TRIGGERCAM 2.1 vs Arken Optics
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
TRIGGERCAM 2.1
Control and interface with specific hardware devices directly from your mobile. Adjust settings, live stream footage, and manage device functions. Download videos and monitor battery status.
- Hardware control and interfacing
- Adjustable settings
- Live streaming to mobile
- Video downloading
- Battery charge indicator
- SD card formatting
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The TRIGGERCAM 2.1 IOS APP allows users to interface & control the TRIGGERCAM2.1 & TRIGGERCAM2.1+ hardware. This allows the user to adjust all the settings according to personal preference. Enables APP users to live stream directly to your mobile device. Downloading of videos to your IOS device, battery charge indicator, format SD card and much more.
Arken Optics
This utility app connects to Arken Optics devices via WiFi, allowing real-time screen viewing, file management, and device function adjustments. It also offers video editing capabilities like cropping and slow-motion, alongside reticle calibration and software updates.
- Real-time device screen mirroring
- View, download, and share device files
- Device function menu settings
- Reticle zero calibration
- Online device software upgrades
- Video editing (cropping, synthesis, slow-motion)
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Arken Optics APP is a free mobile application, and can connect to all devices under the Arken Optics brand through WiFi. After the connection is successful, you can perform the following operations through the Arken Optics APP: 1. You can see the screen of the device synchronously in real time 2. You can view the video files of the device online, and you can download the device files to the mobile phone and share them to other platforms 3. You can set the device function menu 4. You can quickly perform reticle zero calibration on the APP 5. Online device software upgrades can be performed through the APP 6. Video editing functions can be performed on the APP: video cropping, video synthesis, video slow motion
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Arken Optics at every 3 weeks against TRIGGERCAM 2.1's every 6 months. Arken Optics also leads on iOS requirement (10.0 vs 12.0). TRIGGERCAM 2.1's advantage is review sentiment (33% vs 20%). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 3.7 for TRIGGERCAM 2.1 against 3.7 for Arken Optics. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 6 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 33% of TRIGGERCAM 2.1's written reviews are positive against 20% of Arken Optics's.
TRIGGERCAM 2.1 ships an update every 6 months, Arken Optics every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | TRIGGERCAM 2.1 | Arken Optics |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (3 ratings) | 3.7 (6 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews — better | 20.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 6 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 52 MB | 22 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Eyecam Technologies Pty Ltd | Hunan Pangu Optical Instruments Manufacturing Co., Ltd. |
Customer experience
TRIGGERCAM 2.1
Arken Optics
In-app purchases
TRIGGERCAM 2.1
No in-app purchases
Arken Optics
No in-app purchases
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