xploview vs mScopePal
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
xploview
Connect a wireless handheld digital microscope to your mobile device. Stream live video, capture images, and record footage directly from the microscope.
- Wireless microscope connection
- Live video streaming
- Image capture
- Video recording
- Mobile device integration
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This application software allows users to use our wireless handheld digital microscope on mobile phones. The microscope streams live images directly to your mobile device via a Wi-Fi connection, allowing users to view live video, capture images, and record videos.
mScopePal
This camera app aids in capturing microscopic images by allowing easy adjustment of color and brightness. It supports zooming and manual focus to avoid disturbing the microscope's settings. It's designed to be used with a microscope and an adapter on compatible Apple devices.
- Microscopic image capture
- Color adjustment (white balance)
- Brightness adjustment (exposure)
- Zooming support
- Manual focus function
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mScopePal is a camera app specialized for microscopic shooting. (This is not an application that turns your iPhone into a microscope. Run mScopePal on iPhone or iPod touch which is attached to a microscope using an available adapter etc.) Easy adjustment of color (white balance) and brightness (exposure). Zooming supported. The manual focus function does not disturb the focus of the microscope. How to use: https://studio-phiz.com/apps/mscopepal-desc-eng/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: mScopePal at 44% against xploview's 0%. mScopePal also leads on rating (2.7 vs 1.0) and ratings volume (27 vs 2). xploview's advantage is iOS requirement (8.0 vs 12.4). 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.
mScopePal holds the better App Store score, 2.7 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: mScopePal has 27 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of xploview's written reviews are positive against 44% of mScopePal's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | xploview | mScopePal |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (2 ratings) | 2.7 (27 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 44.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 27 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 12.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sunpet Industries Limited | Studio Phiz |
Customer experience
xploview
mScopePal
In-app purchases
xploview
No in-app purchases
mScopePal
No in-app purchases
