RoomScan Pro LiDAR floor plans vs PDF Studio Forge
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
RoomScan Pro LiDAR floor plans
Easily create professional floor plans using your device's camera and LiDAR. Measure rooms, scan exteriors, and add notes or annotations to your plans. Export to various professional formats for architects, contractors, and appraisers.
- LiDAR and camera-based room scanning
- Automatic ceiling height measurement
- Heat loss parameter calculation
- Photo notes with positioning
- Apple Pencil annotation
- Exterior and plot scanning
- Multiple professional export formats
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Professional floor plan scanning that works in every room. If your work requires floor plans every day and you aren't using RoomScan Brick Mode, then you are literally wasting time. Includes Apple RoomPlan, as well as the fast & accurate RoomScan Brick Mode for LiDAR devices, and Touch Mode which works in dim light on any device. Also compatible with a range of Bosch and Leica Bluetooth laser measures. Exports to PNG, PDF, DXF (for CAD), IFC (great in Autodesk® and SketchUp®), FML (for Symbility® etc), Xactimate® ESX, Sweet Home 3D, OBJ, PLY, XYZ, RapidSketch, Metropix® and more. • Automatically measures ceiling height and calculates wall areas and heat loss parameters, great for contractors. • Take photos and type or dictate notes onto them, and see them automatically positioned on the plan. Perfect for surveys, inventories, etc. • Annotate your plans with Apple Pencil. • Also scans building exteriors (great for getting GLA for appraisers) and plots. Questions or comments? We're here to help: service@locometric.com US Patents 8,868,375 (2014) and 11,269,060 (2022). http://locometric.com/privacy.html https://www.locometric.com/terms-and-conditions Unlock RoomScan Pro LiDAR with a monthly auto-renewable subscription. Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period. Subscriptions may be managed and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to your iTunes Account Settings after purchase. Any unused portion of a free trial period will be forfeited if you purchase a subscription.
PDF Studio Forge
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PDF Studio Forge is the ultimate offline PDF toolkit for iPhone and iPad. Convert, edit, organize, and secure your PDF files — all without uploading anything to the cloud. No uploads. No cloud. Your files stay on your device. FEATURES: Convert to PDF • Text to PDF — type or paste text, convert instantly • Image to PDF — JPG, PNG, HEIC, WEBP supported • TXT to PDF — convert plain text files • Markdown to PDF — render and export .md files Edit & Organize • Merge PDFs — combine multiple PDFs into one • Split PDF — split by page range or individual pages • Compress PDF — reduce file size without losing quality • Reorder Pages — drag and drop to rearrange • Rotate Pages — rotate any page 90°, 180°, or 270° Smart Tools • PDF Scanner — scan documents with your camera • OCR — extract text from images and PDFs using Apple Vision • PDF Reader — built-in reader with zoom, search, bookmarks • PDF Annotation — highlight, underline, draw, and add notes • PDF Signature — draw and save your signature • Form Filling — fill and save PDF forms Security • Password Protection — encrypt PDFs with a password • Watermark — add text or image watermarks Privacy First • 100% offline — no internet required • No account needed • No data collection • No file uploads ever Premium Features Unlock everything with PDF Studio Forge Premium: • Unlimited operations • All smart tools • Native iPad layout Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://selahattinbzt.github.io/privacy-policy-/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: PDF Studio Forge at none against RoomScan Pro LiDAR floor plans's 3. PDF Studio Forge also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 2 weeks) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.6). On price, 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
Both are free to download. RoomScan Pro LiDAR floor plans sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. PDF Studio Forge asks for nothing beyond the download.
RoomScan Pro LiDAR floor plans ships an update every 2 weeks, PDF Studio Forge weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | RoomScan Pro LiDAR floor plans | PDF Studio Forge |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (2.1K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 25.8% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2.1K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Subscription | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 137 MB | 28 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Locometric | Selahattin Bozat |
Bugs and requests
RoomScan Pro LiDAR floor plans
Reported bugs
3 issues- Scans sometimes shift or distort room shapes
- Inability to properly detect and measure certain features like stained glass windows
- Crashes when trying to scan multiple rooms
Requested features
5 requests- Add ability to manually edit walls and rooms
- Improve support for open floor plans and irregular room shapes
- Implement undo/redo functionality
- Add option to export 3D models
- Improve compatibility with more devices
PDF Studio Forge
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
RoomScan Pro LiDAR floor plans
- LiDAR Subscription7 Days trial2 variants$9.991 Month
- Annual Subscription7 Days trial$119.991 Year
PDF Studio Forge
No in-app purchases
Questions
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