Stray Scanner vs MultiSet
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Stray Scanner
Capture color, depth, and IMU data using your device's LiDAR sensor. Export these datasets to your computer for machine learning and dense mapping projects. Streamline the process of collecting RGB-D data without complex calibration.
- Record color images
- Capture depth frames
- Export IMU measurements
- Estimate camera position
- Access camera calibration matrix
- Transfer datasets to desktop
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Note: requires a device with LiDAR. The iPad Pro, iPhone 12 Pro or iPhone 12 Pro Max currently have LiDAR sensors on them. Stray Scanner allows you to record color, depth and IMU datasets and export them to your desktop computer. For machine learning and dense mapping applications, you need a dataset to work with. Stray Scanner allows you to collect RGB-D datasets with your iPhone. The recorded datasets contain: - color images - depth frames from the LiDAR sensor - depth confidence maps - camera position estimates for each frame - camera calibration matrix - IMU measurements Once recorded, the datasets can easily be moved to your desktop computer by connecting your device with a Lightning cable and accessing the files through Finder. Put your iPhone's LiDAR scanner to good use. No more fumbling around calibrating and configuring depth sensors. Shoot datasets straight from your iPhone.
MultiSet
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Scan a space with your iPhone and MultiSet builds a 3D map of it. Point your camera at that space later, from any angle, and the app works out exactly where you are standing, down to a few centimeters. That is visual positioning. This app is the field tool for it. SCAN AND BUILD MAPS Capture a room, a floor, or a whole building with LiDAR. Large sites are mapped across several sessions and merged into one coordinate system, so a warehouse does not have to be scanned in one go. Scans upload in the background and save as drafts if you lose signal. TEST ON SITE Open any map and localize against it then and there. You see the pose, the confidence, and the response time, with the reconstructed mesh drawn over the real room so you can tell at a glance whether it lines up. TRACK OBJECTS Upload a 3D model and the app recognizes that object in the camera feed and traces its outline in place. PLACE CONTENT IN A REAL SPACE Pin 3D text, images, and location markers to a mapped space, set the points people should be guided to, and publish it. Visitors open it by scanning a QR code. No install, no account, no App Store. GEOREFERENCE Capture control points and tie a map to real world coordinates. INSPECT MESHES Open the reconstructed mesh of any map or object in a 3D viewer. Orbit, zoom, switch shading, check triangle counts. BUILT FOR DEVELOPERS Everything here runs on the same visual positioning system behind the MultiSet SDKs for Unity, iOS, Android, Quest, and WebXR. Maps you build in this app work in your own builds. Requires a MultiSet account, free to create at developer.multiset.ai. Scanning needs an iPhone or iPad with LiDAR. Localization, object tracking, and published experiences run on any device that supports ARKit.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: MultiSet at every 3 weeks against Stray Scanner's every 6 months. MultiSet also leads on iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.6). On price, ads, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Stray Scanner ships an update every 6 months, MultiSet every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Stray Scanner | MultiSet |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.6 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 24 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kenneth Blomqvist | MultiSet AI Inc. |
In-app purchases
Stray Scanner
No in-app purchases
MultiSet
No in-app purchases
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