Seek Thermal

Name: Seek Thermal
Rating: 2.5 (332 reviews)
Author: Seek Thermal, Inc.

Utilities

Free · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.

332 Ratings
Age Rating

4+
Years
Category

Utilities
Developer

Seek Thermal, Inc.
Language

EN
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Size

117.1
MB

**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.

Ratings & Reviews

2.5

out of 5

332 Ratings

Update your software PLEASE!!!!!!
02/13/2020

Bwitte1
I work in residential construction and my Seek Compact has worked for 5 years across multiple iPhones. I started with an iPhone 6 plus, then a 7, then an 8 and now an 11. Everything worked correctly on my iPhone 11 last Sunday, February 9th. I ran the app and took photos as a test run prior to a client inspection scheduled and everything worked great. Today, when I set everything up for my inspection today, in front of my client, disaster struck. After rebooting the phone twice and reinstalling the app, I was able to get the IR imager and app to work for twenty minutes and took about 12 photos. Once I had to set my phone down it was all over, the phone locked and it all stopped working again. Please fix your software! I have loved the simplicity and reliability of your product and have always sung my praise to everyone in my field over your competition, but now I find myself questioning that decision.
Update your software PLEASE!!!!!!
02/13/2020

Bwitte1

I work in residential construction and my Seek Compact has worked for 5 years across multiple iPhones. I started with an iPhone 6 plus, then a 7, then an 8 and now an 11. Everything worked correctly on my iPhone 11 last Sunday, February 9th. I ran the app and took photos as a test run prior to a client inspection scheduled and everything worked great. Today, when I set everything up for my inspection today, in front of my client, disaster struck. After rebooting the phone twice and reinstalling the app, I was able to get the IR imager and app to work for twenty minutes and took about 12 photos. Once I had to set my phone down it was all over, the phone locked and it all stopped working again. Please fix your software! I have loved the simplicity and reliability of your product and have always sung my praise to everyone in my field over your competition, but now I find myself questioning that decision.
Please update the app
10/06/2022

I'd rather walk or even crawl
I’ve got an iPhone 13 pro max. This camera is the original one called the compact, and it works great on my iPhone 7plus, but since it’s easier to hold the phone upside down during use, the control icons and the image would invert on the 7plus, but won’t invert on the 13 pro max. I’ve contacted support twice, first time almost a year ago, and they thanked me for notification of the problem, but no update yet. Now it’s another year gone by, and no response or update. Sorta glad I kept my iPhone 7 Plus. How do you expect me to upgrade to a higher resolution camera if this one won’t allow updates? UPDATED REVIEW- It’s now been an additional year and still no update to address this problem. I’m running ios 15.7 now on my iPhone 13 Pro Max. I had to downgrade my review to one star in light of poor response and lack of support.
Please update the app
10/06/2022

I'd rather walk or even crawl

I’ve got an iPhone 13 pro max. This camera is the original one called the compact, and it works great on my iPhone 7plus, but since it’s easier to hold the phone upside down during use, the control icons and the image would invert on the 7plus, but won’t invert on the 13 pro max. I’ve contacted support twice, first time almost a year ago, and they thanked me for notification of the problem, but no update yet. Now it’s another year gone by, and no response or update. Sorta glad I kept my iPhone 7 Plus. How do you expect me to upgrade to a higher resolution camera if this one won’t allow updates? UPDATED REVIEW- It’s now been an additional year and still no update to address this problem. I’m running ios 15.7 now on my iPhone 13 Pro Max. I had to downgrade my review to one star in light of poor response and lack of support.
Bad from go!!!
10/28/2017

Anoninfo123
Ordered the Seek Compact XR. Opened the box, read the included material, downloaded the app. Thats when all went bad. The app will not let me take a picture. Keep getting a message that reads “Notice your media was not saved. Check your available storage space.” Iphone has 97GB available, so this should not be a problem. Unitalled app, restarted Iphone, reinstalled app, didn’t fix anything. App keeps locking up, and has to be forcibly closed. And as the Seek won’t function without the app, or with it, its useless. $240 wasted! If i could give negative stars I would. To make a product that won’t function with out an app, and then make a worthless, nonfunctional app is just bad business. The app store wont be the only place I’ll be leaving a negative review of the Seek camera, of this you can be sure! I hate when my hard earned money and time is wasted, hate I tell you, just HATE.
Bad from go!!!
10/28/2017

Anoninfo123

Ordered the Seek Compact XR. Opened the box, read the included material, downloaded the app. Thats when all went bad. The app will not let me take a picture. Keep getting a message that reads “Notice your media was not saved. Check your available storage space.” Iphone has 97GB available, so this should not be a problem. Unitalled app, restarted Iphone, reinstalled app, didn’t fix anything. App keeps locking up, and has to be forcibly closed. And as the Seek won’t function without the app, or with it, its useless. $240 wasted! If i could give negative stars I would. To make a product that won’t function with out an app, and then make a worthless, nonfunctional app is just bad business. The app store wont be the only place I’ll be leaving a negative review of the Seek camera, of this you can be sure! I hate when my hard earned money and time is wasted, hate I tell you, just HATE.
Stopped working on iPhone 13 and does not work on 14 or 16 with adapter
07/07/2025

FaceTime poppet
The app has always been problematic. You have to open it a couple times to make it work and then once it recognizes the camera it may take a few minutes for an image to show up. I have a Seek Compact that i purchased last year, when I emailed for support they told me it was manufactured in 2017. Anyways when I connect the camera to my phone the app will recognize that I have a Seek Compact plugged in but the screen stays black. I read the other reviews and someone mentioned they tried turning cellular data off and trying again, unfortunately for me this did not work.
Stopped working on iPhone 13 and does not work on 14 or 16 with adapter
07/07/2025

FaceTime poppet

The app has always been problematic. You have to open it a couple times to make it work and then once it recognizes the camera it may take a few minutes for an image to show up. I have a Seek Compact that i purchased last year, when I emailed for support they told me it was manufactured in 2017. Anyways when I connect the camera to my phone the app will recognize that I have a Seek Compact plugged in but the screen stays black. I read the other reviews and someone mentioned they tried turning cellular data off and trying again, unfortunately for me this did not work.

Performance enhancements to improve your Seek Thermal experience

Version 2.2.8.0 07/16/2021

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Seller: Seek Thermal, Inc.
Size: 117.1 MB
Category: Utilities
Compatibility: Requires iOS 9.0 or later.

iPhone
Requires iOS 9.0 or later.

iPad
Requires iPadOS 9.0 or later.

iPod touch
Requires iOS 9.0 or later.

Mac
Requires macOS 11.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.

Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
Languages: English and 10 more

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Age Rating: 4+

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