Comparison

Stray Scanner vs Knife Terminal

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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.

About

Knife Terminal

Features
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Knife Terminal mirrors the terminal sessions on your Mac to your iPhone. It is the phone-side companion to the free, open-source Knife Terminal app for macOS. Run Claude Code (or any command-line tool) in Knife Terminal on your Mac, and every tab follows you out the door: • Live mirror — each session's screen rendered natively, with real colors, text selection and copy • Chat view — Claude Code sessions read like a messages thread: your prompts, Claude's replies, tool activity • Reply from anywhere — type into any session from your phone; a push notification tells you when a session is waiting on you • Usage at a glance — 5-hour, weekly and per-model usage bars, one tap away • Open projects remotely — start a new session in any recent project without touching the Mac • Private by design — everything syncs through your own private iCloud database. No accounts, no analytics, no servers of ours; we never see your data. Requires the free, open-source Knife Terminal app for macOS: github.com/cheewee2000/knife-terminal

Screenshots

Stray Scanner4 screens
Knife Terminal4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is chart position: Stray Scanner at #188 against Knife Terminal's unranked. 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference · 10 level
Stray Scanner versus Knife Terminal: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStray ScannerKnife Terminal
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (5 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings5 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
Best chart rank#188 — better—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS18.617.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKenneth BlomqvistCW&T

In-app purchases

None

Stray Scanner

No in-app purchases

None

Knife Terminal

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Stray Scanner free?
Stray Scanner is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Knife Terminal free?
Knife Terminal is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Stray Scanner or Knife Terminal have ads?
Neither Stray Scanner nor Knife Terminal shows ads.

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