ToupView vs StellarMate
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ToupView
Control ToupTek WiFi cameras with your iOS device. View live video, capture images, and adjust various camera settings like exposure, gain, and color balance. Supports a range of WCAM series cameras.
- Live video preview
- Image snapping
- Pinch to zoom
- Exposure time control
- Analog gain adjustment
- Color temperature settings
- White balance control
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ToupView is a port of the ToupTek Photonics's most famous pc software ToupView to iOS. It works with WCAM series WiFi cameras from ToupTek Photonics and provides functions to fully control the camera. -Features- * Utility Video Functions - Preview - Snap - Pinch to zoom in and out * Supported Cameras - WCAM1080PA - WCAM720PA - WCAM720PB - WCAM0300KPA - WCAM1300KPA * Frame Rates - 15fps for 1080p with WCAM1080PA - 30fps for 720P with WCAM720PA - 30fps for 720P with WCAM720PB - 20fps for 480P with WCAM0300KPA - 30fps for 720P with WCAM1300KPA * Control Items - Exposure Time - Analog Gain - Color Temperature - Tint - Auto White Balance - Hue - Saturation - Brightness - Contrast - Sampling Mode - Light Frequency If you encounter any problems or issues using the application, please do not hesitate to contact us on sales@touptek.com. We are committed in providing a highly reliable and a convenient application on the App store. All reported issues would be fixed and provided in the next released update.
StellarMate
Control your astrophotography equipment remotely. Capture images, stream video, and perform precise alignment. Automatically back up your photos to the cloud with rich metadata for easy searching.
- Remote equipment control
- Image capture and video streaming
- Polar alignment assistant
- Cloud image backup
- Metadata search and sorting
- Software updates
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Use StellarMate App to discover and connect to your StellarMate controller. Control StellarMate functions and access the Web Manager and Web based VNC Viewer. Join StellarMate to your home WiFi network. Use Ekos to capture images, stream video, guide, focus, and align. With Polar Alignment Assistant tool, get very accurate polar alignment using internal astrometry engine. Never lose your images again with EkosLive Pro. All captured images are automatically uploaded to the cloud with a rich set of metadata that enables powerful search and sorting. Use custom tags to uniquely tag important frames for later use. Check the health of your device, and use the software updater to keep it up to date.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: StellarMate at 2.9 against ToupView's 1.8. StellarMate also leads on update cadence (every 8 days vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (26 vs 5). ToupView's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.0). On price, review sentiment, 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.
StellarMate holds the better App Store score, 2.9 against 1.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: StellarMate has 26 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 33% of ToupView's written reviews are positive against 35% of StellarMate's.
ToupView ships an update every 2 months, StellarMate every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ToupView | StellarMate |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.8 (5 ratings) | 2.9 (26 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews | 34.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 26 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 8 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 26 MB | 115 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Hangzhou ToupTek Photonics Co., Ltd | Ikarus Astronomy Company For Scientific Instruments & Tools |
Customer experience
ToupView
StellarMate
In-app purchases
ToupView
No in-app purchases
StellarMate
No in-app purchases
