancing efficiency for professionals in AEC, facility management, and geospatial industries.

Highlights
  • Connects FARO hardware to cloud services
  • On-site capture workflow efficiency
  • Live feedback of captured data
  • Real-time SLAM and scan pre-registration
  • Includes field annotations and images
  • Unified interface for multiple scanners
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Stream is the FARO field-capture mobile app that connects FARO hardware with FARO Sphere cloud-based services. By uniting hardware with cloud software, Stream makes on-site capture workflows more efficient and brings captured data directly into the FARO ecosystem. Stream is compatible with the Focus Premium, Orbis mobile and Blink scanner with a unified interface. Stream provides live feedback of the captured data, performing real-time SLAM for Orbis/Blink and scan pre-registration for Focus/Blink. Stream also allows the ability to include complementary data like field annotations and photographic images to the project after a scan is complete. Stream provides the best on-site efficiency for data capture with the Focus Premium, Blink and Orbis for scan operations in architecture, engineering, construction, facility management, geospatial, and mining.

About

Virtek IRIS Mobile

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Introducing a new mobile app for complete work order control, making task management easier and more efficient, right at your fingertips. Virtek IRIS Mobile App Features: Open and Close a Workorder Manually Align your lasers Step through the entire build process Increased support for paperless assembly Extreme mobility beyond your workstation Get access to our lasers through a new mobile experience Compatible with Iris 2024.03, 2024.10, 2025.02.

Screenshots

FARO Stream4 screens
Virtek IRIS Mobile4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: FARO Stream at 2 against Virtek IRIS Mobile's —. Virtek IRIS Mobile's advantage is iOS requirement (13.4 vs 16.6). On price 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
FARO Stream versus Virtek IRIS Mobile: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFARO StreamVirtek IRIS Mobile
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (9 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings9 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks—
AdsNo—
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — better—
Requires iOS16.613.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size69 MB24 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFARO Technologies Inc.Virtek Vision International Inc.

In-app purchases

None

FARO Stream

No in-app purchases

None

Virtek IRIS Mobile

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is FARO Stream free?
FARO Stream is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Virtek IRIS Mobile free?
Virtek IRIS Mobile is free to download, with no in-app purchases.

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