Metaroom vs MindBinder
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Metaroom
Transform real spaces into accurate digital 2D floor plans and 3D models using your LiDAR-enabled device. Professionals can save time on site surveys and easily export models in over 30 CAD-ready formats.
- Professional 2D floor plans & 3D models
- Fast multi-room scanning
- Add notes and annotations
- Automatic detection of doors, windows, furniture
- GDPR-compliant cloud storage
- Export in 30+ CAD-ready formats
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Metaroom - 3D Room Scanner is the professional 3D room scanning tool that transforms real spaces into accurate digital models in minutes. Use your iPhone Pro or iPad Pro to capture any room, floor, or building and get CAD-ready 2D floor plans and 3D models instantly. DEVICE REQUIREMENTS: Works with all LiDAR-enabled Apple Pro devices (iPhone 12 Pro and newer, iPad Pro 2020 and newer). The Metaroom Scan App is free to use for capturing spaces. Access to exports, floor plans, and professional features in the Metaroom Workspace is available through a 30-day free trial. A subscription for Metaroom Workspace is required thereafter. WHY PROFESSIONALS CHOOSE METAROOM : 90% time saved on site surveys and floor plans 500m² scanned in 20 minutes 99% accuracy for reliable measurements 100K+ scans and exports already completed HOW IT WORKS: 1. Scan – Capture rooms, floors, or entire buildings with LiDAR. 2. Interact – Review, measure, annotate, and walk through your model in the Metaroom Workspace. 3. Integrate – Export in 30+ CAD-ready formats including Revit, ArchiCAD, SketchUp, DIALux, and Graphisoft DDScad. KEY FEATURES: Professional 2D floor plans & 3D models Fast multi-room scanning in one single scan Add Notes, snapshots, and annotations during scanning Automatic detection of doors, windows, and furniture GDPR-compliant cloud storage on AWS Metaroom is built for professionals, by professionals — the essential tool for architects, BIM managers, real estate experts, insurance adjusters, and trades. Download Metaroom Scan today and start digitizing your spaces. CUSTOMER SUPPORT: If you have any questions about the Metaroom platform or need help, please get in touch with us via the support tool: https://amrax.atlassian.net/servicedesk/customer/portal/1/group/1 INDUSTRY EXPORT FORMATS AVAILABLE IN METAROOM WORKSPACE: 2D FORMATS: 2D DXF (.dxf) 2D Floor Plan (.pdf) 2D Project Report (.pdf) 2D Simplified Floor Plan (.pdf) 3D FORMATS: 3D DXF (.dxf) Alembic (.abc) ArchiCAD (.ifc) Autodesk AutoCAD MEP / Architecture (.ifc) Autodesk Revit (.ifc) Autodesk Filmbox (.fbx) BIM2Share (.ifc) BricsCAD (.ifc) Cascados / E-CAD (.ifc) COLLADA (.dae) DDSCAD (.ifc) DIALux (.ifc) Digital Findet Stadt (.ifc) Excel (.xls) GL Transmission Format Binary (.glb) GL Transmission Format (.gltf) IES Virtual Environment (.ifc) IFC 2×3 (.ifc) IFC 4 (.ifc) PaletteCAD (.ifc) PYTHA (.dxf) Ranplan Wireless (.ifc) RED CAD (.dxf) Relux Desktop (.rdf) Scan Video (.mp4) SirkBIM (.ifc) SketchUp Go/Pro (.dae) Stereo Lithography (.stl) Universal Scene Description (.usd) Wavefront (.obj) OTHER FORMATS: Excel (.xls) Scan Video (.mp4)
MindBinder
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MindBinder is a calm, private home for everything you write: quick notes, long drafts, journals and entire books. MINDBINDER PRO — SUBSCRIPTION REQUIRED All features described below are part of MindBinder Pro, an auto-renewable subscription (monthly or yearly). Your first month is free and you can cancel anytime. Without an active subscription the app opens in read-only mode: you can view your existing notes, but creating and editing require MindBinder Pro. WRITE • Rich notes with headings, lists, checklists, quotes, callouts, collapsible sections, tables and pictures with captions • Markdown mode, slash commands, find and replace, and find inside a note on iPhone and iPad • An outline of your headings and a floating formatting bar on Mac and iPad • Focus mode with typewriter scrolling and dimmed paragraphs • Draw inside any note, with Apple Pencil pressure and a lasso • Scan documents and extract text from photos, on your device • Version history: restore earlier versions of a note or chapter ORGANISE AND FIND • Projects, nested notes, nested tags and inline #tags • Links between notes with backlinks, and search across everything, also from Spotlight • Note of the Day brings back a note you haven't seen in a while • Grail: one book for all your ideas, reviewed in an endless loop JOURNAL • A Today entry, a calendar, On This Day and an optional daily reminder WRITE YOUR BOOK • Chapters and scenes with status, word targets and a corkboard • Character sheets and world-building, linked to your chapters • A deadline with a daily word quota, writing sprints, statistics and achievements • Compile your manuscript to PDF, ePub, Word, HTML or Markdown, with a title page and chapter style OPTIONAL AI ASSISTANT • Bring your own Anthropic API key to shorten, expand, fix grammar or suggest titles and tags. Off by default; text is only sent after you give permission YOUR WORK, SAFE AND PRIVATE • Local-first, with optional iCloud sync in your own iCloud • Automatic local backups, and an optional app lock with Face ID or Touch ID • Import from Obsidian, Markdown folders, Bear and Evernote; export your library as Markdown • No accounts, no tracking, no ads MindBinder Pro is an auto-renewable subscription (1 month or 1 year), with a free first month for new subscribers. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase; the subscription renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://mindbinder.app/privacy/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Metaroom at none against MindBinder's 2. MindBinder's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and device support (4 vs 2). On price and update cadence 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. MindBinder sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Metaroom asks for nothing beyond the download.
Metaroom ships an update every 10 days, MindBinder fortnightly. Both last shipped on October 25, 2026.
| Parameter | Metaroom | MindBinder |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (89 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 64.2% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 89 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days — better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 122 MB | 47 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Synthetic Dimension GmbH | Karym Zijderveld |
In-app purchases
Metaroom
No in-app purchases
MindBinder
- MindBinder (Monthly)1 Month trial$2.991 Month
- Mindbinder (Yearly)1 Month trial$24.991 Year
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