Comparison

Flir One vs X80 Remote

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Thermal camera view
  • Capture photos and videos
  • Temperature spot measurements
  • Color palette selection
  • Add text notes
  • Cloud upload and organization
  • Inspection guides
Features
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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/

About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

Screenshots

Flir One4 screens
X80 Remote4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

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.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Flir One versus X80 Remote: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFlir OneX80 Remote
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (7.6K ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews21.4% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings7.6K — better3
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks — betterEvery 5 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size178 MB13 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFLIR Systems AktiebolagATSI Home of the BuckEye Cam

Customer experience

Flir One

All ratings7,615 ratings
Positive90.3%
Neutral3.0%
Negative6.7%
Written reviews374 reviews
Positive21.4%
Neutral7.0%
Negative71.7%

X80 Remote

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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

1 purchases

Flir One

Subscriptions1
  • Inspection Guides1 Year trial$29.991 Year
None

X80 Remote

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Flir One free?
Flir One is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is X80 Remote free?
X80 Remote is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Flir One or X80 Remote?
X80 Remote is rated higher. Flir One averages 4.6 out of 5 from 7.6K ratings, while X80 Remote averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do Flir One or X80 Remote have ads?
Neither Flir One nor X80 Remote shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Flir One or X80 Remote?
Flir One ships an update every 5 weeks, and X80 Remote every 5 months. Most recently, Flir One was updated on October 20, 2026 and X80 Remote on October 17, 2026.

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