HDReye vs seroday
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
HDReye
Create custom 360° HDRi images for realistic 3D lighting and compositing directly from your phone. Capture bracketed panoramas and generate 32-bit EXR files for seamless integration with 3D software and AR development.
- Create 360° HDRi images
- Shoot bracketed multi-exposure panoramas
- Generate 32-bit .EXR files
- Realistic 3D lighting and compositing
- Image-based lighting solution
- Access to crowdsourced HDRi collection
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Finally, an app to shoot 360° HDRis with your phone. HDReye is the first and only iOS app for creating custom 360° HDRi images for realistic 3D lighting and compositing. Just select your desired dynamic range, follow the prompts to shoot a bracketed multi-exposure panorama of your location, and HDReye will stitch and generate a 32-bit (.EXR format) HDRi of your location. HDReye is an essential app for combining 3D animation realistically with footage or capturing lightmaps of any location. What used to require an expensive 360° camera or chrome ball light probe, now can be done conveniently on your phone with HDReye. Whether you are an independent 3D artist, VFX studio, AR developer, NFT artist, content creator, or just a hobbyist - HDReye is here to make your workflow simpler and renders more realistic. HDReye is your image-based lighting solution. Compatible with all 3D packages and render engines including Cinema 4D, Blender, Houdini, Maya, 3D Studio Max, Adobe After Effects, Element 3D, OTOY Octane Render, Redshift, V-ray, Arnold, Unreal Engine, Unity, Spark AR, and more. HDReye users also have access to the largest crowdsourced collection of HDRi images in the world. HDReye also works well for capturing 360° panoramas similar to the Google Street View app. Terms of Use: http://hdreye.app/terms/ Privacy Policy: http://hdreye.app/privacy/
seroday
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seroday is a simple, beautiful way to film your everyday life. Capture short vertical clips as your day happens, then let seroday automatically stitch them into one daily reel—a little movie of your day, made without any editing. FEATURES • One-tap capture — shoot short vertical clips in seconds • Daily reel — your clips are automatically joined into one seamless video • Timeline — look back on the day's moments in a clean, film-style layout • Text, time & location tags — add a caption, the time, or where you were • Front & back camera — flip to a selfie with 0.5x and 1x framing • Smooth video — built-in stabilization keeps your footage steady • Save & share — export your reel as a single video to keep or post anywhere No complicated editing, no timeline scrubbing. Just press record and let the day tell its story—then watch it all come together at the end of the day. Perfect for daily vlogs, travel days, everyday moments, and the small things worth remembering. A quiet, film-journal way to remember your days. Press record, and let the day tell its story.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: seroday at none against HDReye's 4. seroday also leads on update cadence (every 6 days vs monthly). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. HDReye sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month. seroday asks for nothing beyond the download.
HDReye ships an update monthly, seroday every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | HDReye | seroday |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (773 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 28.6% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 773 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 6 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 90 MB | 65 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | HDReye Technologies Inc. | 11monday |
Bugs and requests
HDReye
Reported bugs
3 issues- Account deletion issues
- Stuck on processing/uploading
- Disappearing credits
Requested features
4 requests- Free trial or preview option
- Ability to stitch locally on device
- One-time purchase option
- Improved stitching algorithm
seroday
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
HDReye
- HDReye Pro$6.991 Month
- HDReye Pro3 Days trial$6.991 Month
- HDReye Pro$39.991 Year
- Asset unlock$2.99
seroday
No in-app purchases









