iPano vs RICOH THETA
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
iPano
Explore immersive 360° panoramas and QuickTime VR files with this advanced viewer. Rotate your device to look around and zoom in, with options to import and export your creations. Overlay your camera for an augmented reality experience.
- View 360° and QuickTime VR files
- Device rotation for exploration
- Zoom in and out
- Import and export panos
- Full resolution storage
- Augmented reality camera overlay
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"Like looking through a window into another world" -=- The premiere panorama viewer -=- • Designed to give you the best experience, resolution, and functionality possible. • View QuickTime VR files, including objects, and equirectangular 360° • By turning your device you can look anywhere in your image, and zoom in and out. • Import & export your panos from anywhere in iOS. • iPano lets you keep a collection of your panos in full resolution on your device. • Overlay the camera -=- Augmented reality meets panorama viewer. • Please note iPano is a viewer, and does not capture images.
RICOH THETA
Capture, view, and share immersive 360° photos and videos with a compatible camera. Control your camera remotely, preview shots in live view, and experience your spherical images by spinning, enlarging, or shrinking them. Easily share your creations on social media.
- Remote camera control
- Live view preview
- 360° image and video viewing
- Spherical image sharing
- Switch between photo and video modes
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Make life fun and work convenient with the 360° camera RICOH THETA The 360° camera RICOH THETA greatly surpasses your field of view to capture the entire surroundings with a single shutter click. You can view and share on a computer or smartphone the images and videos you shoot. This app enables you to do every task, specifically taking images and videos, viewing them and also sharing them, on your smartphone. * A separately sold RICOH THETA series camera is required to shoot spherical images. ◊ RICOH THETA and Wi-Fi connection Be sure to install this app onto your smartphone and connect it to a RICOH THETA series camera. Using this app will enable you to capture images remotely and view spherical images. - Remote shooting In still image mode, you can shoot while checking images in live view. You can also switch between still image mode and video mode by the app. - Viewing Captured images and videos can be viewed using this app. Spin around, enlarge, or shrink... Experience the fun of seeing the entire space around you in a spherical image. ◊ Sharing on Social Networking Services You can share on Twitter, Facebook, and other social network services the spherical images you shoot. Show the world a new way of enjoying photos by 360° images that provide a feeling of being where the image was taken. ◊ Note * Not compatible with iPod Touch devices. * Please visit www.theta360.com for additional compatibility information. * Compatibility is not guaranteed for all devices. * Compatibility is not guaranteed for devices without GPS capabilities. * Compatibility information may be changed at any time.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: RICOH THETA at 4.6 against iPano's 3.8. RICOH THETA also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ratings volume (1.9K vs 21). iPano's advantage is review sentiment (58% vs 23%) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months). On price, ads 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. iPano sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. RICOH THETA asks for nothing beyond the download.
RICOH THETA holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: RICOH THETA has 1.9K ratings behind it against 21, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 58% of iPano's written reviews are positive against 23% of RICOH THETA's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
iPano ships an update every 2 weeks, RICOH THETA every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | iPano | RICOH THETA |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (21 ratings) | 4.6 (1.9K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 58.1% of reviews — better | 23.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 21 | 1.9K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 11 MB | 33 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | WaterSoft | Ricoh Co., Ltd. |
Customer experience
iPano
RICOH THETA
Bugs and requests
iPano
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
RICOH THETA
Reported bugs
4 issues- App crashes on launch after recent updates
- Unable to connect to camera after firmware updates
- Interval shooting not working on iOS
- Incompatible with newer iOS versions
Requested features
4 requests- Ability to batch select and share images
- Option to store photos within the app without cluttering device gallery
- Offline viewing of 360 photos with 3D effects
- Timer and interval shooting functionality
In-app purchases
iPano
- Remove Ads$2.99
RICOH THETA
No in-app purchases
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