Comparison

S vs i

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

S

This app allows you to view live images from a USB camera connected to a WiFi station wirelessly. You can capture, record, freeze, and annotate the video feed, and even switch to your iOS device's camera.

Highlights
  • Wireless USB camera transfer
  • Live image preview
  • Capture and record video
  • Freeze and draw on video
  • Switch camera resolutions
  • Adjust image quality (brightness)
  • Use iOS device camera
Features
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S-Viewer is an APP for WiFi station that is USB camera transfer to wireless. It is available for iOS series devices. It can pre-view the live image from WiFi station with USB camera that has MJPEG video stream output and capture, record, freeze, drawing, mark the symbols or the words, switch camera resolutions, set image quality as like brightness in this APP. The APP also can switch to iOS mobile device camera.

About

i

Transform your smartphone into a powerful magnification tool. Observe and record microscopic details with your phone's camera and a macro lens. Measure objects with a scale bar and add notes to your digital micrographs.

Highlights
  • Professional magnification tool
  • Record digital micrographs
  • Optical magnification
  • Up to 10x digital zoom
  • Scale bar for measurement
  • Add notes and remarks
  • Direct photo sharing
Features
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Use this app to work with smartphone microscopes or any phone macro-lens as an professional magnification tool to observe tiny objects and record digital micrographs with your Phone. Features: Capture of photos with tiny objects as you do with sophisticated optical microscope Optical magnification ratio depending on your smartphone microscope Up to 10x digital magnification in App Scale bar for objects measurement which can be toggled on/off Automatic recording of shooting date and time Allow you to add notes and remarks to your picture Direct sharing of photos with email, message. Attach smartphone microscope to your Phone and convert it into a convenient portable microscope. Capture and save micrographs. Zoom in on photos and tag pictures with comments. Access your photos from your i-Seeing app, email them to your computer and colleagues. More detail at: www.mobile-scope.com

Screenshots

S3 screens
i3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: S at monthly against i's every 14 months. S also leads on rating (3.0 vs 2.7) and iOS requirement (6.0 vs 16.0). i's advantage is ratings volume (35 vs 2). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

S holds the better App Store score, 3.0 against 2.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: i has 35 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

S ships an update monthly, i every 14 months. The most recent releases landed on September 19, 2026 and September 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
S versus i: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSi
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (2 ratings) — better2.7 (35 ratings)
Positive reviews—20.0% of reviews
Number of ratings235 — better
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 14 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS6.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTSUNG JUNG HUShanghai Qingying Electronic Technology LLC

Customer experience

S

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

i

All ratings34 ratings
Positive38.2%
Neutral8.8%
Negative52.9%
Written reviews25 reviews
Positive20.0%
Neutral8.0%
Negative72.0%

In-app purchases

None

S

No in-app purchases

None

i

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is S free?
S is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is i free?
i is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, S or i?
S is rated higher. S averages 3.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while i averages 2.7 from 35 ratings.
Do S or i have ads?
Neither S nor i shows ads.
Which is updated more often, S or i?
S ships an update monthly, and i every 14 months. Most recently, S was updated on September 19, 2026 and i on September 18, 2026.

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