Comparison

RealityScan Mobile vs Cura Display

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

Head to head
About

RealityScan Mobile

Capture the world in 3D using your iPhone or iPad. This app offers AR guidance for creating realistic 3D models of objects and places, with direct upload capabilities to Sketchfab for sharing and selling your creations.

Highlights
  • AR guidance for 3D scanning
  • Create realistic 3D models
  • Upload directly to Sketchfab
  • Preview model quality with color coverage
  • Crop box for easy object selection
  • Project library for management
Features
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Capture the world with RealityScan Mobile, a free to download 3D scanning app with AR guidance. Create realistic 3D models with your iPhone or iPad and upload them directly to Sketchfab. 3D scan objects easily—wherever you are - No special hardware! Scan with just your phone. - Preview portrayal in colors to reflect photo coverage of the model for quality check. - Easily select objects for export with the crop box. - Enhanced Project Library for storing and managing your projects - Upload to Sketchfab, the ultimate platform for publishing, sharing, and selling 3D, VR and AR content. Use 3D scans to: - Create realistic assets for your game, project, VFX, or AR/VR experience. - Create assets for 3D visualization, 3D prints, and prototypes. - Capture and preserve your memories by 3D scanning special objects or places that have meaning to you. - RealityScan Mobile is compatible with any iPhone or iPad device which supports iOS 16.0 and higher. There is so much more to come—more integrations, more uses, more technological breakthroughs. But for now, we’d love any and all feedback. And if you create something fun, share it using #realityscan. We’ll be highlighting our favorite finds on all of our channels. Website: https://www.realityscan.com/mobile Privacy Policy: https://www.epicgames.com/site/privacypolicy

About

Cura Display

Transform your devices into dynamic displays for your photos and digital art. Easily manage and schedule image collections to suit your mood or audience, making any occasion more engaging. Connect your Google Photos or upload your own images to create personalized visual experiences.

Highlights
  • Dynamic image display management
  • Schedule collections by mood or audience
  • Connect Google Photos
  • Create custom image collections
  • Manage multiple displays
  • Access via web browser
Features
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Your best photos, from your iPhone and your family's, on every screen you own. Now with Cura AI. Most of us have thousands of photos on our phones, and so do our partners and families. The best moments rarely make it off them. CURA finds them and shows them on the TVs, iPads and screens around your home. CURA AI: THE BEST OF YOUR PHOTOS, PICKED FOR YOU Thousands of photos, and no time to choose? Cura AI looks through your photo library and picks and curates your best moments: the people, places and occasions worth seeing every day. • Built for big libraries: Cura AI works through thousands of photos and picks around 500 of your best for your displays. • The whole family: run Cura AI on each iPhone and iPad on your account, and everyone's best moments come together on the same screens. • Private by design: Cura AI runs on your iPhone or iPad. Nothing is uploaded while it works. • You're in control: review any pick before anything uploads. Remove photos, swap in a better shot of the same moment, or add favourites it set aside. • Choose who sees what: set each photo for everyone, family, a partner, or keep it on your phone only. Sensitive photos are flagged for you to decide. • Smart clean-up: duplicates, screenshots, receipts and messaging-app images are set aside automatically. • Fresh, not frozen: run Cura AI again any time to add your newest best moments, and your screens follow. BEST-OF COLLECTIONS CURA also builds Best-Of collections from everything in your CURA library, such as Latest & Best and Best of my Favorites, refreshed every week and ready to show on any display. YOUR PHOTOS, YOUR SCREENS • Sync your iCloud photo albums, including iCloud Shared Albums, kept up to date automatically • Upload photos and videos straight from your library, or connect Flickr • Organize everything into Collections and assign them to any display • Use this iPhone or iPad as a CURA smart frame, or send collections to Apple TV and other TVs • Manage it all from the app, or from any browser at curapp.io • Sign in fast with Apple, Google or Facebook FOR BUSINESSES AND SHARED SPACES The same app gives offices, lobbies, shops, hospitality and galleries robust display management: • Run many displays from one account, grouped into rooms • Spread a collection across a room's displays, matched to each screen's orientation, landscape or portrait • Content filters per display or room keep only suitable images on screens in shared spaces • Set how long each image shows, from seconds to days • Manage every display remotely from any browser • Works across Apple TV, Google TV, Android TV, Fire TV, Roku and Samsung TVs More: https://curatortec.com/cura-for-business/ GET STARTED 1. Open CURA and register this device to your account (create one for free if you don't have one). You'll see the CURA Welcome collection appear. 2. Tap Sync Albums & CURA AI. Let Cura AI scan and pick your best photos, or choose an iCloud album to keep updated automatically. You can also Upload Photos straight from your library. 3. Optionally connect Flickr to pull in your Flickr favorites and albums. 4. Create Collections and assign them to your displays — this device, or your TV. 5. Press Start to play, or turn on Auto Start so your display comes to life on its own. Getting started is free — 4 of your phones and 1 display are included. Help and how-to videos: https://curatortec.com/support Questions: info@curatortec.com · Support: support@curatortec.com

Screenshots

RealityScan Mobile4 screens
Cura Display4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Cura Display at 5.0 against RealityScan Mobile's 3.8. Cura Display also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). RealityScan Mobile's advantage is ratings volume (342 vs 2). 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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Cura Display holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: RealityScan Mobile has 342 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

RealityScan Mobile ships an update every 2 months, Cura Display every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
RealityScan Mobile versus Cura Display: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRealityScan MobileCura Display
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.8 (342 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews31.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings342 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Apple TV — better
Requires iOS16.016.0
Further details — not scored
Size64 MB136 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperUnreal EngineCurator Technologies Inc

Customer experience

RealityScan Mobile

All ratings336 ratings
Positive67.9%
Neutral3.0%
Negative29.2%
Written reviews257 reviews
Positive31.9%
Neutral7.8%
Negative60.3%

Cura Display

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

RealityScan Mobile

Reported bugs

7 issues
  • Images just don't align
  • Logging in loop
  • Spinning forever
  • Login failure
  • Data loss after update
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  • Login issues
  • Crashes and processing issues

Requested features

10 requests
  • Wide angle lens Selection
  • Export and usage of app data into Reality Capture
  • Remote app on the Apple Watch and Compatibility for the DJI Osmo panning and tilt features
  • Retopology filter
  • Shape recognition
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  • More captures you can add to make a quality image/ bigger mesh
  • Unleash the LiDAR scanners on the Pro model phones and iPads
  • Landscape mode
  • Dark mode option
  • Advanced analytics dashboard

Cura Display

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

RealityScan Mobile

No in-app purchases

None

Cura Display

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is RealityScan Mobile free?
RealityScan Mobile is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Cura Display free?
Cura Display is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, RealityScan Mobile or Cura Display?
Cura Display is rated higher. RealityScan Mobile averages 3.8 out of 5 from 342 ratings, while Cura Display averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do RealityScan Mobile or Cura Display have ads?
Neither RealityScan Mobile nor Cura Display shows ads.
Which is updated more often, RealityScan Mobile or Cura Display?
RealityScan Mobile ships an update every 2 months, and Cura Display every 3 weeks. Most recently, RealityScan Mobile was updated on October 25, 2026 and Cura Display on October 24, 2026.

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