Modelar vs Bothways
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Modelar
This app utilizes LiDAR technology to rapidly capture real-world environments in 3D, generating detailed models and point clouds. It offers augmented reality previews for precise scanning and allows for immediate viewing, high-resolution texturing, sharing, and measurement of captured data.
- Real-time 3D scanning with LiDAR
- Generate 3D models and point clouds
- Augmented reality visualization
- High-resolution textured model creation
- Share and measure scans
- Multiple export formats (OBJ, STL, USDZ, PLY, E57, CSV)
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Modelar helps you scan, review, measure, and export real-world spaces with LiDAR. Capture 3D scans of sites, rooms, objects, and assets using point clouds, textured 3D models, images, and high-resolution position-linked snapshots. See what you’ve captured while you scan, review results directly on device, measure before leaving the site, and export useful 3D data in open formats. Modelar is built for field documentation, inspection, site capture, and spatial data collection. Key features: • Capture LiDAR scans with point clouds and textured 3D models • Take 4K snapshots linked to capture position • Browse the full image set directly on device • View point clouds and textured models after capture • Measure distances before leaving the site • Export models and point clouds in common formats Modelar requires an iPhone Pro with LiDAR or iPad Pro with LiDAR. Mesh exports: GLB, USDZ, OBJ, STL, PLY, Sketchfab Point cloud exports: E57, LAS, PLY, CSV, Sketchfab https://modelar.ai
Bothways
Record video once and get both landscape and portrait versions simultaneously. Smart face tracking ensures subjects stay centered in the vertical frame. Ideal for creators posting to multiple platforms without re-editing.
- Dual simultaneous export
- Smart face tracking
- 4K & 1080p recording
- Pinch-to-zoom
- Cinema overlays
- Flexible output formats
- Front & back camera support
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Record once. Export twice. A true creator's camera. Bothways captures video from your iPhone camera and simultaneously writes two professionally formatted files: a 16:9 landscape version and a 9:16 portrait version, with a live Picture-In-Picture preview of the alternate format — both encoded in real-time using hardware-accelerated H.264. The portrait crop isn't a dumb center-slice. Bothways uses Apple's Vision framework to detect faces in every frame and smoothly tracks the subject, keeping them centered in the vertical frame. No face visible? It gracefully falls back to a center crop. Built for creators who post to YouTube and TikTok from the same shoot. Built for filmmakers who need both formats without re-editing. Built for anyone who's tired of choosing between landscape and portrait before they hit record. KEY CAPABILITIES - Dual simultaneous export — real-time AVAssetWriter, not a post-process re-encode - Smart face tracking — Vision framework detection with smooth EMA tracking - 4K & 1080p — shoot in up to 3840x2160 at 24, 30, or 60 fps - Pinch-to-zoom — smooth digital zoom up to 10x with live indicator - Cinema overlays — optional vignette and film grain effects on the live preview - Flexible output — export as .MOV or .MP4 with configurable bitrate - Front & back camera — works with both, including mirrored front camera - Metal GPU pipeline — hardware-accelerated crop, scale, and encode - Full audio — stereo AAC in both output files - One-tap save — both files go straight to Photos No subscriptions. No watermarks. No cloud upload. No accounts. Everything runs on-device.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Modelar at Free against Bothways's $4.99. Modelar also leads on ratings volume (115 vs 1). Bothways's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 8 days) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). On review sentiment, 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
Modelar is free to download; Bothways costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Bothways holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Modelar has 115 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 93% of Modelar's written reviews are positive against 100% of Bothways's.
Modelar ships an update every 8 days, Bothways every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Modelar | Bothways |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $4.99 |
| Rating | 4.7 (115 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 93.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 115 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 8 days | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.6 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 32 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Modelar Technologies | James Martin |
Customer experience
Modelar
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In-app purchases
Modelar
No in-app purchases
Bothways
No in-app purchases









