Comparison

Quantum Summer vs RTAB

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

Head to head
About

Quantum Summer

Capture, edit, and share 3D spaces using your device's LiDAR camera. Measure, annotate, and extract objects to design and preview in AR. Share your creations with friends and colleagues via email, SMS, or web links.

Highlights
  • Scan and capture large spaces
  • Measure and annotate dimensions
  • Extract and edit objects
  • Place objects in AR View
  • Store and share 3D spaces/objects
Features
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Utilizing the LiDAR camera, Quantum Summer allows a user to capture, edit and share 3D spaces with friends and colleagues. Main features – Scan and Capture Large Spaces – quickly scan and capture accurately large area of space. Measure and Annotate – measure dimensions of space and objects inside. Annotate easily. Extract and Edit Objects – easily extract objects from scans and save them into personal library. Place Objects in AR View – design and preview using scanned objects in AR View Store and Share Space or Objects – share with friends and colleagues by email, sms and web views. Quantum Summer app and web services enable amatuer and professionals to effectively design and share in 3D

About

RTAB

This utility app enables real-time 3D scanning and mapping of environments using LiDAR or RGB-D sensors. It features online loop closure detection and map optimization for immediate feedback, with export options for various 3D formats.

Highlights
  • Online 3D scanning and mapping
  • Loop closure detection and map correction
  • Save maps in DB format
  • Export in PLY, LAS, or OBJ
  • Multi-session mapping
  • AR/VR visualization mode
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RTAB-Map (Real-Time Appearance-Based Mapping) is an Open Source LiDAR / RGB-D / Stereo Graph-Based SLAM (Simultaneous Localization and Mapping) approach based on an online incremental appearance-based loop closure detector. The loop closure detector uses a bag-of-words approach to determinate how likely a new image comes from a previous location or a new location. When a loop closure hypothesis is accepted, a new constraint is added to the map's graph, then a graph optimizer minimizes the errors in the map in real-time. An optional memory management approach can be used to limit the number of locations used for loop closure detection and graph optimization, so that real-time constraints on large-scale environnements are always respected. ARKit's visual inertial odometry (VIO) is used as the SLAM front-end for RTAB-Map (the SLAM back-end). * Note that unlike other scanning apps that optimize the map only after mapping, with RTAB-Map you get loop closure detection and map optimization online so you can have a live feedback to know when you have enough constraints in the map for good global optimization before stopping the scan. *** 3D reconstruction available only with LiDAR sensor. Features: * Online 3D scanning/mapping of the environment. * Online loop closure detection and map correction. * Save in DB format (RTAB-Map desktop and rtabmap_ros format). * Export in PLY, LAS or OBJ. * Multi-session mapping (save and continue later). * Use Apriltags to help finding loop closures in textureless environments. * Mixed AR/VR First-Person in visualization mode. * Raw ARKit data recording (up to 60 Hz!), useful to record long sessions without comprising battery life.

Screenshots

Quantum Summer4 screens
RTAB3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: RTAB at 100% against Quantum Summer's 0%. Quantum Summer's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 4 months) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 14.3). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Quantum Summer ships an update every 3 weeks, RTAB every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on September 17, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Quantum Summer versus RTAB: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterQuantum SummerRTAB
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.8 (39 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings—39 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better14.3
Further details — not scored
Size106 MB19 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperArekool IncMathieu Labbe

Customer experience

Quantum Summer

Written reviews3 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

RTAB

All ratings39 ratings
Positive97.4%
Neutral0.0%
Negative2.6%
Written reviews12 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Quantum Summer

No in-app purchases

None

RTAB

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Quantum Summer free?
Quantum Summer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is RTAB free?
RTAB is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Quantum Summer or RTAB have ads?
Neither Quantum Summer nor RTAB shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Quantum Summer or RTAB?
Quantum Summer ships an update every 3 weeks, and RTAB every 4 months. Most recently, Quantum Summer was updated on September 17, 2026 and RTAB on September 23, 2026.

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