RealityScan Mobile vs Hightag
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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
Hightag
This app automatically captures photos and videos of athletes like mountain bikers and skiers as they pass by smart cameras. Media is instantly uploaded to your account for viewing, downloading, and sharing.
- Automatic photo and video capture
- Smart camera installation at destinations
- Instant media upload
- View, download, and share footage
- Forever access to captured media
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Never miss a moment when you're out on the slopes or trails. Hightag gives skiers, snowboarders, mountain bikers, and other athletes the power automatically capture footage of themselves while they ride. Just start a recording session and go ride. Hightag cameras are installed at your favorites parks and instantly send you video clips as you ride by. Capture your best moments effortlessly. Ride, capture, progress, and share.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Hightag at 4.3 against RealityScan Mobile's 3.8. Hightag also leads on update cadence (every 9 days vs every 2 months) and monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). RealityScan Mobile's advantage is ratings volume (336 vs 11). 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.
Hightag holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: RealityScan Mobile has 336 ratings behind it against 11, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 32% of RealityScan Mobile's written reviews are positive against 50% of Hightag's.
RealityScan Mobile ships an update every 2 months, Hightag every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | RealityScan Mobile | Hightag |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (336 ratings) | 4.3 (11 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 32.0% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 336 — better | 11 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 64 MB | 132 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Unreal Engine | Hightag, Inc |
Customer experience
RealityScan Mobile
Hightag
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
Hightag
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
RealityScan Mobile
No in-app purchases
Hightag
No in-app purchases
