Comparison

Toolbox™ vs RTAB

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Toolbox™

This app provides a collection of 12 essential utility tools for your iPhone, including a flashlight, magnifier, unit converter, and more. It offers a versatile and functional solution for everyday tasks and measurements.

Highlights
  • Adjustable flashlight with compass
  • Magnifying glass with light
  • Unit converter with currency exchange
  • Tip calculator and bill splitter
  • Fraction calculator
  • Stopwatch with 1/100 second accuracy
  • Spirit and surface level
  • Ruler with sliders
  • Protractor
  • Battery information
Features
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iMetalBox is the most elegant and handy toolkit ever created for your iPhone. Get 12 professional tools for the price of one! -------------------------------- User reviews: • "Nicely done ! Clever design and a must have for all. " - Dr5000 • "Pretty much any useful utility you'll need." - kfduv • "Versatile, functional, and easy to use." - MuzikGawd • "I love how the flashlight can be turned on as the first thing and that the light can be dimmed." - Reitveld • "This is my go to device for flashlight, stopwatch, levels, and it even has a built-in ruler." - grailpuffin • "Best compact app ever. It is very useful apps for daily use" - tinymoon -------------------------------- • Flashlight The brightest, fastest and most advanced flashlight for iPhone. It contains a compass and the brightness is adjustable. • Magnifier Transforms your phone into a magnifying glass with light. It will help you to read small text when you forgot your glasses. • Unit Converter Elegant and powerful unit converter with 16 categories. It can convert most currencies in the world. The exchange rate is updated frequently. • Tip Calculator Offer quick and easy way to calculate tips and split the bill among friends. Cash rounding is included for convenient. • Fraction Calculator Helps you to solve fraction maths quickly and easily. For example feet and inch calculator. • Stopwatch Great for timing sport events and contest. It has a hybrid design that combine both mechanic and digital stopwatch. Accurate to 1/100 second. Records can be copied to the clipboard. • Spirit level Use this tool to measure angles of any object. You can use this tool for picture alignment and home decoration. • Surface level Measure the slope of any flat surface such as pool table and table tops. • Ruler Support both inches and centimeters. It contains sliders to help measure small objects. • Protractor Measure angles from 0 to 180 degrees. Support degree and radian mode. • Battery Info Displays remaining time for various type of tasks such as surfing the internet or playing games. • Features: - A mini compass is included with the flashlight - Flashlight brightness is adjustable (iOS6 and later) - Authentic looking mechanical stopwatch - Calibrate and lock buttons for levels - Ruler with sliders for precise measurement

About

RTAB

This utility app enables real-time 3D scanning and mapping of environments using LiDAR or RGB-D sensors. It features online loop closure detection and map optimization for immediate feedback, with export options for various 3D formats.

Highlights
  • Online 3D scanning and mapping
  • Loop closure detection and map correction
  • Save maps in DB format
  • Export in PLY, LAS, or OBJ
  • Multi-session mapping
  • AR/VR visualization mode
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RTAB-Map (Real-Time Appearance-Based Mapping) is an Open Source LiDAR / RGB-D / Stereo Graph-Based SLAM (Simultaneous Localization and Mapping) approach based on an online incremental appearance-based loop closure detector. The loop closure detector uses a bag-of-words approach to determinate how likely a new image comes from a previous location or a new location. When a loop closure hypothesis is accepted, a new constraint is added to the map's graph, then a graph optimizer minimizes the errors in the map in real-time. An optional memory management approach can be used to limit the number of locations used for loop closure detection and graph optimization, so that real-time constraints on large-scale environnements are always respected. ARKit's visual inertial odometry (VIO) is used as the SLAM front-end for RTAB-Map (the SLAM back-end). * Note that unlike other scanning apps that optimize the map only after mapping, with RTAB-Map you get loop closure detection and map optimization online so you can have a live feedback to know when you have enough constraints in the map for good global optimization before stopping the scan. *** 3D reconstruction available only with LiDAR sensor. Features: * Online 3D scanning/mapping of the environment. * Online loop closure detection and map correction. * Save in DB format (RTAB-Map desktop and rtabmap_ros format). * Export in PLY, LAS or OBJ. * Multi-session mapping (save and continue later). * Use Apriltags to help finding loop closures in textureless environments. * Mixed AR/VR First-Person in visualization mode. * Raw ARKit data recording (up to 60 Hz!), useful to record long sessions without comprising battery life.

Screenshots

Toolbox™4 screens
RTAB3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: RTAB at Free against Toolbox™'s $1.99. RTAB also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 82%). Toolbox™'s advantage is ratings volume (4.3K vs 39) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 4 months). On rating, 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

RTAB is free to download; Toolbox™ costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Toolbox™ against 4.8 for RTAB. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Toolbox™ has 4.3K ratings behind it against 39, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 82% of Toolbox™'s written reviews are positive against 100% of RTAB's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Toolbox™ ships an update every 2 months, RTAB every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on September 27, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Toolbox™ versus RTAB: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterToolbox™RTAB
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating4.7 (4.3K ratings)4.8 (39 ratings) — better
Positive reviews82.5% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings4.3K — better39
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS10.3 — better14.3
Further details — not scored
Size46 MB19 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTue Nguyen MinhMathieu Labbe

Customer experience

Toolbox™

All ratings4,285 ratings
Positive92.8%
Neutral3.8%
Negative3.5%
Written reviews308 reviews
Positive82.5%
Neutral5.5%
Negative12.0%

RTAB

All ratings39 ratings
Positive97.4%
Neutral0.0%
Negative2.6%
Written reviews12 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Toolbox™

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Ruler measurements are inaccurate
  • Magnifier tool not working
  • Protractor not calibrating correctly
  • Flashlight and strobe mode issues
  • Currency converter not functioning

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add decimal point to calculator
  • Improve accuracy of ruler and measurement tools
  • Implement unit conversion for photo measurement
  • Add countdown timer feature
  • Optimize app for latest iPhone models

RTAB

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Toolbox™

No in-app purchases

None

RTAB

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Toolbox™ free?
Toolbox™ costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is RTAB free?
RTAB is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Toolbox™ or RTAB?
RTAB is rated higher. Toolbox™ averages 4.7 out of 5 from 4.3K ratings, while RTAB averages 4.8 from 39 ratings.
Do Toolbox™ or RTAB have ads?
Neither Toolbox™ nor RTAB shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Toolbox™ or RTAB?
Toolbox™ ships an update every 2 months, and RTAB every 4 months. Most recently, Toolbox™ was updated on September 27, 2026 and RTAB on September 23, 2026.

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