Matte Viewer vs Spatial Converter
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Matte Viewer
This app allows you to preview and export depth and semantic maps from your iPhone photos. It offers an elegant interface and supports desktop-class features on iPad and Mac. The app prioritizes user privacy and has a very small file size.
- Preview depth and semantic maps
- Export mattes for 3rd party software
- Elegant and information-dense interface
- Desktop-class features on iPad/Mac
- Privacy-focused with no tracking
- Small app size
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Matte Viewer lets you quickly preview the mattes in photos taken with your iPhone, including the depth map and semantic maps. You can export them and use them in 3rd party software such as Photoshop, Touch Designer, in custom shaders, and so on. To have the most matte data available in your photos, use the Portrait mode in iPhone's Camera. - Elegant and information dense interface that quickly lets you preview all the different mattes. - Supports desktop class features on iPad + Mac: multiple windows, open through drag & drop, keyboard shortcuts, etc. - Respects your privacy: no 3rd party libraries or tracking. Uses the latest iOS APIs so you don't have to give access to your whole photo library. - Extremely small app size: only a few hundred kilobytes. Matte Viewer is part of PhotoTools by Héliographe: check out our website at https://heliographe.studio for more fantastic photography apps.
Spatial Converter
This app converts spatial videos and photos captured on newer iPhones into various 3D formats for different viewing devices. It offers six output options, including anaglyph, VR viewers, and separate 2D files for editing, all processed locally on your device.
- Converts spatial video and photos
- Six output formats for different viewers
- Live preview before conversion
- Processes on-device for privacy
- Supports Spatial (MV-HEVC) output
- Exports separate 2D files for editing
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iPhone 15 Pro and later capture Spatial Video and Spatial Photo — two views, one for each eye. Vision Pro and Quest show them in 3D. Everything else shows a flat 2D image. Spatial Converter splits the two views apart and puts them back together in a form your own gear can show in 3D. SIX WAYS TO WATCH • Anaglyph 3D — red-cyan glasses. Uses the Dubois matrix, which mixes the color channels to keep the other eye's image from bleeding through. • Cardboard 3D — side by side, for VR viewers. Also works with the naked eye using the parallel viewing technique. • Cross-eyed 3D — the same layout with the panels swapped. Cross your eyes slightly and the 3D image appears. No equipment at all. • Over-Under 3D — stacked top and bottom, for 3D TVs and players that expect it. • Left and right separately — two ordinary 2D files for your video editor. • Spatial (MV-HEVC) — a lossless copy of the original, for Vision Pro and Quest. SEE IT BEFORE YOU CONVERT Pick a format and the preview changes at once. Compare all six, then convert the one you want. No guessing. BUILT FOR SPATIAL MEDIA • Checks which view belongs to which eye before converting, so depth comes out the right way round — an error that is easy to make and hard to notice. • Applies the convergence hint recorded by the camera. • Keeps the audio track untouched. • Converts a 15-second clip in a few seconds. PRIVATE AND SIMPLE • Everything happens on your device. Nothing is uploaded. • No account, no ads, no subscription. • Only asks permission to ADD to your photo library — it never reads your photos. REQUIREMENTS Spatial Video and Spatial Photo are captured on iPhone 15 Pro or later: Camera app → the spatial icon → hold the device in landscape. --- WHAT'S NEW (v1.2) ---------------------------------------------------- [744] Spatial Photo support, three new output formats, and a live preview. • SPATIAL PHOTO — convert the stereo photos your iPhone takes, not just video. All six formats work with photos too. • CROSS-EYED 3D — a new format that needs no equipment at all. Cross your eyes slightly and the 3D image appears. • LEFT AND RIGHT SEPARATELY — export each eye as its own 2D file for editing. • SPATIAL PASSTHROUGH — save a lossless copy for Vision Pro and Quest. • LIVE PREVIEW — see each format on screen before converting. • Left and right are now confirmed before converting, so depth comes out the right way round. • Anaglyph rebuilt on the Dubois matrix for less ghosting. • Anaglyph, Cardboard and Over-Under 3D work as before. Requires iOS 18.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Matte Viewer at Free against Spatial Converter's $4.99. Matte Viewer also leads on rating (3.0 vs 1.0) and update cadence (monthly vs every 15 months). Spatial Converter's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1). On review sentiment, ratings volume and ads 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
Matte Viewer is free to download; Spatial Converter costs $4.99 up front. Matte Viewer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Spatial Converter asks for nothing beyond the download.
Matte Viewer holds the better App Store score, 3.0 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 0% and 0% positive.
Matte Viewer ships an update monthly, Spatial Converter every 15 months. Both last shipped on September 18, 2026.
| Parameter | Matte Viewer | Spatial Converter |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $4.99 |
| Rating | 3.0 (2 ratings) — better | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 15 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Héliographe, Inc | Byungil Park |
Customer experience
Matte Viewer
Spatial Converter
In-app purchases
Matte Viewer
- Unlock Export$4.99
Spatial Converter
No in-app purchases
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