Comparison

Flir One vs DotPic

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

DotPic

Features
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Turn photos and illustrations into crisp pixel art entirely on your iPhone. Choose an image from Photos or Files, then shape the result with: • Adjustable pixel size, color count, and dithering • Carefully designed styles for photos and illustrations • Crop, 90-degree rotation, before-and-after comparison, undo, and redo • PNG export with transparency preserved • JPEG export with a white or black background • Saving to Photos or Files, plus the standard share sheet The free version has no ads, watermark, or export-count limit and exports up to 2,048 pixels on the longest edge. DotPic Pro is a one-time purchase that unlocks additional styles, reusable custom palettes, and exports up to 4,096 pixels on the longest edge. Your images stay on your iPhone. DotPic requires no account and includes no analytics, advertising, or tracking SDKs.

Screenshots

Flir One4 screens
DotPic4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: DotPic at every 5 days against Flir One's every 5 weeks. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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 and DotPic sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Flir One ships an update every 5 weeks, DotPic every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Flir One versus DotPic: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFlir OneDotPic
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (7.6K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews21.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings7.6K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.018.0
Further details — not scored
Size178 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFLIR Systems AktiebolagRyo Sawagami

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

DotPic

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Flir One

Subscriptions1
  • Inspection Guides1 Year trial$29.991 Year
1 purchases

DotPic

One-time1
  • DotPic Pro$4.99

Questions

Is Flir One free?
Flir One is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is DotPic free?
DotPic is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Flir One or DotPic have ads?
Neither Flir One nor DotPic shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Flir One or DotPic?
Flir One ships an update every 5 weeks, and DotPic every 5 days. Most recently, Flir One was updated on October 24, 2026 and DotPic on October 19, 2026.

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