FARO Stream vs Virtek IRIS Mobile
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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.
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.
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Verdict
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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | FARO Stream | Virtek IRIS Mobile |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (9 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 9 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | — |
| Ads | No | — |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | — |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 | 13.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 69 MB | 24 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | FARO Technologies Inc. | Virtek Vision International Inc. |
In-app purchases
FARO Stream
No in-app purchases
Virtek IRIS Mobile
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is FARO Stream free?
Is Virtek IRIS Mobile free?
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