Thermal P2 vs IR Searcher
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Thermal P2
This professional thermal camera connects to your smartphone for plug-and-play temperature measurement. It's ideal for both personal and industrial use, from inspecting household utilities to diagnosing equipment issues.
- Ultra-small professional thermal camera
- 12μm high-performance infrared detector
- Self-developed ASIC chip
- Compact size, lightweight, low power consumption
- Plug-and-play smartphone connection
- Accurate temperature measurement
- Heat map analysis
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TempMaster，touch the temperature of the world TempMaster is an ultra-small professional thermal camera with a 12μm high-performance infrared detector and a self-developed ASIC chip. Its advantages include compact size, light weight, low power consumption, and high performance. You can connect it directly to the cellphone for plug-and-play accurate measurement. Personal consumption: household temperature measurement, water, electricity, and heating pipeline distribution and fault inspection, photo taking, peep-proofing, animal searching, etc.; Industrial and engineering usage: PCB overhaul, pipeline inspection, equipment overhaul, heating alarm, breeding, heat map analysis, etc.
IR Searcher
This tool enables night vision capabilities for various outdoor activities and professional uses. It allows users to capture images and videos, control devices remotely, and share files instantly to social media platforms.
- Outdoor night vision
- Law enforcement tool
- Search and rescue aid
- Animal observation
- Remote device control
- One-click file sharing
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IR Searcher App is a mobile application tool for flexible use in outdoor night vision, police law enforcement, outdoor search and rescue, animal observation, personal safety and many other application scenarios. Through wireless connection with the device, the users can obtain images and videos from the device, realize remote device control and one-click file sharing to social media.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: IR Searcher at 100% against Thermal P2's 11%. IR Searcher also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.0) and monetization model (free vs paid). Thermal P2's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (29 vs 2). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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.
IR Searcher holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Thermal P2 has 29 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 11% of Thermal P2's written reviews are positive against 100% of IR Searcher's.
Thermal P2 ships an update fortnightly, IR Searcher every 2 months. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Thermal P2 | IR Searcher |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.0 (29 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 10.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 29 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 19 MB | 83 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Raysen Microsystem Technology Co., Ltd. | 保锋 朱 |
Customer experience
Thermal P2
IR Searcher
In-app purchases
Thermal P2
No in-app purchases
IR Searcher
No in-app purchases
