BeagleEngrave vs Archon Fire
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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
Archon Fire
This app allows users to capture trip times and pressure values for trip tests using compatible hardware. Results can be saved to your device's photo library and shared with colleagues or reports.
- Capture trip times
- Capture pressure values
- Pair with Archon Probes
- Save results to photo library
- Share results with colleagues
- Attach results to reports
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The Archon Fire app works with Arbiter's Archon (ACN1) to let you confidently capture trip times and pressure values for full and partial trip tests. Easily pair the Archon Probes to your mobile device, then run tests and capture the results right to your photo library. Share the results with your colleagues or attach them to your reports. With Archon Fire you always get Reliable Results!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Archon Fire at 5.0 against BeagleEngrave's 2.3. BeagleEngrave's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 7 months) and ratings volume (3 vs 1). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Archon Fire holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively.
BeagleEngrave ships an update monthly, Archon Fire every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BeagleEngrave | Archon Fire |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.3 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 7 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 26.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 94 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 来昆 吕 | Arbiter Incorporated |
Customer experience
BeagleEngrave
Archon Fire
In-app purchases
BeagleEngrave
No in-app purchases
Archon Fire
No in-app purchases
