FARO Stream vs Hiteco Connect
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.
Hiteco Connect
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The Hiteco Connect app can be used to monitor the electrospindles condition and performance in real time and at any time. All the data from the component in question can then be analysed to optimise its use and maintenance.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Hiteco Connect at 13.0 against FARO Stream's 16.6. 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.
FARO Stream ships an update monthly, Hiteco Connect every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | FARO Stream | Hiteco Connect |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (9 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 9 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 74 MB | 34 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | FARO Technologies Inc. | Hiteco S.r.l. |
In-app purchases
FARO Stream
No in-app purchases
Hiteco Connect
No in-app purchases
Questions
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