Comparison

Wi vs i

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

Head to head
About

Wi

This app connects to wireless microscopes to display live magnified images on your iPhone or iPad. It allows users to capture photos and videos of specimens, making it useful for education, medical diagnosis, and crime scene investigation.

Highlights
  • Connects to wireless microscopes
  • Displays live microscope image
  • Captures images and videos
  • Supports iPhone and iPad
  • Ideal for education and professional use
Features
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Wi-Viewer is an APP for wireless Microscope and wireless microscope stand. It is available for both iPhone and iPad series. WiFi networking is necessary to connect your iOS device with microscope. It can display the live image from your microscope and capture the image with wireless microscope or wireless microscope stand. The wireless digital microscope is ideal for sharing documents, art, photography, handwritten notes, graphs and other learning materials in the classroom. Teachers can share the magnified image of the specimens immediately. In hospital or clinic, doctors can show patients live image, record the diagnosis process, and saving the diagnosis image. In crime scenes, investigators or policemen can snap images on iOS device and send the images to the lab or other investigation department.

About

i

Transform your smartphone into a powerful magnification tool. Observe and record microscopic details with your phone's camera and a macro lens. Measure objects with a scale bar and add notes to your digital micrographs.

Highlights
  • Professional magnification tool
  • Record digital micrographs
  • Optical magnification
  • Up to 10x digital zoom
  • Scale bar for measurement
  • Add notes and remarks
  • Direct photo sharing
Features
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Use this app to work with smartphone microscopes or any phone macro-lens as an professional magnification tool to observe tiny objects and record digital micrographs with your Phone. Features: Capture of photos with tiny objects as you do with sophisticated optical microscope Optical magnification ratio depending on your smartphone microscope Up to 10x digital magnification in App Scale bar for objects measurement which can be toggled on/off Automatic recording of shooting date and time Allow you to add notes and remarks to your picture Direct sharing of photos with email, message. Attach smartphone microscope to your Phone and convert it into a convenient portable microscope. Capture and save micrographs. Zoom in on photos and tag pictures with comments. Access your photos from your i-Seeing app, email them to your computer and colleagues. More detail at: www.mobile-scope.com

Screenshots

Wi3 screens
i3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Wi at 50% against i's 20%. Wi also leads on rating (3.0 vs 2.7) and update cadence (every 4 months vs every 14 months). i's advantage is ratings volume (35 vs 4). 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

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

Wi holds the better App Store score, 3.0 against 2.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: i has 35 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Wi's written reviews are positive against 20% of i's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Wi ships an update every 4 months, i every 14 months. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Wi versus i: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWii
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (4 ratings) — better2.7 (35 ratings)
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews — better20.0% of reviews
Number of ratings435 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 months — betterEvery 14 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS7.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTSUNG JUNG HUShanghai Qingying Electronic Technology LLC

Customer experience

Wi

All ratings4 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

i

All ratings34 ratings
Positive38.2%
Neutral8.8%
Negative52.9%
Written reviews25 reviews
Positive20.0%
Neutral8.0%
Negative72.0%

In-app purchases

None

Wi

No in-app purchases

None

i

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Wi free?
Wi is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is i free?
i is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Wi or i?
Wi is rated higher. Wi averages 3.0 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while i averages 2.7 from 35 ratings.
Do Wi or i have ads?
Neither Wi nor i shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Wi or i?
Wi ships an update every 4 months, and i every 14 months. Most recently, Wi was updated on October 7, 2026 and i on October 22, 2026.

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