Visual Inspect™ vs easyTRX3
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Visual Inspect™
Visualize and compare large 3D CAD models on an iPad for real-time manufacturing insights. Detect errors early in production, construction, or design processes with flexible, mobile data storage and fast loading of complex datasets.
- Mobile 3D CAD data visualization
- Comparison to real-world conditions
- Early error detection
- Compressed mobile format for flexibility
- Fast loading of large datasets
- Support for numerous 3D data formats
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The FARO Visual Inspect™ product suite enables large, complex 3D CAD data to be transferred to an iPad and then used for mobile visualization and comparison to real world conditions. Visual Inspect™ enables real time, actionable manufacturing insight through early stage error detection in the production, construction or design processes as well as their documentation. The 3D CAD data is stored locally on the iPad through an innovative, compressed, mobile format which provides an exceptional degree of flexibility and mobility that together drive increased productivity. In order to create this format, the powerful Visual Inspect Translator (see also https://knowledge.faro.com/Software/Factory_Metrology/Visual_Inspect/Software_Download_for_Visual_Inspect_CAD_Translator) is used and is the basis for incredibly fast loading of extremely large data sets. The Visual Inspect CAD Translator supports virtually all data formats, including 3DXML, ACIS, native CATIA, IGES, Inventor, JT 8.x and 9.x, NX, Parasolid, ProE / Creo, Solid Edge, SolidWorks, STEP, STL, VDA-FS, XCGM. Flexible data transfer from Visual Inspect Translator (PC) to Visual Inspect (iPad) via: • FTP Server • Special flash drive (e.g. PhotoFast Memories Cable) • Apple iTunes • Email • Apple AirDrop • Link to customer-owned intranet
easyTRX3
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Use this app for setup your easyTRX3 (newest generation of AIS Class B Transponder). You can enter all basic data and you can program advanced settings. A diagnostic view gives all information about the "health" of the unit. Received AIS ships will be shown in a ship list and additionally plotted on a map view on your iPhone or iPad.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Visual Inspect™ at every 5 weeks against easyTRX3's every 16 months. easyTRX3's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 13.4). On price, 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.
Visual Inspect™ ships an update every 5 weeks, easyTRX3 every 16 months. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Visual Inspect™ | easyTRX3 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 16 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 13.4 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 82 MB | 52 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | FARO Technologies Inc. | Weatherdock AG |
In-app purchases
Visual Inspect™
No in-app purchases
easyTRX3
No in-app purchases
Questions
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