ATHLON THERMAL vs DNT
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ATHLON THERMAL
This utility app connects to thermal scopes and monoculars via Wi-Fi, allowing users to adjust device settings and capture images and videos with audio. It provides remote control over various product functions for enhanced usability.
- Connect via Wi-Fi
- Change product settings
- Capture images
- Record videos with audio
- Remote control of thermal products
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Athlon Thermal APP is created by Athlon Optics for its thermal scope and monocular. The APP allows you to change product settings and capture images and videos with audio input. You can connect your Athlon ATS series thermal products to this APP through WIFI. Once you are connected you can use the APP to change most of the settings of the thermal products.
DNT
This application connects to a proprietary digital scope via Wi-Fi to provide video preview and management of recorded videos and photos. It also offers ballistic calculation settings and basic digital scope functions like video recording control and zeroing.
- Wi-Fi connection to digital scope
- Video preview
- Video recording control
- Zeroing function
- Recorded video/photo management
- Ballistic calculation settings
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The APP can be used to connect to the our digital scope with Wi-Fi (The digital scope is manufactured by us), and has the following main functions. Video preview Basic digital scope functions, include video recording control and zeroing Recorded video/photo management Ballistic calculation settings Note: The digital scope is a pure optical tool, and our APP only do the calculation parameter settings and data management. It does not control the mechanic motion apart from our digital scope of any sort.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: ATHLON THERMAL at 100% against DNT's 30%. ATHLON THERMAL also leads on rating (4.0 vs 3.0) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.6). DNT's advantage is ratings volume (33 vs 6). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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.
ATHLON THERMAL holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: DNT has 33 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of ATHLON THERMAL's written reviews are positive against 30% of DNT's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ATHLON THERMAL | DNT |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (6 ratings) — better | 3.0 (33 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 30.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 6 | 33 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 34 MB | 25 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Sportsgear Outdoor Products LLC | DNT Optics, LLC |
Customer experience
ATHLON THERMAL
DNT
In-app purchases
ATHLON THERMAL
No in-app purchases
DNT
No in-app purchases
