Comparison

Ear vs Fongool

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

Head to head
About

Ear

This utility app connects to visual ear cleaning equipment, offering features like WiFi detection, battery monitoring, and screen adjustments. It allows for video recording, screenshots, and photo album viewing to aid in visual ear picking.

Highlights
  • WiFi access point detection
  • Equipment battery power detection
  • Visual screen range adjustment
  • Video screenshot and recording
  • Photo album viewing
Features
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Ear cleaner is a tools app specially customized for visual ear picking equipment. It provides equipment WiFi access point detection, WiFi access guidance, equipment battery power detection, equipment startup, visual screen range adjustment, screen operation locking, visual screen direction adjustment, visual video direction adjustment, video screenshot, video recording, photo album viewing, privacy policy, user feedback User help and other functions;

About

Fongool

This application displays live macro lens images from an ear-scoop device on your mobile phone. You can capture photos and record videos of the live view, and then manipulate the saved images from various angles.

Highlights
  • Live macro lens image display
  • Wireless WiFi connection
  • Photo capture
  • Video recording
  • Image manipulation
Features
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The app connects to the ear-scoop device via wireless wifi and can display live macro lens images on the mobile device. When previewing the live view, you can take a photo and save the video. When the current picture and video are displayed, the picture can be manipulated from multiple angles.

Screenshots

Ear4 screens
Fongool4 screens

Verdict

The call

Ear and Fongool both sit at 2.0 stars, but that hides the real split: 28% of Fongool's written reviews are positive against 0% of Ear's. Fongool also leads on ratings volume (72 vs 3). Ear's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 13.0). On price, rating, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 2.0 for Ear against 2.1 for Fongool. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Fongool has 72 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 0% of Ear's written reviews are positive against 28% of Fongool's.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Ear versus Fongool: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEarFongool
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.0 (3 ratings)2.1 (72 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews28.2% of reviews — better
Number of ratings372 — better
Update frequency—Every 6 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB16 MB
Age rating17++4
DeveloperShenzhen Mediaway information technology Co., Ltd.shenzhen cooingdv technology co.,ltd.

Customer experience

Ear

All ratings3 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral33.3%
Negative66.7%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Fongool

All ratings72 ratings
Positive25.0%
Neutral2.8%
Negative72.2%
Written reviews39 reviews
Positive28.2%
Neutral0.0%
Negative71.8%

In-app purchases

None

Ear

No in-app purchases

None

Fongool

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Ear free?
Ear is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Fongool free?
Fongool is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Ear or Fongool?
Fongool is rated higher. Ear averages 2.0 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while Fongool averages 2.1 from 72 ratings.
Do Ear or Fongool have ads?
Neither Ear nor Fongool shows ads.

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