I Tested Every Smartphone Microscope so You Don't Have to

I spent way too much money on smartphone microscopes. There are a couple great ones and a bunch of terrible ones.

Links to my favorite smartphone microscopes:

1. Generic smartphone microscope
We still buy these in bulk to include with our Micro Safari Terra kits.

If you'd prefer to buy these from Bezos instead you can find similar models on Amazon for a bit cheaper. There's quite a bit of variability on assembly quality of these smartphone microscopes depending on where you source them though. I've found some in the wild that shipped new with low charge batteries and fingerprints on the lenses. We work with a manufacturer that charges a bit more but has a much better quality standard. We also inspect each unit that we sell.

2. Apexel smartphone microscope

3. Tinyscope

4. Apexel smartphone macro lens

These are Amazon Affiliate links. Also, I noticed that they all have pretty mediocre product reviews, it seems like the negative reviews are mostly from people using the smartphone microscopes incorrectly or not understanding what they are and what they are not good at doing. But to be fair - these products do not come with particularly good instructions or recommendations for getting the most out of the product. Hopefully this video can help bridge that gap though.

Chapters:
00:00 Why Smartphone Microscopes
01:20 My Favorite Smartphone Microscope
02:24 Attaching and Centering
02:42 "Universal" Smartphone Microscopes
03:16 Q&A
06:01 Live Demo: Best Generic Smartphone Microscope
07:36 Live Demo: Apexel Microscope
09:20 Live Demo: Tinyscope
11:25 Live Demo: Apexel Macro Lens
13:09 Live Demo: Meh Options
15:12 Live Demo: Weird Options

[The]

this is a sales pitch, not a review, not an overvierw

[ParkJustin-rh]

Do not pull this out at a party. DO NOT.

[maxvain]

You lost me at "headed to a party" 😅

[ghaithalom]

you had to zoom in using your preferred microscope. However, there are others that you complained about their low mag but at 1x in your camera phone. You should have zoomed in to make the comparison fair or gave them the credit that they covered the full image circle.

[CrimsonMedusa]

I saw a commercial of this kind of product only for iphone, price about 130€. I'm glad I found that commercial because I wanted to know if there's similar products for other smartphones and I found this video! I need this first lens

[spacescienceguy]

Thanks for this, I'm looking at getting a phone microscope for a video I'm making and this was really helpful!

[scampbell]

The 2nd one at 5:04 will fit on almost every phone as its adjustable, not at all difficult to attach once you try it. I just ordered a replacement for one I lost E20 AliEx.

[LISTEDGames]

What if I use the microscope attachment to my microscope on my phone ??!?!?!?!?

[melp]

I work with developmentally disabled adults and am looking for a really reasonable way for them to look at microorganisms and such. What suggestion do you have?

[akierum]

So what is the chunky one named? Looking for it cant find, any help?

[WolfBenjamite]

Your content deserves an award mate ❤🎉

[karthikeyans]

Best budget friendly one micro and macro lens suggest bro

[hedgeclipper]

but what is the magnification factor??
I just need a 10x microscope for looking at my crystals
you should state the magnification factor

[beatz]

I really wanted to buy the generic 10€ microscope on your store. However, I saw the shipping costs being 90€!!! I'm sorry but I can't believe this are normal shipping prices. I live in Spain btw

[dazdeluxe]

Hi, i have a really thick phone with power bank built in, is there a microscope that will fit thick phones? tia

[ericpatterson]

Another awesome vid! thanks for demonstrating these scopes

[josephcurcio]

I want to retouch scratches on vinyl records. I need something that I can get a needle between scope and record using my hands to view in real time and remove scratch.
Micro or macro lens. Thanks f32vinylguy.

[hedgeclipper]

phone microscope would be really useful for looking at crystals
I normally use a Jeweler's loupe

[feraudyh]

What would be nice would be the possibility of detecting food infection bacteria. But that might be just asking too much.

[JamesRavencroft]

i couldn't stand the vocal fry for more than 1 minute, adios