Hotviewer（WIFI Microscope） vs DLscope
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Hotviewer（WIFI Microscope）
Connect a digital microscope to your iPhone or iPad via Wi-Fi to view live image streams. This application receives and displays the video feed from the microscope.
- Wi-Fi microscope connection
- Live image streaming
- Display microscope feed
- iOS device support
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if you want to use the software 'Hotviewer', the digital microscope must be connected to the Ipad or Iphone by wifi , then the image frame stream will be sent from the microscope, the software 'hotviewer' can receive the frame stream and show it
DLscope
Control hardware devices and view their image data directly from your phone. Capture photos and save them to your device, or share them easily with others. This utility app offers a straightforward way to interact with connected hardware.
- Connect to hardware devices
- View device image data
- Capture photos via app
- Save photos to phone
- Share captured album files
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DLscope is a hardware device control software. 1.After connecting to the device, you can view the image data of the device。 2.You can take a photo through the app and save it to your phone。 3.You can share the captured album files via AirDrop。
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Hotviewer（WIFI Microscope） at 3.0 against DLscope's 1.8. Hotviewer（WIFI Microscope） also leads on iOS requirement (6.0 vs 13). DLscope's advantage is review sentiment (13% vs 0%) and ratings volume (29 vs 5). 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Hotviewer（WIFI Microscope） holds the better App Store score, 3.0 against 1.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: DLscope has 29 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 0% of Hotviewer（WIFI Microscope）'s written reviews are positive against 13% of DLscope's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Hotviewer（WIFI Microscope） ships an update every 3 months, DLscope every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 17, 2026 and September 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Hotviewer（WIFI Microscope） | DLscope |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (5 ratings) — better | 1.8 (29 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 13.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 29 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 6.0 — better | 13 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 60 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 东献 刘 | 红奎 刘 |
Customer experience
Hotviewer（WIFI Microscope）
DLscope
In-app purchases
Hotviewer（WIFI Microscope）
No in-app purchases
DLscope
No in-app purchases
