Microscope vs Flip Camera
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Microscope
Transform your iPhone into a high-magnification microscope. Explore the intricate details of everyday objects like skin, eyes, and hair with impressive digital zoom. Amaze others by revealing hidden cellular structures and fine particles.
- High-magnification digital zoom
- Magnify skin and reveal cell structure
- View inner eye details
- Examine hair particles
- Impress friends with detailed views
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Turn your iPhone into a powerful electron microscope! Amaze your friends and trick them into believing that your iPhone also acts as a microscope and is capable of magnifying objects by thousands of times. Point the iPhone camera at your hands, and show your friends how the digital zoom magnifies your skin, revealing the cell structure with the precision and detail offered only by an expensive microscope! Aim the iPhone camera at your eye, and cause amazement when your screen will begin showing the inner parts of your eye, amongst blood vessels and various other filaments and cell. Finally, point the iPhone to your hair, and dazzle your friends as the tiniest particles your hair is made of begin to reveal themselves on the iPhone's screen!
Flip Camera
Record videos seamlessly by switching between your device's front and rear cameras during a single take. This app acts like having two cameramen, allowing you to capture a scene and your reaction simultaneously without post-editing.
- Record with front and rear cameras
- Switch cameras during recording
- Continuous video capture
- Simultaneous scene and reaction recording
- No post-editing required
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Flip Camera app allows you to make videos using both front and rear camera. Use the flip button while recording to switch between cameras, a continuous video will be recorded. It is like having two cameramen available to you, with an ability to switch between them. Use Flip Camera with friends or at the games to record the game and then flip the camera to comment on it and record your own presence. For executives who want to show a construction site to a client use flip camera to record yourself for describing the place, no need to later sit and edit videos.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Flip Camera at 3.0 against Microscope's 2.0. Flip Camera also leads on review sentiment (26% vs 4%). Microscope's advantage is update cadence (every 10 months vs every 44 months) and ratings volume (223 vs 35). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
Flip Camera holds the better App Store score, 3.0 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Microscope has 223 ratings behind it against 35, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 4% of Microscope's written reviews are positive against 26% of Flip Camera's.
Microscope ships an update every 10 months, Flip Camera every 44 months. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Microscope | Flip Camera |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.0 (223 ratings) | 3.0 (35 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 4.3% of reviews | 26.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 223 — better | 35 |
| Update frequency | Every 10 months — better | Every 44 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 3.1 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | LogSat LLC | Cogniter Technologies Pvt Ltd |
Customer experience
Microscope
Flip Camera
Bugs and requests
Microscope
Reported bugs
6 issues- Information screen goes black and unresponsive
- Cannot return to main screen from info screen
- Camera recognition fails for non-hand/eye/hair objects
- App shows same image even with camera covered
- Works only once then requires app restart
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- Selection screen doesn't function as intended
Requested features
7 requests- Show actual magnified images of scanned objects
- Real microscope functionality
- Ability to take multiple different pictures
- Clearer description that app is a prank/gag
- Update for iPod Touch with camera compatibility
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- Remove pre-loaded limitation
- Working information/selection screen
Flip Camera
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Microscope
No in-app purchases
Flip Camera
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Microscope free?
Is Flip Camera free?
Which has better reviews, Microscope or Flip Camera?
Do Microscope or Flip Camera have ads?
Which is updated more often, Microscope or Flip Camera?
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