Comparison

Star Doodle AR vs NekoScan

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

Head to head
About

Star Doodle AR

Create magical, sparkling drawings in 3D space or on surfaces with a variety of animated effects and unique pens. Save your creations as videos or photos to share with others. Unlock additional features through in-app purchases or by watching ads.

Highlights
  • Draw in midair or on surfaces
  • 12 kinds of animations
  • 16 unique drawing pens
  • Save creations as video or photo
  • Share with friends
  • Unlockable features
Features
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Draw magical, sparkling doodles in midair or on walls! Your drawings will appear and disappear with 12 kinds of animations. Use 16 different pens—stars, flames, hearts, gems, cherry blossoms, clovers, electricity, bubbles, smoke, “blood text,” and more—to create fantastical artworks. Save your creations as videos or photos and share them with friends. How to Use: 1. Draw on the Screen: Touch the screen to start drawing. Use the buttons below to customize your artwork. - Paint Icon: Change the color. - Star Icon: Adjust the size of the stars. - Box Icon / Plane Icon: Switch between drawing in the air or on surfaces. - Undo Icon: Undo the last action. - Erase Icon: Clear all drawings. - Dot Icon: Switch to "Viewing Mode". 2. Animate and Record Your Drawings: After you finish drawing, animate it or record a video! Switch to viewing mode with the dot icon on the right. - Play Icon: Animate your drawing. You can also record the animation. - Sun Icon: Adjust the brightness. - Video Icon: Record a video. Tap again to stop recording. - Photo Icon: Take a photo. - Tools Icon: Access settings or purchase additional features. - Dot Icon: Switch back to "Drawing Mode". Unlock Extra Features: Yellow Lock Buttons: Unlock by watching ads. Blue Lock Buttons: Available for purchase. Paid Options: Access additional features by purchasing options through the cart icon in the tools menu. Paid features include: 1. Unlock all locked features. 2. Remove all ads. 3. Enable the option to hide the logo at the top right of the screen. About the use of created images/videos: Images and videos created with this app may be freely used for both personal and commercial purposes, including creative works, social media posting, video streaming, printed materials, and more. - If your content includes materials that may infringe third-party rights (e.g., other people or copyrighted characters appearing in the background), please obtain permission from the rights holder before use. - If possible, I would greatly appreciate it if you could mention or introduce that this app was used in your work, stream, description, etc. Download now and let your creativity sparkle!

About

NekoScan

Features
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Walk slowly around a room or an object with a LiDAR-equipped iPhone or iPad, and NekoScan turns it into a textured 3D model you can measure, walk through and export. Use it for renovation quotes, interior design, documenting a home, 3D printing, or collecting assets for games and art. SCAN • Unlimited LiDAR scans — no scan count, no storage cap • Captures the room structure (walls, doors, windows) alongside the scan • Waits for the camera to settle before grabbing a frame, so textures stay sharp • Keeps the original frames, so you can re-process any scan later with different settings TEXTURED 3D MODELS • Post-processing bakes a fully textured mesh; 1K and 2K textures are free • Auto-straighten aligns the model to its main walls — no fiddling with angles • Texture seams move to where neighboring frames agree, with exposure leveled across them VIEW AND EDIT • Orbit and zoom, with perspective, orthographic and top-down floor-plan cameras • See-through mode lets you look into a room from outside • Crop and rotate: box the part you want to keep and drop the stray ceiling and floor • VR mode: walk through the model in first person with an on-screen joystick • Browse the raw RGB frames captured during the scan • Map view: turn on geotagging and your scans appear on a map (off by default) MEASURE • Point-to-point distance (free) • Rectangle dimensions and polygon area (Pro) FLOOR PLANS (PRO) • Generate a floor plan from the captured room structure or from a slice through the mesh • Automatic floor area, plus wall, door and window counts • Adjustable slice height and a 1 m grid • Share as a PNG image or a DXF file for your CAD software EXPORT AND SHARE • USDZ — opens in AR Quick Look on any iPhone (free) • NekoScan snapshot (.neko3d) — share with other NekoScan users (free) • OBJ with textures, GLB, PLY, STL, 3MF, and the full raw .neko3d package with every frame (Pro) • Optionally bundle every export into a single ZIP No LiDAR? The app still installs, and it opens .neko3d files shared by others so you can view, measure and export them. NEKO3D PRO — BUY ONCE, KEEP IT • 4K and 8K high-resolution textures • Custom post-processing and advanced capture settings • OBJ / GLB / PLY / STL / 3MF and full raw-data export • Rectangle and polygon area measurement • Floor plans, shareable as PNG or DXF Not a subscription, nothing auto-renews. New phone or reinstalled? Settings → NekoScan Pro → Restore Purchases brings it back at no charge. And without Pro, every scan you have already made can always be viewed and exported. PRIVACY NekoScan collects nothing. No account, no server, no ads, no analytics. Everything you scan stays on your device. REQUIREMENTS Scanning needs a LiDAR sensor: iPhone 12 Pro or later Pro / Pro Max models, or iPad Pro (2020 or later). Requires iOS 18.6 or later. The app is available in English, Traditional Chinese and Japanese, and follows your iOS language setting. Questions or problems: support@nekosoft.io

Screenshots

Star Doodle AR1 screens
NekoScan4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: NekoScan at none against Star Doodle AR's shown. NekoScan also leads on update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 5 months). Star Doodle AR's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18.6). On price, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Star Doodle AR sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and NekoScan sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Star Doodle AR ships an update every 5 months, NekoScan every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Star Doodle AR versus NekoScan: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStar Doodle ARNekoScan
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.1 (13 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews33.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings13 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsEvery 6 weeks — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size249 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTadanori OkadaCHENG HSUAN HSIEH

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Star Doodle AR

One-time1
  • Unlock buttons & Remove Ads$4.99
1 purchases

NekoScan

One-time1
  • 3D室內掃描 Pro$14.99

Questions

Is Star Doodle AR free?
Star Doodle AR is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is NekoScan free?
NekoScan is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Star Doodle AR or NekoScan have ads?
Star Doodle AR shows ads; NekoScan does not.
Which is updated more often, Star Doodle AR or NekoScan?
Star Doodle AR ships an update every 5 months, and NekoScan every 6 weeks. Most recently, Star Doodle AR was updated on November 2, 2026 and NekoScan on November 5, 2026.

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