Flir One vs Night Vision Thermal Camera
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/
Night Vision Thermal Camera
Explore the world in different spectrums with live camera filters. Apply night vision, thermal, or UV effects to your photos and videos. Discover hidden details and observe objects from a new perspective.
- Night Vision Filter
- Thermo Vision Filter
- UV Vision Filter
- Photo and Video Mode
- Object Detection
- Zoom Function
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NIGHT VISION || THERMO VISION || UV VISION With a night vision device you can discover the secrets of the night. We can provide you a Night Vision filter, a Thermo Vision filter and a UV Vision filter , which allows you to observe things with a different angle. These filter are applied live to your camera device. Simply turn them on/off by swiping up and down. Try it out and find out the difference yourself. Features: • Night Vision Filter • Thermo Vision Filter • UV Vision Filter • Photo and Video Mode • Object Detection ( 100 different objects) • Zoom Function • Night Vision Style Transfer
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Flir One at 4.6 against Night Vision Thermal Camera's 3.7. Night Vision Thermal Camera's advantage is review sentiment (62% vs 22%) and ratings volume (24K vs 7.6K). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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 and Night Vision Thermal Camera sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Flir One holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7.6K and 24K respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 22% of Flir One's written reviews are positive against 62% of Night Vision Thermal Camera's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Flir One ships an update every 5 weeks, Night Vision Thermal Camera monthly. Both last shipped on November 11, 2026.
| Parameter | Flir One | Night Vision Thermal Camera |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (7.6K ratings) — better | 3.7 (24K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 21.6% of reviews | 61.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 7.6K | 24K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 178 MB | 42 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | FLIR Systems Aktiebolag | Florian Winter |
Customer experience
Flir One
Night Vision Thermal Camera
User reviews
Flir One
From 7.6K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Great for finding animals
- 🚀 Excellent affordable option for home inspection
- 🚀 Valued piece of tech for animal rescue
- 🚀 Excellent piece of equipment
- 🚀 Simple but informative
Room to improve
- 🐛 Image alignment issues
- 🐛 Scam - won't connect
- 🐛 Poor App/Image refresh
- 🐛 Waste of money
- 🐛 Poor UX, only real option
Night Vision Thermal Camera
From 24K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Reliable for paranormal investigations
- 🚀 Useful for detecting heat signatures
- 🔍 Good object detection capabilities
Room to improve
- 🐛 Thermal camera doesn't work as advertised
- 🐛 Night vision mode is just a color filter
- 💸 Many features locked behind paywall
- 📢 Excessive ads disrupt user experience
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
Night Vision Thermal Camera
Reported bugs
2 issues- Crashes when trying to switch filters
- Thermal camera inaccurately detects temperatures
Requested features
3 requests- Ability to use front camera
- Improved thermal and night vision functionality
- Option to save recorded videos
In-app purchases
Flir One
- Inspection Guides1 Year trial$29.991 Year
Night Vision Thermal Camera
- Premium$1.99
Questions
Is Flir One free?
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