Comparison

i vs Kyla Zoom

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Professional magnification tool
  • Record digital micrographs
  • Optical magnification
  • Up to 10x digital zoom
  • Scale bar for measurement
  • Add notes and remarks
  • Direct photo sharing
Features
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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

About

Kyla Zoom

Features
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Kyla Zoom is an app that magnifies smaller objects, such as circuit boards or biological samples, by connecting hot spots to a device. User can set the camera's resolution, white balance, brightness, contrast and other parameters, also can take screenshots, record video.

Screenshots

i3 screens
Kyla Zoom4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Kyla Zoom at fortnightly against i's every 14 months. Kyla Zoom also leads on iOS requirement (14.2 vs 16.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

i ships an update every 14 months, Kyla Zoom fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
i versus Kyla Zoom: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameteriKyla Zoom
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.7 (35 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews20.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings35 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 14 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.014.2 — better
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB33 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperShanghai Qingying Electronic Technology LLCAZTECH GROUP

In-app purchases

None

i

No in-app purchases

None

Kyla Zoom

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is i free?
i is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Kyla Zoom free?
Kyla Zoom is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do i or Kyla Zoom have ads?
Neither i nor Kyla Zoom shows ads.
Which is updated more often, i or Kyla Zoom?
i ships an update every 14 months, and Kyla Zoom fortnightly. Most recently, i was updated on October 22, 2026 and Kyla Zoom on October 27, 2026.

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