Hiview Plus vs CarsonCam
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.
CarsonCam
This app enhances your mobile device's camera functionality for use with specific digiscoping equipment. It automatically selects the wide-angle lens, optimizing the experience for capturing detailed images and videos through compatible optical products.
- Wide-angle camera pre-selection
- Optimized for digiscoping
- Video and camera functionality
- Seamless integration with Carson products
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CarsonCam lets you use the video and camera with the wide angle camera pre-selected so it works with our Carson digiscoping products.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: CarsonCam at 100% against Hiview Plus's 0%. CarsonCam also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.6). Hiview Plus's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.4). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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.
CarsonCam holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 11 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Hiview Plus's written reviews are positive against 100% of CarsonCam's.
Hiview Plus ships an update every 2 months, CarsonCam monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 2, 2026 and September 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Hiview Plus | CarsonCam |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.6 (5 ratings) | 5.0 (11 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 11 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 德奎 叶 | Carson Optical, Inc. |
Customer experience
Hiview Plus
CarsonCam
In-app purchases
Hiview Plus
No in-app purchases
CarsonCam
No in-app purchases
