i vs HD Microscope
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
i
Transform your smartphone into a powerful magnification tool. Observe and record microscopic details with your phone's camera and a macro lens. Measure objects with a scale bar and add notes to your digital micrographs.
- Professional magnification tool
- Record digital micrographs
- Optical magnification
- Up to 10x digital zoom
- Scale bar for measurement
- Add notes and remarks
- Direct photo sharing
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Use this app to work with smartphone microscopes or any phone macro-lens as an professional magnification tool to observe tiny objects and record digital micrographs with your Phone. Features: Capture of photos with tiny objects as you do with sophisticated optical microscope Optical magnification ratio depending on your smartphone microscope Up to 10x digital magnification in App Scale bar for objects measurement which can be toggled on/off Automatic recording of shooting date and time Allow you to add notes and remarks to your picture Direct sharing of photos with email, message. Attach smartphone microscope to your Phone and convert it into a convenient portable microscope. Capture and save micrographs. Zoom in on photos and tag pictures with comments. Access your photos from your i-Seeing app, email them to your computer and colleagues. More detail at: www.mobile-scope.com
HD Microscope
Transform your iPhone or iPad into a high-resolution digital microscope. Inspect your home environment, verify currency, or engage students with microscopic observations. Wirelessly stream video to your device for a clear, magnified view.
- High-resolution digital microscopy
- Inspect home environment
- Verify currency authenticity
- Observe microorganisms
- Wireless AV signal transmission
- Works with iPhone and iPad
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It is a high resolution digital microscope and can inspect house environment if mites threaten your family, check the bill is real or not in your store, or help students to observe microorganism in an interesting way. Moreover, it can work with i-Phone or i-Pad. It sends the AV signal to your i-Pad by wireless technology and you will see the microscope video freely. Requirement *iPad 2 / New iPad *iPhone 4 / 4S *iOS 5.1 or later
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: i at 2.7 against HD Microscope's 1.5. i also leads on review sentiment (20% vs 4%). HD Microscope's advantage is update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 14 months) and iOS requirement (8.3 vs 16.0). On price, ratings volume, 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.
i holds the better App Store score, 2.7 against 1.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 35 and 39 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 20% of i's written reviews are positive against 4% of HD Microscope's.
i ships an update every 14 months, HD Microscope every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | i | HD Microscope |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.7 (35 ratings) — better | 1.5 (39 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 20.0% of reviews — better | 4.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 35 | 39 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 14 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 8.3 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 31 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Shanghai Qingying Electronic Technology LLC | ABEL INDUSTREIS INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD. |
Customer experience
i
HD Microscope
In-app purchases
i
No in-app purchases
HD Microscope
No in-app purchases
