3D scanning on iPhone and iPad

Since Apple’s release of the iPad Pro and iPhone Pro with LiDAR sensors, along with their Object Capture photogrammetry engine in 2021, 3D scanning on iPhones and iPads has begun to become a serious option for many.

In no particular order, here is a list of iOS/iPadOS 3D scanning apps:

• LiDAR Scanner 3D Mesh scanning
• Heges Mesh scanning
• SiteScape Point cloud scanning
• ScandyPro
• Polycam LiDAR, ObjectCapture & on-device photogrammetry
• 3D Scanner App Mesh and point cloud scanning
• Occipital Canvas Offers scan to CAD drawing service
• EveryPoint Combines all ARKit techniques including LiDAR
• Scaniverse LiDAR and on-device photogrammetry
• RTAB-Map Open Source scanning app with Online Loop Closure Detection
• Sakura3D Scan
• WiDAR Scan
• pronoPointsScan
• Spectre3D Nice mesh hole filling approach
• Partikle
• Scenario Social scanning with fun 3D effects
• Metascan Object Capture & LiDAR
• Modelar Scans as mesh or point clouds plus measuring tools
• RealityScan ARKit-guided photogrammetry app that uses RealityCapture cloud processing
• TRNIO ARKit guided photogrammetry

Please contact me if you know of or are the developer of an app not included above. This list was first created by me on the Sketchfab forum.

Other useful mobile apps

• Nomad Sculpt An iPhone and iPad 3D sculpting app that is incredibly useful for tidying and optimising 3D scans
• Procreate This 2D sketching and painting app can now work with 3D objects