Hiview Plus vs SMO
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Hiview Plus
Connect your iPhone or iPad to a WiFi digital microscope to view, capture, and measure images and videos in real-time. Explore microscopic details beyond human vision.
- Real-time picture transmission
- WiFi digital microscope connection
- Take pictures
- Record videos
- Perform measurements
- View microscopic world
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Hiview Plus is an app which can realize real-time picture transmission for wifi digital microscope. Connect iPhone or iPad to digital microscope via wifi, and then your iPhone and iPad can view & take picture & take video & make measure with this app. See the world in a whole new way, far beyond the capabilities of the human eye.
SMO
Capture detailed macro and microscopic photos and videos with enhanced magnification and illumination. Features digital zoom, adjustable autofocus, and a timer for stable shots.
- Capture photos and videos
- Digital zoom for magnification
- Adjustable flashlight for illumination
- Manual and autofocus control
- Full-screen observation
- In-app timer for stable shots
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Application with dedicated functions for easy use of the BLIPS lenses; for Macro photos or videos, or for observation at Microscopic scales. FEATURES: - Ability to take pictures and to shoot videos. - Digital Zoom to further increase the magnification and to observe microscopic details on the smartphone screen. - Flashlight can be activated whenever the user wants to increase the illumination on the observed subject, for enhancing the image definition. - Autofocus normally turned off; it can be easily activated and locked, if needed. - Full use of the screen to observe the tiniest details directly on your smartphone. - Timer: for keeping the camera still during the shot
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: SMO at 45% against Hiview Plus's 0%. SMO also leads on ratings volume (16 vs 3) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 12.0). Hiview Plus's advantage is rating (3.7 vs 3.2) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 4 months). 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.
Hiview Plus holds the better App Store score, 3.7 against 3.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SMO has 16 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 0% of Hiview Plus's written reviews are positive against 45% of SMO's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Hiview Plus ships an update every 2 months, SMO every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on November 13, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Hiview Plus | SMO |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (3 ratings) — better | 3.2 (16 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 45.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 16 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 8.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 德奎 叶 | SmartMicroOptics |
Customer experience
Hiview Plus
SMO
In-app purchases
Hiview Plus
No in-app purchases
SMO
No in-app purchases
