Polycam 3D Scanner, LiDAR, 360

Name: Polycam 3D Scanner, LiDAR, 360
Rating: 4.7 (40730 reviews)
Author: Polycam Inc.

3D scans, models & floor plans

Free · In‑App Purchases

41K Ratings
Ages

16+
Years
Category

Photo & Video
Developer

Polycam Inc.
Language

EN
+ 26 More
Size

509.2
MB

Polycam is the leading 3D scanning platform for iPhone and iPad, blending professional-grade capabilities with a user-friendly interface. Effortlessly create high-quality 3D models from photos, generate precise LiDAR scans, and capture immersive 360° images—all on your device. Edit directly on your iPhone or iPad and export in formats compatible with industry-standard software. Seamlessly share your work and connect with a global community of creators. Polycam offers a suite of features for 3D scanning and editing: ● Effortlessly Create High-Quality 3D Models: Convert everyday photos into stunning 3D models with photogrammetry and Gaussian splats, perfect for capturing intricate objects and scenes. These 3D models can be exported to various computer graphics applications, including Blender and SketchUp, making them ideal for professional workflows. (Works on all iPhones and iPads) ● Top-Rated LiDAR 3D Scanner: Experience Polycam's top-rated LiDAR scanning for rapid, accurate captures of space. Use Polycam to create detailed 3D scans that are ready to be edited or imported into other design software like Blender or SketchUp. (Requires an iPhone or iPad with LiDAR) ● Revolutionize Capturing Interior Spaces with Room Mode: Instantly generate detailed, highly accurate 3D models of rooms and interiors using LiDAR, perfect for architects, designers, and real estate professionals. Overlay models with additional scans for immersive, real-time room planner views that enhance design visualization and documentation, seamlessly integrating into your workflow. (Requires an iPhone or iPad with LiDAR) ● Immerse Yourself in 360° Experiences: Transform your iPhone into a full-fledged 360° camera. Create immersive panoramic experiences, share them with a link, or export them as equirectangular images. Polycam's AI technology seamlessly fills unseen areas for complete virtual environments. (Works on iPhone 11 and later) ● Edit and measure with precision: Crop, rotate, rescale, measure, and more with powerful on-device tools that allow you to fine-tune your 3D models, enhancing every detail before export. Make Polycam a Key Part of Your 3D Workflow with Polycam Pro: ● Seamless Export Options: Export detailed 3D models (.obj, .dae, .fbx, .stl) and color point clouds (.dxf, .ply) directly into your favorite 3D software like Blender and SketchUp, enhancing your design and visualization process. ● Precision Floor Plans and Blueprints: Instantly generate 2D floor plans and scale-accurate blueprints from your 3D room scans, ready to integrate into architectural and design workflows .Export floor plans in formats compatible with popular software like AutoCAD, SketchUp, and Adobe Illustrator. ● Unlimited Photogrammetry and Gaussian Splats: Capture and process as many high-quality 3D models as you need, without limits, ensuring every detail is captured for your projects. Share, collaborate, and elevate your workflow: ● Effortless Sharing: Share 3D captures instantly with simple links for professional feedback and collaboration. ● Streamlined Teamwork: Use shared libraries to collaborate efficiently on projects, enhancing workflow. ● Join the Community: Connect with creators, designers, and 3D enthusiasts on Polycam Explore. Discover inspiring work and elevate your own projects. Included Free: Polycam Web Access Access Polycam’s web platform to edit, enhance, and share your models from your computer. Use your existing login for seamless integration into your workflow. ● Enhanced Editing: Work on your phone’s captures from your computer with advanced editing tools, AI texture generation, and cloud syncing. ● Professional Collaboration: Collaborate with shared libraries and easily export models to 3D software. Experience the full power of Polycam on both your iOS device and your computer and take your 3D projects to the next level! Privacy Policy: https://poly.cam/privacy_policy.pdf Terms of Use: https://poly.cam/terms_and_conditions.pdf

Ratings & Reviews

4.7

out of 5

41K Ratings

Update: photo mode still Not working
08/20/2022

SGSCreate
Updated: yes, good news, they did update the software and it does work AFTER you log out and create a new account with an new email address, etc.. I had PAID for the pro version on the original account and then had to pay AGAIN for the new account and I have no idea how to get a refund. Although I immediately canceled my first subscription, I have still been charged for two subscriptions.The LiDAR mode works with my wife’s iPhone 12 Max, unfortunately the photo mode does t work on my iPhone XR. Just hangs on Hold Still to calibrate, when you move around nothing is recorded. The Manual Mode doesn’t appear to be taking any photos. Attempted multiple times with over 30 + button pushes and the ‘done’ button never appeared and nothing ever saved. When trying to x exit out it says ‘exit’ or ‘save and exit’ neither did anything, just hung for over 15 minutes until I gave up.

Developer Response
Hi there, we had a rough bug introduced that made the app pretty unusable for some folks creating new accounts. The bug is now resolved, though. If you just started using Polycam, in order to use the app as normal, you'll need to log out and create a new Polycam account with a different email (or hit "skip >"). Huge apologies for the issues and if you have any other questions please email me at contact@polycam.ai
Update: photo mode still Not working
08/20/2022

SGSCreate

Updated: yes, good news, they did update the software and it does work AFTER you log out and create a new account with an new email address, etc.. I had PAID for the pro version on the original account and then had to pay AGAIN for the new account and I have no idea how to get a refund. Although I immediately canceled my first subscription, I have still been charged for two subscriptions.The LiDAR mode works with my wife’s iPhone 12 Max, unfortunately the photo mode does t work on my iPhone XR. Just hangs on Hold Still to calibrate, when you move around nothing is recorded. The Manual Mode doesn’t appear to be taking any photos. Attempted multiple times with over 30 + button pushes and the ‘done’ button never appeared and nothing ever saved. When trying to x exit out it says ‘exit’ or ‘save and exit’ neither did anything, just hung for over 15 minutes until I gave up.
Developer Response 08/19/2022
Hi there, we had a rough bug introduced that made the app pretty unusable for some folks creating new accounts. The bug is now resolved, though. If you just started using Polycam, in order to use the app as normal, you'll need to log out and create a new Polycam account with a different email (or hit "skip >"). Huge apologies for the issues and if you have any other questions please email me at contact@polycam.ai
Paid for pro and they took away with my work docs…..
Sep 15

Honest Mike?
I wish I could give them a higher score because had this not happened I was going to leave a different review. Not a 5 star but can be a decent app once they figure their stuff out. But I purchased my galaxy when I had it not knowing needed lidar which i switched back to iPhone after phone was stolen and has to go through difficult process to transfer app to iPhone. Oh, then you decided to try the business because for some reason, pro doesn’t really do anything.A it’s kind of useless. You can’t save your measurements. No, that’s for Business. Another $400 mind you post 200 and there’s a lot of apps out there for free. Just as good. After having two video calls with a sales rep, allowing them to try to show me the value in the $400 upgrade when I couldn’t see the value in the $200. I told them I’m canceling the trial and will stick with the 200 pro and figure a get around for now or transfer my skins to a free app that lets me save the measures. They decided to take it upon themselves to. Try to charge me $400 for the business for a week or two and then suddenly take both away with my skins for my business and have now left me to talk to Apple, which I have spent all day yesterday just to end up with them saying I need to speak back with Polycam……… I want my scans and my money back or your”pro” back And have some customer service for Christ sake.Will keep updated have a call with big boys at apple tomorrow woohoo…..
Paid for pro and they took away with my work docs…..
Sep 15

Honest Mike?

I wish I could give them a higher score because had this not happened I was going to leave a different review. Not a 5 star but can be a decent app once they figure their stuff out. But I purchased my galaxy when I had it not knowing needed lidar which i switched back to iPhone after phone was stolen and has to go through difficult process to transfer app to iPhone. Oh, then you decided to try the business because for some reason, pro doesn’t really do anything.A it’s kind of useless. You can’t save your measurements. No, that’s for Business. Another $400 mind you post 200 and there’s a lot of apps out there for free. Just as good. After having two video calls with a sales rep, allowing them to try to show me the value in the $400 upgrade when I couldn’t see the value in the $200. I told them I’m canceling the trial and will stick with the 200 pro and figure a get around for now or transfer my skins to a free app that lets me save the measures. They decided to take it upon themselves to. Try to charge me $400 for the business for a week or two and then suddenly take both away with my skins for my business and have now left me to talk to Apple, which I have spent all day yesterday just to end up with them saying I need to speak back with Polycam……… I want my scans and my money back or your”pro” back And have some customer service for Christ sake.Will keep updated have a call with big boys at apple tomorrow woohoo…..
Encrapification over time
11/23/2024

Mooretin
I used to love this app, it worked amazingly, scanned entire floors of houses, exported reliably for only $60/year for the pro version. For about three years it was my go-to tool for personal projects and home renovations (I am a DIYer not a commercial or pro user).Fast forward three years and forced updates later, now it costs $150/year to export which is totally unreasonable for a DIYer like me and to make matters worse when scanning longer sessions (more than one room or two) randomly the entire scanning view turns blue (the color of unknown/uncaptured geometry) and stays that way completely ruining the scan. When I click finish at that point all the data is gone. I have to reattempt 10-15 minute scans like 5 or 6 times to finally get a successful scan which makes me completely discouraged from using the app at all, especially since I wont shell out the absolutely insane almost 3X price bump for export to SketchUp so I can stitch multiple scans together since a lot of my scans simply cant be done in one session due to geometrical shift mid scan and the extend feature being close to useless/broken/unreliable. What’s the point of buying devices with fancy hardware like LiDAR when there is no first party software and the third party is ridiculouly overpriced subscription rubbish.
Encrapification over time
11/23/2024

Mooretin

I used to love this app, it worked amazingly, scanned entire floors of houses, exported reliably for only $60/year for the pro version. For about three years it was my go-to tool for personal projects and home renovations (I am a DIYer not a commercial or pro user).Fast forward three years and forced updates later, now it costs $150/year to export which is totally unreasonable for a DIYer like me and to make matters worse when scanning longer sessions (more than one room or two) randomly the entire scanning view turns blue (the color of unknown/uncaptured geometry) and stays that way completely ruining the scan. When I click finish at that point all the data is gone. I have to reattempt 10-15 minute scans like 5 or 6 times to finally get a successful scan which makes me completely discouraged from using the app at all, especially since I wont shell out the absolutely insane almost 3X price bump for export to SketchUp so I can stitch multiple scans together since a lot of my scans simply cant be done in one session due to geometrical shift mid scan and the extend feature being close to useless/broken/unreliable. What’s the point of buying devices with fancy hardware like LiDAR when there is no first party software and the third party is ridiculouly overpriced subscription rubbish.
Too Many Bugs
06/14/2022

FascistbookSucks
Yesterday I had 2 completed scans completely disappear from my phone. Lucky for me I had immediately uploaded the first one to the cloud so I could share it, but then it disappeared from my phone entirely when I exited out of the finished scan and back to all of the other scans I’ve done. The same thing happened again later in the day, only this time I wasn’t so lucky, it too disappeared when I exited the scan and I didn’t upload it to the cloud. Also, I couldn’t extend a scan. The app says it has successfully relocated and to move the phone to start scanning, but nothing happens. One of the scans I sent to the cloud and shared with my gf appeared as all black with no surface detail even though it looks fine on the phone. I deleted it from the cloud and reuploaded it only to get the same result. Lastly, at the end of my last scan of the day (I did like 7 total including the ones that disappeared), I hit the red button to end the scan and save it but it just hung there. I had to quit the app and pray that the scan actually saved because by that point I was out of daylight. Thankfully it saved, but these bugs (except for the first where the scans totally disappeared) happen way too often.

Developer Response
Hey there - thanks so much for your review / feedback. You've obviously used the app a lot, and I'm sorry you're encountering issues. I'll try to address them individually:- The disappearing captures are hard to explain - must be a bug, but we'll keep an eye on that. Sorry, I'm sure it's frustrating to have work disappear!- With the Extend button, you have to make sure you tap the "record" button after it's relocalized to start a new Session. The Extend interface is a little confusing in general - we should make it clearer soon.- Captures can appear black on mobile web browsers if the texture is larger than 4K, which happens at many processing levels. If your gf downloads the app or looks at the capture on a desktop web browser, it will appear normal.- Sorry about the hang. Sometimes that can happen with an intermittent web connection. If your web connection is very weak, try creating the LiDAR capture in airplane mode. This is something we'll work to improve as well.Anyways, thanks again for your detailed review! You can get in touch with us directly (contact@polycam.ai) if you'd like to chat more or provide other feedback. It's how we make the product better :)
Too Many Bugs
06/14/2022

FascistbookSucks

Yesterday I had 2 completed scans completely disappear from my phone. Lucky for me I had immediately uploaded the first one to the cloud so I could share it, but then it disappeared from my phone entirely when I exited out of the finished scan and back to all of the other scans I’ve done. The same thing happened again later in the day, only this time I wasn’t so lucky, it too disappeared when I exited the scan and I didn’t upload it to the cloud. Also, I couldn’t extend a scan. The app says it has successfully relocated and to move the phone to start scanning, but nothing happens. One of the scans I sent to the cloud and shared with my gf appeared as all black with no surface detail even though it looks fine on the phone. I deleted it from the cloud and reuploaded it only to get the same result. Lastly, at the end of my last scan of the day (I did like 7 total including the ones that disappeared), I hit the red button to end the scan and save it but it just hung there. I had to quit the app and pray that the scan actually saved because by that point I was out of daylight. Thankfully it saved, but these bugs (except for the first where the scans totally disappeared) happen way too often.
Developer Response 06/23/2022
Hey there - thanks so much for your review / feedback. You've obviously used the app a lot, and I'm sorry you're encountering issues. I'll try to address them individually:- The disappearing captures are hard to explain - must be a bug, but we'll keep an eye on that. Sorry, I'm sure it's frustrating to have work disappear!- With the Extend button, you have to make sure you tap the "record" button after it's relocalized to start a new Session. The Extend interface is a little confusing in general - we should make it clearer soon.- Captures can appear black on mobile web browsers if the texture is larger than 4K, which happens at many processing levels. If your gf downloads the app or looks at the capture on a desktop web browser, it will appear normal.- Sorry about the hang. Sometimes that can happen with an intermittent web connection. If your web connection is very weak, try creating the LiDAR capture in airplane mode. This is something we'll work to improve as well.Anyways, thanks again for your detailed review! You can get in touch with us directly (contact@polycam.ai) if you'd like to chat more or provide other feedback. It's how we make the product better :)

* Virtual Walkthrough: sets a higher standard for site documentation, integrating high-resolution photos directly into your scan so you can zoom in and verify critical details. Available on Business and Enterprise. * Stability & Performance Improvements: - Fixed freezes on Scene editor. Now users can move and rotate scans or open layers with no issues. - We have redefined and updated the Rating Tool flow - Now Object mode captures requires a minimum of 20 images before processing