Comparison

Seek Thermal vs MobIR

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Seek Thermal

Transform your smartphone into a professional thermal imaging camera. Detect, inspect, measure, and visualize thermal energy in various environments, day or night. Capture and share thermal photos and videos with ease.

Highlights
  • Turn phone into thermal camera
  • Capture and share thermal photos/videos
  • Take spot temperatures
  • Inspect and diagnose thermal sources
  • Examine objects in any light
  • Multiple viewing modes and palettes
Features
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**Featured as Best Product of the Year by Popular Science and This Old House **Featured Best of the Best New Products by Field & Stream **Featured in more than 500 Global press articles this year Seek Thermal is the best way to experience and visualize thermal energy while on the go, at work, indoors, or in the outdoors. With this free app and a Seek thermal imaging camera, you can quickly and accurately detect, inspect, measure, and visualize thermal energy from your smartphone or tablet. With the official Seek App, you can easily: • Turn your phone into a professional thermal imaging camera • Capture and easily share, store or document thermal photos & videos • Take spot temperatures and thermal images detailing the entire scene • Accurately inspect, diagnose, and assess the source quickly • Safely examine any object in daylight or total darkness, including through obscurants like fog, smoke and light brush • Easily navigate between multiple viewing modes and color palettes – ensuring multiple options to gain the best thermal image Some advanced features are not available to entry-level Compact and CompactXR models like Span & Level and Emissivity.

About

MobIR

This app transforms your device into a professional thermal imaging camera. It allows real-time temperature measurement, customizable color palettes, and the ability to capture photos and videos. Analyze thermal data, browse media, and utilize cloud features for enhanced functionality.

Highlights
  • Real-time temperature measurement
  • Customizable color palettes
  • Photo and video capture
  • Parameter setting and analysis
  • Picture and video browsing
  • Cloud features
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MobIR Air APP has the powerful function of professional thermal imaging camera. It can measure temperature in real time, switch color palette (including custom color palette), customize brightness contrast, take photos, video, parameter setting and analysis object. , picture and video browsing, re-analysis of photos, playback of video, cloud features and multi-language features. You can use this app to record the temperature of every moment in your life!

Screenshots

Seek Thermal4 screens
MobIR4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: MobIR at 50% against Seek Thermal's 24%. Seek Thermal's advantage is rating (2.5 vs 2.2) and ratings volume (321 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Seek Thermal holds the better App Store score, 2.5 against 2.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Seek Thermal has 321 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 24% of Seek Thermal's written reviews are positive against 50% of MobIR's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Seek Thermal ships an update every 3 months, MobIR every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and September 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Seek Thermal versus MobIR: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSeek ThermalMobIR
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.5 (321 ratings) — better2.2 (5 ratings)
Positive reviews23.8% of reviews50.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings321 — better5
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS9.0 — better14.0
Further details — not scored
Size112 MB41 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSeek Thermal, Inc.Wuhan Guide Infrared Co.,Ltd.

Customer experience

Seek Thermal

All ratings321 ratings
Positive35.5%
Neutral5.9%
Negative58.6%
Written reviews387 reviews
Positive23.8%
Neutral8.8%
Negative67.4%

MobIR

All ratings5 ratings
Positive20.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative60.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

Bugs and requests

Seek Thermal

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • App crashes frequently
  • Camera not detected or recognized
  • Thermal image orientation issues
  • Inability to save or access captured images

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add ability to adjust emissivity
  • Improve image processing and overlay features
  • Implement better temperature measurement tools
  • Provide more user-friendly tutorials and documentation

MobIR

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Seek Thermal

No in-app purchases

None

MobIR

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Seek Thermal free?
Seek Thermal is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is MobIR free?
MobIR is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Seek Thermal or MobIR?
Seek Thermal is rated higher. Seek Thermal averages 2.5 out of 5 from 321 ratings, while MobIR averages 2.2 from 5 ratings.
Do Seek Thermal or MobIR have ads?
Neither Seek Thermal nor MobIR shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Seek Thermal or MobIR?
Seek Thermal ships an update every 3 months, and MobIR every 2 months. Most recently, Seek Thermal was updated on September 25, 2026 and MobIR on September 10, 2026.

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