SmartThermal vs TargetIR
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
TargetIR
This app connects to a thermal imager device via Wi-Fi, allowing users to view high-definition thermal images in real-time. It offers full remote control for taking photos, recording videos, and accessing the device's image library for sharing.
- Real-time HD thermal image preview
- Remote control of thermal imager functions
- Take photos and record videos
- Access and share image library
- Wi-Fi device connectivity
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TargetIR, Thermal imaging night vision exclusive mobile terminal APP. By connecting the device to Wi-Fi, users can preview high-definition images of the thermalimager in real time and remotely control it with full functions. In addition to taking photos and recording videos, this APP can also remotely obtain the image library of the thermal imager and share it with other application platforms at any time. It is a mobile APP that truly realizes full-function remote transmission and control.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: SmartThermal at 5.0 against TargetIR's 4.0. TargetIR's advantage is review sentiment (28% vs 8%) and ratings volume (7 vs 1). 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.
SmartThermal holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: TargetIR has 7 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 8% of SmartThermal's written reviews are positive against 28% of TargetIR's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
SmartThermal ships an update every 6 weeks, TargetIR every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SmartThermal | TargetIR |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.0 (7 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 7.7% of reviews | 28.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 7 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 55 MB | 113 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Hangzhou Qingkong Technology Co., Ltd. | Wuhan Guide Infrared Co.,Ltd. |
Customer experience
SmartThermal
TargetIR
In-app purchases
SmartThermal
No in-app purchases
TargetIR
No in-app purchases
