Comparison

Panols vs Sphereview 360

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Panols

Easily split any photo from your library into multiple squares for seamless posting on Instagram. Showcase your panoramic shots or other images across your profile grid. Organize and edit your photos with metadata, tags, and personal branding.

Highlights
  • Split photos into multiple squares
  • Post panoramas to Instagram
  • Edit and organize photos
  • Add personal branding
  • View photo metadata
  • Sync edits with Photo Library
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Your story. Beyond the frame. Turn one photo into a seamless, swipeable story. Panols gives every detail room—and every frame your personal touch. CREATE Choose a photo and a layout. Make a single-image post or spread your story across 2–5 tiles. Or ask Siri: “Create a new Panol.” MAKE IT YOURS Refine the crop and rotation. Add borders, rounded corners, colors, and watermarks. Find the words with optional title and description suggestions from Apple Intelligence—or write your own. SHARE Export your images in order, ready to share. Your original stays untouched. Revisit saved Panols or explore your geotagged moments on the Globe. YOUR LANGUAGE. YOUR WAY. More languages. Layouts for larger text and right-to-left reading. Clearer accessibility labels and support for your motion and transparency settings. On iOS 27, bring supported RAW and ProRAW photos into your editing workflow with Apple’s new RAW 9 processing. The frame is limited. Your story isn’t. For iPhone and iPad running iOS/iPadOS 18 or later. AI suggestions require iOS 27 and supported Apple Intelligence capabilities. RAW processing requires iOS 27 and supported, local, unadjusted photos. Some layouts and branding tools require Panols+. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Sphereview 360

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Sphereview turns your 360° panoramic photos and videos into an immersive viewing experience. This free app has been created so that iPhone and iPad users can view 360 photos and videos stored in their Apple Photos library. It is fully compatible with images taken on many popular 360 cameras such as the Insta360 X-series. • Browse your 360° photo library in a clean, zoomable grid • Tap any photo to look around in full 360° then drag to pan, pinch to zoom • Switch to Little Planet or Tunnel mode for a fun, distorted spherical perspective • Save your favourite little-planet views as new photos • Works on iPhone, iPad, and Mac Sphereview is completely private: it only reads the photos already in your library, and nothing is ever uploaded, tracked, or shared. No account, no ads, no analytics.

Screenshots

Panols4 screens
Sphereview 3604 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Sphereview 360 at none against Panols's 7. Panols's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs fortnightly). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Panols sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Sphereview 360 asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Panols ships an update every 5 days, Sphereview 360 fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 19, 2026 and September 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Panols versus Sphereview 360: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPanolsSphereview 360
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (120 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews48.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings120 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS18.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size47 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJuan ArreguinPaul Moyne

Bugs and requests

Panols

Reported bugs

15 issues
  • App freezes during image creation
  • App crashes when loading images
  • App crashes on high-resolution photos
  • App crashes on iPhone X
  • App crashes upon choosing a photo
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  • App stalls or does nothing when clicking split button
  • App doesn't export photos
  • Photos not saved to library
  • In-app purchases not restoring
  • App adds a vignette effect
  • Seams visible in split photos
  • Lower quality in one half of split photo
  • App doesn't start or respond to input
  • App freezes or shows black screen
  • Unable to restore purchases

Requested features

7 requests
  • Option to choose number of parts to split into
  • Support for more than 3 parts/squares
  • Ability to split into portrait orientation
  • Add spaces between generated images
  • Support for 3x2, 3x3, 4x1, or more grid sizes
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  • Option to make pictures over more than one row
  • Add vignette effect removal option

Sphereview 360

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

7 purchases

Panols

Subscriptions2
  • Panols+ Monthly$3.991 Month
  • Panols+ Yearly3 Days trial$19.991 Year
One-time5
  • Portrait Formats$0.99
  • Watermarks$1.99
  • Multi-grid Formats$2.99
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  • Unlock All Features$4.99
  • Panols+ Lifetime$24.99
None

Sphereview 360

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Panols free?
Panols is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Sphereview 360 free?
Sphereview 360 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Panols or Sphereview 360 have ads?
Neither Panols nor Sphereview 360 shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Panols or Sphereview 360?
Panols ships an update every 5 days, and Sphereview 360 fortnightly. Most recently, Panols was updated on September 19, 2026 and Sphereview 360 on September 8, 2026.

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