Mic vs uHandy
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Mic
Connect a digital microscope to your iPhone or iPad wirelessly. View and interact with magnified images directly on your mobile device. Explore microscopic worlds with ease.
- WiFi connectivity for digital microscopes
- iPhone and iPad compatibility
- View magnified images on mobile
- Wireless image streaming
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This application works with digital microscope which communicates with iPhone and iPad via WiFi.
uHandy
This mobile microscope accessory allows users to explore the microscopic world directly from their phones. It offers enhanced camera features, manual focus, and integrated lessons to guide observation and learning.
- Mobile microscope functionality
- Enhanced camera features
- Manual focus control
- Integrated observation lessons
- Ruler for sample measurement
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uHandy is a microscope that flips your typical perceptions you had of microscopes. It is used on mobile devices, well functioned without any apps. µHandy cuts short the distance between microscope and people, bringing microscopic knowledge to your daily life. With µHandy app, you can easily observe your sample with a ruler, manual focus, and other enhanced camera feature! It even comes with a series of lessons to teach you what and how to observe. You will get amazed by this wonderful world everyday!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: uHandy at 3.7 against Mic's 2.1. uHandy also leads on review sentiment (40% vs 13%). Mic's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 13.0). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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.
uHandy holds the better App Store score, 3.7 against 2.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 12 and 11 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 13% of Mic's written reviews are positive against 40% of uHandy's.
Mic ships an update every 2 months, uHandy monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Mic | uHandy |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.1 (12 ratings) | 3.7 (11 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 12.5% of reviews | 40.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 12 — better | 11 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 65 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Italeco | Aidmics Biotechnology Co., Ltd |
Customer experience
Mic
uHandy
In-app purchases
Mic
No in-app purchases
uHandy
No in-app purchases
