Sooley vs SAM
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Sooley
Create custom-fit shoe insoles using your phone's camera. This app uses 3D scanning technology to capture your foot's unique shape, ensuring personalized comfort and support. Order your perfectly tailored insoles directly through the app for an enhanced walking experience.
- 3D foot scanning
- Personalized insole creation
- Exact fit and maximum support
- Direct insole ordering
- Comfortable shoe experience
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The SOOLEY app - perfection for your feet! Experience the comfort of tailor-made insoles with the innovative SOOLEY app. Scan your feet with ease in full 3D and get personalized insoles perfectly tailored to you. Our advanced 3D scanning and printing technology guarantees an exact fit and maximum support. Order today and say goodbye to uncomfortable shoes - with SOOLEY, you walk on clouds!
SAM
Transform your mobile device into a portable 3D scanner for feet and legs. Capture detailed scans to analyze patient conditions and design custom orthotics with advanced visualization tools.
- Portable 3D scanning
- Foot and leg protocol scanning
- 3D-printed orthotic design integration
- Texture overlays for wound analysis
- Digital orthotics data management
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The Scanning App by Materialise (SAM) allows you to quickly analyze your patient’s feet, lasts, foam boxes, and more, transforming your Ipad or mobile into a portable scanning device. With SAM, you can effortlessly capture 3D images of different foot or leg protocols using the TrueDepth camera on your device without bulky and expensive equipment. Accurately scan your subject with SAM and use the footscan desktop software to gain better visual insights and design custom 3D-printed phits orthotics. Plus, texture overlays allow you to see underlying conditions such as ulcers, corns, calluses, and other wounds. Digitalize your orthotics data anytime, anywhere, with SAM. SAM is designed to run on the following devices: * iPad Pro 12.9-inch (6th generation) * iPad Pro 11-inch (4th generation) * iPad Pro 12.9-inch (5th generation) * iPad Pro 11-inch (3th generation) * iPad Pro 12.9-inch (4th generation) * iPad Pro 11-inch (M4, 2024) * iPad Pro 13-inch (M4, 2024) * iPhone 12 * iPhone 12 Pro * iPhone 12 Pro Max * iPhone 13 * iPhone 13 Pro * iPhone 13 Pro Max * iPhone 14 * iPhone 14 Plus * iPhone 14 Pro * iPhone 14 Pro Max * iPhone 15 * iPhone 15 Plus
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Sooley at every 3 weeks against SAM's every 3 months. On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
Sooley ships an update every 3 weeks, SAM every 3 months. Both last shipped on October 1, 2026.
| Parameter | Sooley | SAM |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 83.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | — | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 187 MB | 178 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | ShoeFitter GmbH | Materialise |
Customer experience
Sooley
SAM
In-app purchases
Sooley
No in-app purchases
SAM
No in-app purchases
