iMicroscope vs Magnifying Glass & Mirror
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
iMicroscope
Transform your phone into a powerful microscope to explore the microscopic world. View tiny objects with high magnification, capture detailed images, and share your discoveries. Perfect for examining everyday items with incredible clarity.
- High-powered magnification
- Capture detailed images
- Real-time AirPlay viewing
- Examine small objects
- Share discoveries
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Unlock the secrets of the microscopic world with iMicroscope, the ultimate app for exploring the tiniest of details. This app turns your mobile device into a high-powered microscope, allowing you to view objects in stunning detail and magnification. Investigate small objects and take pictures of the revealed details. Watch the details in realtime via AirPlay on your TV. Amaze your friends with stunning details which can hardly be viewed by the naked eye. Use iMicroscope to examine stamps, little animals or small objects magnified by a factor of 8! Reveal even the smallest structures with a precision and detail which is normally offered only by real microscopes. Share your discoveries with your friends using various sharing options
Magnifying Glass & Mirror
This app transforms your device into a powerful magnifying glass using your camera. It also functions as a mirror with adjustable light bars, perfect for low-light conditions. Freeze images for detailed inspection, adjust zoom, brightness, contrast, and even invert colors.
- Magnifies objects with camera
- Front camera mirror function
- Adjustable light bars
- Freeze image for detailed view
- Pinch to zoom, rotate, pan
- Brightness and contrast adjustment
- Color inversion (negative image)
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Simple app uses your camera to magnify objects. You can switch to the front camera and use as a mirror with light bars for dim lighting. A simple tap on the screen freezes the image for a closer look and some fine adjustments if you like. You can pinch to zoom, rotate, and pan the frozen image and also make adjustments to brightness and contrast. A save button lets you send the final image to your Photos. There is even a toggle button to invert the colors and create a negative image. We hope you enjoy the app and find it “A Surprisingly Useful Tool”!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Magnifying Glass & Mirror at 90% against iMicroscope's 31%. Magnifying Glass & Mirror also leads on price (Free vs $3.99) and rating (4.8 vs 4.2). iMicroscope's advantage is chart position (#83 vs unranked). On update cadence, 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
Magnifying Glass & Mirror is free to download; iMicroscope costs $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Magnifying Glass & Mirror holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Magnifying Glass & Mirror has 8K ratings behind it against 615, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 31% of iMicroscope's written reviews are positive against 90% of Magnifying Glass & Mirror's.
iMicroscope ships an update every 2 months, Magnifying Glass & Mirror every 3 months. Both last shipped on September 22, 2026.
| Parameter | iMicroscope | Magnifying Glass & Mirror |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $3.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.2 (615 ratings) | 4.8 (8K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 31.3% of reviews | 90.1% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 615 | 8K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Best chart rank | #83 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.4 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | elklab UG | SensorBLE LLC |
Customer experience
iMicroscope
Magnifying Glass & Mirror
User reviews
iMicroscope
From 615 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Easy to use interface
- 📸 Good for nature observation and plant identification
- 💾 Ability to save and store images
- 🔦 Built-in flashlight feature
- 🎨 Retro design aesthetic
Room to improve
- 😞 Limited magnification (only 8x zoom)
- 🔍 Poor image quality at higher zoom levels
- 📉 Blurry and grainy results
- 💰 Not worth the $1.99-$2.00 price
- 📱 No better than built-in iPhone camera zoom
Magnifying Glass & Mirror
From 8K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Excellent magnification
- 👍 Easy to use
- 🔍 Helpful for reading small text
- 💡 Freeze and zoom feature
- 🔍 Great for coins and jewelry
Room to improve
- 🐛 Occasional freezing/crashing issues
- 🔍 Limited magnification levels
- 🔍 Struggles with low-quality front camera
- 🔍 Difficult to adjust focus and lighting
Bugs and requests
iMicroscope
Reported bugs
5 issues- App crashes when saving images to photo album
- Camera shutter fails to open
- Incompatibility with iPhone 14 Pro and newer models
- Image quality degrades significantly at higher zoom levels
- App crashes on startup for some users
Requested features
5 requests- Zoom capability for saved images
- Higher magnification levels (beyond 8x)
- Improved image clarity and detail at maximum zoom
- Better performance with newer iPhone models
- Refund option for dissatisfied users
Magnifying Glass & Mirror
Reported bugs
2 issues- Freezing/crashing on some devices
- Incompatibility with certain tablet models
Requested features
4 requests- Ability to adjust magnification levels
- Option to disable camera shutter sound
- Support for rotating the screen on tablets
- Longer screen timeout to avoid auto-lock
In-app purchases
iMicroscope
No in-app purchases
Magnifying Glass & Mirror
No in-app purchases
Questions
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