Flir One vs X80 Remote
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Flir One
This app transforms your smartphone into a thermal imaging device when connected to a compatible camera. It helps identify hidden issues like water damage, electrical faults, and HVAC problems with advanced visual enhancements and measurement tools. Document and share your findings easily.
- Thermal camera view
- Capture photos and videos
- Temperature spot measurements
- Color palette selection
- Add text notes
- Cloud upload and organization
- Inspection guides
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Connect your FLIR ONE® series Thermal Camera for efficient troubleshooting and inspection. Note: This app requires the FLIR ONE series Thermal Camera connected to your smartphone in order to see the thermal camera view, but feel free to explore the app without the device attached. For more information, visit www.flir.com/flirone. Whether you need to inspect electrical panels, find the source of HVAC failures, or discover hidden water damage, the FLIR ONE series offers the features you need to find problems faster and get more work done in less time. With advanced image enhancement features such as FLIR MSX® and FLIR VividIR™, the FLIR ONE series provides best-in-class thermal imagery for smartphones that ensures you can detect problems with precision. The revolutionary rugged and ergonomic camera design combined with the wireless connection of the FLIR ONE Edge series ensures that you can perform efficient troubleshooting with the camera attached to the phone, and have the increased flexibility of detaching the camera to easily inspect targets out of reach, while comfortably viewing your screen. Key FLIR ONE App features: • Scan for faults with the thermal camera view and capture photos and videos to your gallery • Troubleshoot efficiently with automatic tracking of the hottest and coldest spot (Edge Series and Pro Series only) • Choose between a variety of color palettes for best visualization • Analyze faults with temperature spot measurements • Adjust the IR scale to highlight the problem (Edge and Pro Series only) • Switch between Quality Mode for best possible image quality, or Performance Mode for a more responsive camera experience • Add text notes to photos to document your findings • Connecting to FLIR Ignite™ allows you to instantly upload your files to the cloud, so you can access them from any device, organize files into folders, edit images, create reports and share findings with co-workers and clients • FLIR ONE Inspection Guides (paid feature) empowers you to identify issues with confidence, through step-by-step guides packed with helpful tips on how to identify moisture, insulation and air leak issues • Explore the eco-system of a wide range of FLIR ONE compatible apps tailored for specific use cases For additional application ideas and news, or to share your day-to-day discoveries, follow FLIR on social media channels at facebook.com/flir, instagram.com/flir, x.com/flir, and youtube.com/flir. Terms of use: https://www.flir.com/corporate/terms-of-use/
X80 Remote
This tool helps manage and monitor X80NET® certified devices, providing real-time camera status, battery levels, and signal strength. It allows remote access to view images, manage devices via a cloud account, and receive push notifications from anywhere.
- Device setup and management
- Real-time camera status monitoring
- Battery level and signal strength display
- Remote image viewing via cloud
- Push notifications
- Camera preview mode
- Device rerouting
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X80 Remote App is a tool that will help you set up your X80NET® certified devices. It provides easy access to camera information such as your camera status, battery level, signal strength and routing information on X80 device network. The X80 Remote app lets you log in to your Buckeye Cloud account to view images, manage devices, and stay connected to your system from anywhere in the world. Receive real-time push notifications and stay up to date with ease—whether you’re in the field or on the go.T o control your device start the X80 Remote App. The app will search and display the nearby devices it finds. Select the device to connect. Once the connection is established, the user will be able to see the current battery level, number of pictures remaining on the camera along with transfer progress, and current routing. To help with aiming the camera X80 Remote App provides a camera preview mode. In preview mode the user can trigger a camera from the app or by walking in front of the camera. The preview picture will be downloaded and displayed in the app. Device routing can also be changed using the Reroute option in the X80 Remote App. Note: This app can only be used with Bluetooth enabled devices.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: X80 Remote at 100% against Flir One's 21%. X80 Remote also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and rating (5.0 vs 4.6). Flir One's advantage is ratings volume (7.6K vs 3) and update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 5 months). On price, ads and device support 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. Flir One sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $29.99 per year. X80 Remote asks for nothing beyond the download.
X80 Remote holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Flir One has 7.6K ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 21% of Flir One's written reviews are positive against 100% of X80 Remote's.
Flir One ships an update every 5 weeks, X80 Remote every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Flir One | X80 Remote |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (7.6K ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 21.4% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 7.6K — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 178 MB | 13 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | FLIR Systems Aktiebolag | ATSI Home of the BuckEye Cam |
Customer experience
Flir One
X80 Remote
Bugs and requests
Flir One
Reported bugs
7 issues- Constantly disconnecting
- App crashes
- Doesn't work with older devices after updates
- Slow refresh rate and high latency
- App requires full photo library access
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- Freezes and paralyzes phone
- Crashes on startup
Requested features
6 requests- Bring back swiping between thermal and regular images
- Allow locking temperature scale
- Add temperature range display
- Allow setting own emissivity value
- Allow selecting colors on manual temperature scale
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- Improve camera alignment adjustability
X80 Remote
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Flir One
- Inspection Guides1 Year trial$29.991 Year
X80 Remote
No in-app purchases
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