Comparison

RealityScan Mobile vs Lightpath

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

Lightpath

Plan your photography sessions with detailed light and sky forecasts. Visualize sun, moon, and Milky Way positions in AR, and get recommended camera settings. Save plans, track shots, and even plan for eclipses.

Highlights
  • Shot Score for light quality
  • 24-hour light timeline
  • AR sky view and capture
  • Automated camera settings
  • Eclipse planning
  • Trip planner
  • Forecast agreement comparison
Features
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Lightpath is a photo-planning app for people getting serious about photography. It answers the questions you actually ask — is the light good right now, where will the sun set, when can I see the Milky Way, what settings do I use — in plain language, with the maths done for you. SHOT SCORE One 0–100 read of conditions at your spot: quality of light, cloud cover, moon brightness and air clarity, plus the best window in the next 24 hours. LIGHT TIMELINE Sun, moon, Milky Way core, every twilight phase and hourly cloud cover on one 24-hour strip. Drag along it and watch positions update. PLANNER Your spot on the map with sun, moon and Milky Way directions drawn for any date and time. Golden hour, blue hour, moonrise, core window — all listed. TERRAIN HORIZON Load the real skyline around your spot from elevation data. Sunrise becomes "clears the ridge" and sunset "behind the ridge" — in the Planner, on Today, in the trip planner and drawn in AR. SKY COLOUR FORECAST Every sunset and sunrise rated Vivid, Good, Muted or Dull from the cloud layers, visibility, humidity and air — with the reason. AR SKY VIEW & AR CAPTURE Point the phone at the scene and see where the sun, moon and Milky Way will be. Photograph or record the view with the markers burned in. SHOOT THIS ON IPHONE Every plan, and the Exposure, Stars and Depth of field tools, has a Shoot button. Lightpath translates the settings to the phone's fixed aperture, sets ISO and shutter, and captures — RAW where supported, video too. If your iPhone can't do the shot, it says so. PLANS, PHOTO JOURNAL & PLAN LINKS Save the whole plan — place, time, lens, exposure — as a card. Attach the shots you took and compare planned vs shot. Share a link that opens straight into a friend's planner. ECLIPSE PLANNER Every eclipse through 2030 with contact times in your zone, where the moon or sun will be over your spot, and exposure by phase. TRIP PLANNER Several spots over several days: one card per day with sunrise, sunset, golden hour, the Milky Way window and the moon at every spot. FIND & RETURN ALERTS Give it a bearing and it lists every date the sun or moon lands there. Saved an alignment? Lightpath reminds you the evening before it comes round again. FORECAST AGREEMENT Cloud cover from Apple Weather next to ECMWF, GFS and ICON, with a plain verdict on whether the models agree. GUIDES Ten built-in field guides, each with its sources. TOOLS Exposure · Depth of field & hyperfocal · Sun & moon calendar · Time-lapse and day-to-night ramps · Stars (NPF) · Field of view · Sky events · Lock Screen and Home Screen widgets. LIGHTPATH PRO The app is free and everything astronomical is included: planner, AR view, Find within three months, calendar, eclipses, calculators, three saved plans, today's Shot Score and sky colour for your spot, terrain for three spots. Pro carries the parts that recur: forecast and Shot Score three days ahead for every saved spot, forecast alerts ("tonight scores 85+ at Yosemite", "vivid sunset likely"), terrain for unlimited spots and whole trips, unlimited plans, Find across a full year, Shoot this on iPhone, AR capture and AR video. Annual with a 7-day free trial, monthly, or a one-time lifetime unlock. Works offline — every calculator and every sun/moon time runs on your phone. Cloud cover from Apple Weather with Open-Meteo as backup; air quality from Open-Meteo. Your location never leaves your device. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://answerfoundry.ai/lightpath/privacy/

Screenshots

RealityScan Mobile4 screens
Lightpath4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Lightpath at 100% against RealityScan Mobile's 32%. Lightpath also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.8) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months). RealityScan Mobile's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and ratings volume (342 vs 2). On price, ads, monetization model 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. Lightpath sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. RealityScan Mobile asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Lightpath 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. Written reviews point the same way: 32% of RealityScan Mobile's written reviews are positive against 100% of Lightpath's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

RealityScan Mobile ships an update every 2 months, Lightpath every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
RealityScan Mobile versus Lightpath: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRealityScan MobileLightpath
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.8 (342 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews31.9% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings342 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size64 MB4 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperUnreal EngineKenny Chantasi

Customer experience

RealityScan Mobile

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

Lightpath

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
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

Lightpath

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

RealityScan Mobile

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Lightpath

Subscriptions2
  • Pro Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Pro Annual7 Days trial$24.991 Year
One-time1
  • Pro Lifetime$39.99

Questions

Is RealityScan Mobile free?
RealityScan Mobile is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Lightpath free?
Lightpath is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, RealityScan Mobile or Lightpath?
Lightpath is rated higher. RealityScan Mobile averages 3.8 out of 5 from 342 ratings, while Lightpath averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do RealityScan Mobile or Lightpath have ads?
Neither RealityScan Mobile nor Lightpath shows ads.
Which is updated more often, RealityScan Mobile or Lightpath?
RealityScan Mobile ships an update every 2 months, and Lightpath every 2 weeks. Most recently, RealityScan Mobile was updated on October 27, 2026 and Lightpath on October 13, 2026.

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