meta360 vs Spatial Media Toolkit
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
meta360
Easily add 360-degree photo metadata to your images with a single click. This ensures your spherical photos are correctly recognized on platforms like Facebook and Google Photos. Recover or add essential metadata lost through editing.
- Add 360 photo metadata
- One-click processing
- Facebook 360 photo support
- Google Photos 360 support
- Metadata recovery
- Standard 360 format support
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This app enables your photos to be recognized as 360 photos on Facebook / GooglePhotos etc. The metadata for 360 photos which can be easily removed by photo editing app is recovered/added with one click. The processed photos are recognized as 360 photos on various 360 services. Please make sure that your images are fully 360 degree and leveled (straightened). The metadata follows the most standard 360 format (Google Photosphere XMP).
Spatial Media Toolkit
Transform your 2D photos and videos into immersive 3D Spatial experiences using advanced AI. Add adjustable depth, trim content, and convert to VR formats. Batch process entire folders and save your creations for later viewing on devices like Vision Pro or Quest.
- AI-powered 2D to 3D Spatial conversion
- Adjustable depth slider
- Video trimming
- VR side-by-side conversion
- Batch folder conversion
- Save to Photos or Files
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Convert any 2D photo or video to 3D Spatial! - Using our cutting-edge AI, step into photos and videos as if you're there - Use the slider to add just the right amount of depth - Trim videos before converting to select just what section you want - Convert Spatial to VR side-by-side - Batch convert entire folders and albums at once - Save to Photos or Files to view alongside your other Spatial media - Convert side-by-side and top-and-bottom VR media to Spatial Convert on the go and send to your Vision Pro or Quest for viewing later. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy: https://strangemesa.com/privacy.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Spatial Media Toolkit at 66% against meta360's 16%. Spatial Media Toolkit also leads on price (Free vs $3.99) and rating (4.6 vs 1.4). meta360's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 6) and iOS requirement (9.3 vs 18.0). On ads and device support 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
Spatial Media Toolkit is free to download; meta360 costs $3.99 up front. Spatial Media Toolkit sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. meta360 asks for nothing beyond the download.
Spatial Media Toolkit holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 1.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Spatial Media Toolkit has 158 ratings behind it against 30, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 16% of meta360's written reviews are positive against 66% of Spatial Media Toolkit's.
meta360 ships an update every 4 months, Spatial Media Toolkit monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | meta360 | Spatial Media Toolkit |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $3.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 1.4 (30 ratings) | 4.6 (158 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 16.0% of reviews | 66.2% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 30 | 158 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Vision Pro — better |
| Requires iOS | 9.3 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 17 MB | 124 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Yoichi Hirota | Strange Mesa |
Customer experience
meta360
Spatial Media Toolkit
Bugs and requests
meta360
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Spatial Media Toolkit
Reported bugs
15 issues- App crashes during video conversion
- Rendering fails for longer videos (5+ minutes)
- Side-by-side video conversion fails
- Zero-byte files created on conversion failure
- App force closes on certain OS versions (Sequoia beta)
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- Rendering stops when user walks behind video
- Videos get stuck in loading state indefinitely
- Converted videos won't play properly
- Photos/panoramas not viewable in visionOS 2.0
- Depth slider has no effect
- Cross-eye/Wiggle settings not remembered on timeline
- Saved videos convert to 2D instead of 3D
- Hidden folder save functionality broken
- Performance issues on Mac Pro despite high core count
- Restore purchases required repeatedly
Requested features
15 requests- Batch processing for multiple files
- Default output type setting to avoid manual changes
- MPO stereo image format support
- 2D to VR 180/360 degree conversion
- Manual depth adjustment (select regions to adjust depth)
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- Video trimming capability
- Full video preview without rendering
- Auto-rename files when saving
- Preserve original file dates
- Larger preview window
- Phone rotation capability in preview
- Multi-threaded/multi-core processing optimization
- Error messaging for failed conversions
- Background conversion processing
- Load images from file system (not just Photos library)
In-app purchases
meta360
No in-app purchases
Spatial Media Toolkit
- Spatial Media Toolkit Pro7 Days trial$4.991 Month
- Spatial Media Toolkit Pro3 Days trial$5.991 Month
- Spatial Media Toolkit Pro7 Days trial$29.991 Year
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- Spatial Media Toolkit Pro7 Days trial$39.991 Year
- Spatial Media Toolkit Pro$39.99
- Spatial Media Toolkit Pro$59.99
Questions
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