Arken Optics vs DNT
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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
DNT
This application connects to a proprietary digital scope via Wi-Fi to provide video preview and management of recorded videos and photos. It also offers ballistic calculation settings and basic digital scope functions like video recording control and zeroing.
- Wi-Fi connection to digital scope
- Video preview
- Video recording control
- Zeroing function
- Recorded video/photo management
- Ballistic calculation settings
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The APP can be used to connect to the our digital scope with Wi-Fi (The digital scope is manufactured by us), and has the following main functions. Video preview Basic digital scope functions, include video recording control and zeroing Recorded video/photo management Ballistic calculation settings Note: The digital scope is a pure optical tool, and our APP only do the calculation parameter settings and data management. It does not control the mechanic motion apart from our digital scope of any sort.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Arken Optics at 4.2 against DNT's 3.1. Arken Optics also leads on iOS requirement (10.0 vs 15.6). DNT's advantage is review sentiment (32% vs 20%) and ratings volume (31 vs 5). 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.
Arken Optics holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 3.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: DNT has 31 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 20% of Arken Optics's written reviews are positive against 32% of DNT's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Arken Optics ships an update every 3 weeks, DNT every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 10, 2026 and September 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Arken Optics | DNT |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (5 ratings) — better | 3.1 (31 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 20.0% of reviews | 31.6% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 31 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 5 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 22 MB | 25 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Hunan Pangu Optical Instruments Manufacturing Co., Ltd. | DNT Optics, LLC |
Customer experience
Arken Optics
DNT
In-app purchases
Arken Optics
No in-app purchases
DNT
No in-app purchases
