xploview vs CarsonCam
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.
CarsonCam
This app enhances your mobile device's camera functionality for use with specific digiscoping equipment. It automatically selects the wide-angle lens, optimizing the experience for capturing detailed images and videos through compatible optical products.
- Wide-angle camera pre-selection
- Optimized for digiscoping
- Video and camera functionality
- Seamless integration with Carson products
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CarsonCam lets you use the video and camera with the wide angle camera pre-selected so it works with our Carson digiscoping products.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: CarsonCam at 100% against xploview's 0%. CarsonCam also leads on rating (5.0 vs 1.0) and update cadence (monthly vs every 4 months). xploview's advantage is iOS requirement (8.0 vs 15.4). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
CarsonCam holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: CarsonCam has 11 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 100% of CarsonCam's.
xploview ships an update every 4 months, CarsonCam monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | xploview | CarsonCam |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (11 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 11 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 15.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sunpet Industries Limited | Carson Optical, Inc. |
Customer experience
xploview
CarsonCam
In-app purchases
xploview
No in-app purchases
CarsonCam
No in-app purchases
