Comparison

Looom vs Puracam

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

Head to head
About

Looom

Create hand-drawn animations with a playful, instrument-like interface. This robust app focuses on loopable animation, offering a dynamic, non-destructive workflow for both beginners and professionals. Explore lines, shapes, and colors in a delightful environment designed for learning and experimentation.

Highlights
  • Hand-drawn animation creation
  • Loopable animation focus
  • Musical interface inspiration
  • Dynamic non-destructive workflow
  • Fluid time control
  • Infinite canvas
  • SVG native file format
Features
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A new way to create hand-drawn animation. So playful you’ll think it’s a toy, but it's secretly a robust app with a reimagined UI for animators and creators. Taking inspiration from music creation tools, using Looom feels more like playing an instrument than operating software - exploring lines, shapes and colors through loopable time and rhythm. Looom is all about looping animation with a smile. It was designed for professionals and beginners of any age and is already being used by some influential indie animators. A delightful environment to learn, experiment, practice and create drawn animation. Wonderfully musical, Next-gen dynamic non-destructive workflow. FLUID TIME No first frame or last. Looom’s threads are independent in length and speed, always tweak-able. INFINITE CANVAS Lets you go as deep or as far as you want thanks to a completely resolution-independent vector engine. OPEN-ENDED Looom uses SVG as it’s native file format. Your work can be viewed in browsers and opened in desktop animation software.

About

Puracam

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Puracam turns the LiDAR sensor in your iPhone or iPad into a 3D scanner and floor plan tool. Scan an object, a room or your whole home — the 3D reconstruction runs on your device. THREE WAYS TO SCAN • Space: walk a room and get a 3D model with photographic texture. Live coverage shows what is still missing. • Object: circle an object, flip it to capture the underside, and get a high-detail model with its real dimensions. • Floor Plan: walk the room and Puracam detects walls, doors, windows and furniture. One shutter button, like the Camera app. A short how-to video and tips for every mode get you started. FLOOR PLANS • A clean 2D drawing with dimensions, opening widths and room areas. • Edit everything: move walls and corners, add doors, windows, dividers and columns, lock lengths and right angles. • Furnish it with more than 100 pieces, wall-mounted ones at their real height. • Switch to 3D and keep editing: drag, rotate and resize furniture and move doors and windows right on the model. • Export a PDF to true scale with door and room schedules, or PNG, SVG, DXF for CAD, CSV and JSON. SHARE • Share a link: anyone can open the 3D model and floor plan in a web browser — no app needed. Comes with a QR code. • Let people who have Puracam save an editable copy from your link, to measure, edit and export. • Send a Puracam file by AirDrop, Messages, Mail or Files — no internet needed. • Links expire on their own and you can delete one at any time. Nothing is shared until you create a link. REVIEW AND EDIT • Orbit, pan and zoom the model and measure distances on it. • Clean up object models: crop box, lasso, remove the base, or Auto Clean. • Make a 360° video of any scan and save it to Photos. • Filter your library by kind and organise scans into folders. On iPad, a sidebar and full landscape support. FREE AND PRO • Free: scanning, viewing, measuring, every editing tool, OBJ export, share links that last 7 days, Puracam files, floor plans as PDF or PNG (with a small watermark), and 10 object scans with full quality and every export format. • Pro adds USDZ, GLB, glTF, FBX, DAE, STL, PLY and DXF, the highest export quality, saving model edits, floor plans as SVG, DXF, CSV and JSON, and floor plans and 360° videos without a watermark. For sharing: more links that last 30 days and can be renewed, link passwords, and your name, company and logo on shared pages. WHAT YOU NEED Scanning uses the LiDAR sensor: iPhone 12 Pro or later Pro models, and iPad Pro 2020 or later. Your library, exports and settings work on any supported device. Creating and opening share links needs an internet connection. PURACAM PRO Pro is an optional subscription: Monthly, or Yearly with a 7-day free trial. No account and no sign-up — Pro follows your Apple ID, and Restore brings it back on a new device. Payment is charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless it is cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage and cancel your subscription in your App Store account settings after purchase. Terms of Use: https://puracam.com/terms/ Privacy Policy: https://puracam.com/privacy/

Screenshots

Looom4 screens
Puracam4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Puracam at Free against Looom's $9.99. Puracam also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 4 months). Looom's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and chart position (#30 vs unranked). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Puracam is free to download; Looom costs $9.99 up front. Puracam sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Looom asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Looom ships an update every 4 months, Puracam every 3 days. Both last shipped on October 26, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Looom versus Puracam: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLooomPuracam
Price$9.99Free — better
Rating3.9 (121 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews61.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings121 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaid—
Best chart rank#30 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size43 MB29 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperIORAMA ABHoa Pham

Bugs and requests

Looom

Reported bugs

12 issues
  • App crashes mid-animation causing work loss
  • Grey screen on launch preventing app opening
  • Drawing not registering properly
  • Frame navigation swiping goes wrong direction
  • Accidental marks appearing from sensitive touch controls
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  • Eraser functionality not working on some devices
  • Zoom controls triggering timeline instead
  • Disappearing artwork when switching frames
  • Export controls not grabbable on iPad Pro
  • Accidental deletion of projects with no recovery option
  • Non-Apple Pencil input not recognized without settings change
  • Performance issues and stuttering

Requested features

23 requests
  • Better export options (GIF, video, SVG with proper formatting)
  • Increase frame limit beyond 24 frames
  • More than 5 layers/threads
  • Multiple colors and brush sizes per layer
  • Frame duplication and copy-paste functionality
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  • Undo/redo gesture support (two-finger tap)
  • Shape tools (circles, rectangles, lines)
  • Background image import for reference tracing
  • Hex color input and color picker tool
  • Partial eraser (erase parts of lines, not entire lines)
  • Double-tap Apple Pencil to toggle eraser
  • Layer naming and hiding capabilities
  • Adjustable frame rate and FPS control
  • Sound/audio support
  • Ability to rearrange frame order
  • Onion skin customization (forward and backward)
  • Static/pinned layers
  • Higher resolution export options
  • Video import for rotoscoping
  • Pressure sensitivity support
  • Animation scene management
  • Seamless looping export
  • Left-hand mode accessibility

Puracam

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Looom

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Puracam

Subscriptions2
  • Pro Monthly7 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Pro Yearly7 Days trial$34.991 Year

Questions

Is Looom free?
Looom costs $9.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Puracam free?
Puracam is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Looom or Puracam have ads?
Neither Looom nor Puracam shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Looom or Puracam?
Looom ships an update every 4 months, and Puracam every 3 days. Most recently, Looom was updated on October 26, 2026 and Puracam on October 26, 2026.

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