Comparison

RealityScan Mobile vs Texture Forager

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

Texture Forager

Transform real-world surfaces into seamless PBR materials for game development and 3D art. Utilize advanced camera features like Flash Scan and LiDAR for accurate depth and scale. Edit and preview your creations in 3D and AR before exporting to popular game engines.

Highlights
  • Flash Scan for real depth measurement
  • LiDAR for real-world scale and relief
  • 48 MP Max mode for high detail
  • Full PBR map set generation
  • Seamless tiling and editing tools
  • 3D and AR preview
  • Export presets for Unity, Unreal, Blender
Features
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Texture Forager turns the world around you into game-ready PBR materials. Photograph stone, bark, brick, moss or fabric and get a complete, seamlessly tiling material, ready for Unity, Unreal, Blender or AR. FLASH SCAN: REAL DEPTH, NOT GUESSWORK A single photo can only guess at depth. Flash Scan measures it. Hold your iPhone over a surface and tilt it around a guided ring while the flashlight lights it from every side. Texture Forager solves the surface's true normals and height, removes the lighting for a clean albedo, and records the patch's real-world size. A CAMERA BUILT FOR TEXTURES • Max mode captures at 48 MP for maximum detail • Measure mode uses LiDAR to record real-world scale and surface relief • Lock focus, exposure and white balance for consistent captures • Live warnings for clipped highlights, uneven light and motion • Or import any photo from your library A COMPLETE PBR MATERIAL Every capture becomes a full map set: Albedo, Normal, Height, Roughness, Ambient Occlusion and Metallic. Shadows and hotspots are evened out before tiling, so your material repeats without visible seams or bright bands. Smart presets tune the maps to each material's category. EDIT WITH PRECISION • Sliders for every map, with every map and the 3D preview updating as you drag • Crop, straighten and fix perspective with a four-corner editor • Clone Stamp to paint out blemishes and repeating details • Blend or Mirror tiling SEE IT IN 3D AND AR Try your material on a sphere, cube, plane or cylinder with real displacement, lighting presets and adjustable tiling. Then tap View in AR to place it on a real floor or wall at true scale. EXPORT FOR YOUR ENGINE • Presets for Unity, Unreal and Blender, with channel packing and the right normal-map format • 1K, 2K or 4K resolution, with 16-bit height • USDZ export that opens in AR Quick Look • Real-world scale travels with your export FORAGE AND COLLECT Your materials are pinned to the map where you found them. Sort your finds by category, rank them from Common to Legendary, and watch your collection grow. Your library syncs with iCloud, and you can publish your best finds to textureforager.com. DESIGNED FOR iOS 26 A Liquid Glass design that feels at home on iPhone and iPad. On iPhone Duo, open the phone to see your material and its live 3D preview side by side. Made for game developers, 3D artists, architectural visualizers, VFX artists, and anyone who has ever looked at a mossy wall and thought, "I need that in my scene." Flash Scan requires a device with a flashlight and ARKit support. Measure mode requires a device with LiDAR.

Screenshots

RealityScan Mobile4 screens
Texture Forager4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: RealityScan Mobile at Free against Texture Forager's $6.99. RealityScan Mobile also leads on ratings volume (348 vs 5) and iOS requirement (16.0 vs 26.0). Texture Forager's advantage is rating (4.4 vs 3.8) and review sentiment (50% vs 32%). On 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

RealityScan Mobile is free to download; Texture Forager costs $6.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Texture Forager holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: RealityScan Mobile has 348 ratings behind it against 5, 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 Texture Forager's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

RealityScan Mobile ships an update every 2 months, Texture Forager monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
RealityScan Mobile versus Texture Forager: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRealityScan MobileTexture Forager
PriceFree — better$6.99
Rating3.8 (348 ratings)4.4 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews31.9% of reviews50.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings348 — better5
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size64 MB8 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperUnreal EngineAustin Beaulier

Customer experience

RealityScan Mobile

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

Texture Forager

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

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

Texture Forager

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

RealityScan Mobile

No in-app purchases

None

Texture Forager

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is RealityScan Mobile free?
RealityScan Mobile is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Texture Forager free?
Texture Forager costs $6.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, RealityScan Mobile or Texture Forager?
Texture Forager is rated higher. RealityScan Mobile averages 3.8 out of 5 from 348 ratings, while Texture Forager averages 4.4 from 5 ratings.
Do RealityScan Mobile or Texture Forager have ads?
Neither RealityScan Mobile nor Texture Forager shows ads.
Which is updated more often, RealityScan Mobile or Texture Forager?
RealityScan Mobile ships an update every 2 months, and Texture Forager monthly. Most recently, RealityScan Mobile was updated on November 7, 2026 and Texture Forager on November 6, 2026.

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