Comparison

Room Scanner vs OpenPlan3D

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

Head to head
About

Room Scanner

Quickly scan rooms to create accurate floor plans with measurements of doors, windows, and cabinets using LiDAR technology. This app is ideal for realtors, interior designers, and home enthusiasts for apartment hunting and renovation projects.

Highlights
  • LiDAR room scanning
  • Accurate measurements
  • Floor plan creation
  • 3D camera and scanner
  • Flooring calculator
  • Export to MeasureSquare Mobile
Features
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RoomScanner that can quickly scan rooms to create a floor plan with accurate room measurements including doors, windows, and cabinets with an iPad/iPhone with a LiDAR camera. Introducing our cutting-edge Room Scanner the ultimate scanner app for realtors, interior designers, and home enthusiasts! Elevate your apartment hunting and home improvement projects with advanced LiDAR technology and a plethora of innovative features. It allows you to easily achieve accurate measurements, say goodbye to the tedious measurement process, and is a perfect replacement for tape measures and laser distance meters. The app-scanned floorplan can be easily exported into MeasureSquare Mobile, RenoPlan for further product layout and estimating to generate a sales quote and installation diagrams. Scanner App Free: Say goodbye to costly scanners! Our app is free and loaded with powerful scanning capabilities. Measure with Precision: No more fumbling with measuring tapes! Achieve accurate measurements effortlessly using our intuitive measuring tools. Realtor's Essential: Ideal for realtors, easily capture detailed floor plans and dimensions to showcase properties like never before. Flooring Calculator: Quickly calculate room areas and dimensions for precise remodeling and renovation projects. Seamlessly calculate flooring materials with our comprehensive flooring calculator. 3D Camera & Scanner: Experience the future of room mapping with our 3D camera and scanner. Capture spaces in stunning detail. Floor Plan Creator: Effortlessly generate professional floor plans to bring your design ideas to life. Interior Design Made Easy: Dive into the world of interior design with our user-friendly tools and create spaces that reflect your style. Design Your Dream Home: Unleash your creativity with our design home feature. Plan and visualize your dream space with ease. Home Remodeling: Embark on your home remodeling journey confidently, armed with accurate measurements and plans. House Plans at Your Fingertips: Access a library of customizable house plans to kickstart your design process.

About

OpenPlan3D

Scan rooms with your iPhone to instantly generate accurate 2D floor plans and 3D models. Edit walls, doors, and windows, then export your designs in various formats. Share your plans or further design them on a free, open-source web editor.

Highlights
  • LiDAR room scanning
  • Automatic floor plan generation
  • 3D dollhouse model creation
  • Built-in floor plan editor
  • Multiple export formats (PNG, SVG, DXF, PDF, USDZ)
  • Open-source web editor integration
  • Private and no account required
Features
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Scan a room. Get a floor plan. OpenPlan3D Capture turns your iPhone into a room scanner. Walk the room once and Apple RoomPlan's LiDAR builds an accurate floor plan — walls, doors, windows, and furniture detected automatically. REVIEW IN 3D, INSTANTLY Every scan becomes an interactive dollhouse model and a clean 2D plan. Check dimensions, room areas, and detected objects before you export. FINE-TUNE EVERY WALL The built-in editor lets you correct what the scan missed: drag walls with live dimensions, add or move doors and windows, split walls, and label rooms. OPEN IN OPENPLAN3D Send your plan straight to openplan3d.com — the free, open-source floor plan editor — to furnish it with 140+ models, visualize in 3D, and keep designing on any computer. EXPORT ANYWHERE PNG, SVG, DXF, PDF, or USDZ. Bring your plan into CAD tools, share it with clients, or print it. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account. No signup. No cloud. Your scans stay on your device until you choose to export them. 100% FREE & OPEN SOURCE No paywalls, no premium tier. The full source code is on GitHub. Requires an iPhone or iPad with a LiDAR scanner (iPhone 12 Pro or later Pro models, or Pro iPads). Perfect for real estate agents, contractors, interior designers, architects, landlords, and anyone remodeling, moving, or furnishing a space.

Screenshots

Room Scanner4 screens
OpenPlan3D4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: OpenPlan3D at 5.0 against Room Scanner's 4.7. OpenPlan3D also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 91%). Room Scanner's advantage is ratings volume (99 vs 8) and iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.2). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

OpenPlan3D holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Room Scanner has 99 ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 91% of Room Scanner's written reviews are positive against 100% of OpenPlan3D's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Room Scanner ships an update every 5 weeks, OpenPlan3D monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Room Scanner versus OpenPlan3D: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRoom ScannerOpenPlan3D
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (99 ratings)5.0 (8 ratings) — better
Positive reviews90.6% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings99 — better8
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.2
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB10 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMeasure Square Corp.Laan Labs

Customer experience

Room Scanner

All ratings94 ratings
Positive91.5%
Neutral1.1%
Negative7.4%
Written reviews32 reviews
Positive90.6%
Neutral3.1%
Negative6.3%

OpenPlan3D

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Room Scanner

No in-app purchases

None

OpenPlan3D

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Room Scanner free?
Room Scanner is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is OpenPlan3D free?
OpenPlan3D is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Room Scanner or OpenPlan3D?
OpenPlan3D is rated higher. Room Scanner averages 4.7 out of 5 from 99 ratings, while OpenPlan3D averages 5.0 from 8 ratings.
Do Room Scanner or OpenPlan3D have ads?
Neither Room Scanner nor OpenPlan3D shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Room Scanner or OpenPlan3D?
Room Scanner ships an update every 5 weeks, and OpenPlan3D monthly. Most recently, Room Scanner was updated on October 27, 2026 and OpenPlan3D on October 31, 2026.

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