Comparison

IKIER vs BeagleEngrave

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

Head to head
About

IKIER

This utility app enables users to perform material editing, drawing, and machine carving control. It facilitates precise adjustments and creative design for various projects.

Highlights
  • Material editing
  • Drawing functionality
  • Machine carving control
  • Design adjustments
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IKIER Realizes Material Editing, Drawing Cutting, and Controlling Machine Carving

About

BeagleEngrave

Monitor your laser engraver in real-time with HD/SD video and control its status remotely. Automatically generate time-lapse videos of your projects and manage multiple cameras and engravers.

Highlights
  • Real-time HD/SD video monitoring
  • Automatic time-lapse video generation
  • Laser engraver status control
  • Gcode/GRBL file upload
  • Process monitoring (percentage, time left)
  • Pause/Stop engraving
  • Multi-camera and engraver management
Features
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BeagleEngrave is an application with an easy and clean interface to remote monitoring the real-time video of your engraving/cutting and control your laser engraver status. With BeagleEngrave, you would auto-generate pretty cool time-lapse videos without any settings. Furthermore, BeagleEngrave allows you to : - Watch the real-time videos of engraving/cutting at HD / SD resolution - Capture the images of your laser engraver automatically when in engraving/cutting - Connect / Disconnect your laser engraver - Upload the gcode or GRBL files for direct printing - Check the engraving/cutting process by percentage and left time - Pause/Stop the engraving/cutting - Fire the laser engraver to alignment the engraving/cutting job on material - Move the X/Y axis by millimeter units - Adjust the moving speed of X/Y axis or laser power ratio during the engraving/cutting - Download and playback the time-lapse videos to your mobile phone - Support multiple Lasercam cameras and laser engravers for multiple management - Online upgrade of the firmware of the Lasercam camera - Wireless extends the Lasercam camera for smart kits

Screenshots

IKIER4 screens
BeagleEngrave4 screens

Verdict

The call

IKIER and BeagleEngrave are too close to call on the numbers: across 10 compared parameters — price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 2.2 for IKIER against 2.3 for BeagleEngrave. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 3 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 0% and 0% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

IKIER ships an update every 6 weeks, BeagleEngrave monthly. The most recent releases landed on June 1, 2026 and September 12, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
IKIER versus BeagleEngrave: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterIKIERBeagleEngrave
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.2 (5 ratings)2.3 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings5 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS12.012.0
Further details — not scored
Size123 MB94 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperShenzhen AtomStack Technologies Co., Ltd.来昆 吕

Customer experience

IKIER

All ratings5 ratings
Positive20.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative60.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

BeagleEngrave

All ratings3 ratings
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

None

IKIER

No in-app purchases

None

BeagleEngrave

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is IKIER free?
IKIER is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is BeagleEngrave free?
BeagleEngrave is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, IKIER or BeagleEngrave?
BeagleEngrave is rated higher. IKIER averages 2.2 out of 5 from 5 ratings, while BeagleEngrave averages 2.3 from 3 ratings.
Do IKIER or BeagleEngrave have ads?
Neither IKIER nor BeagleEngrave shows ads.
Which is updated more often, IKIER or BeagleEngrave?
IKIER ships an update every 6 weeks, and BeagleEngrave monthly. Most recently, IKIER was updated on June 1, 2026 and BeagleEngrave on September 12, 2026.

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