Seek Thermal vs Voltcraft Thermal Imaging
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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.
Voltcraft Thermal Imaging
Control your thermal imager remotely, preview live feeds, capture images and videos, and transfer stored data. Analyze thermal images, add annotations, and generate reports for easy sharing via email or social media.
- Remote thermal imager control
- Real-time preview
- Image and video capture
- Data transfer from imager
- Thermal image analysis
- Report generation
- Email and social sharing
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The app is for Voltcraft thermal imagers. The app allows remote control of the thermal imager via the app, making real-time preview and taking pictures, recording videos in the app. It can also transfer stored images from the thermal imager to the app, analyze thermal images, make annotations, and create reports quickly and easily via the app. And you can send images or reports by email or share on Social media network.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Seek Thermal at 2.5 against Voltcraft Thermal Imaging's 1.0. Seek Thermal also leads on ratings volume (332 vs 2) and review sentiment (24% vs 0%). 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.
Seek Thermal holds the better App Store score, 2.5 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Seek Thermal has 332 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 24% of Seek Thermal's written reviews are positive against 0% of Voltcraft Thermal Imaging's.
Seek Thermal ships an update every 3 months, Voltcraft Thermal Imaging every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Seek Thermal | Voltcraft Thermal Imaging |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.5 (332 ratings) — better | 1.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 23.8% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 332 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 112 MB | 16 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Seek Thermal, Inc. | CEI Conrad Electronic International (HK) Limited |
Customer experience
Seek Thermal
Voltcraft Thermal Imaging
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
Voltcraft Thermal Imaging
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Seek Thermal
No in-app purchases
Voltcraft Thermal Imaging
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Seek Thermal free?
Is Voltcraft Thermal Imaging free?
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