Spatial Media Toolkit vs Looking Glass Go
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Spatial Media Toolkit
Transform your 2D photos and videos into immersive 3D Spatial experiences using advanced AI. Add adjustable depth, trim content, and convert to VR formats. Batch process entire folders and save your creations for later viewing on devices like Vision Pro or Quest.
- AI-powered 2D to 3D Spatial conversion
- Adjustable depth slider
- Video trimming
- VR side-by-side conversion
- Batch folder conversion
- Save to Photos or Files
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Convert any 2D photo or video to 3D Spatial! - Using our cutting-edge AI, step into photos and videos as if you're there - Use the slider to add just the right amount of depth - Trim videos before converting to select just what section you want - Convert Spatial to VR side-by-side - Batch convert entire folders and albums at once - Save to Photos or Files to view alongside your other Spatial media - Convert side-by-side and top-and-bottom VR media to Spatial Convert on the go and send to your Vision Pro or Quest for viewing later. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy: https://strangemesa.com/privacy.html
Looking Glass Go
Transform your photos into holographic displays with this app, designed to work with a portable holographic device. Capture new memories or convert existing photos from your archive into immersive 3D holograms viewable over WiFi.
- Convert photos to holograms
- View photos with depth and detail
- Create holographic memories
- Stream 3D holograms over WiFi
- Works with Looking Glass Go device
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Looking Glass Go is a portable holographic display for spatial experiences and memories. This app is designed to work with your Looking Glass Go. ANY PHOTO CAN BECOME A HOLOGRAM Shoot photos with your phone and view them with incredible depth and detail as holograms. Or turn older memories from your archives into a stream of 3D holograms delivered to your Looking Glass Go over WiFi.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Looking Glass Go at none against Spatial Media Toolkit's 6. Looking Glass Go also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.5) and iOS requirement (13.4 vs 18.0). Spatial Media Toolkit's advantage is ratings volume (145 vs 9) and device support (4 vs 2). On price, review sentiment, update cadence 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
Both are free to download. Spatial Media Toolkit sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Looking Glass Go asks for nothing beyond the download.
Looking Glass Go holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Spatial Media Toolkit has 145 ratings behind it against 9, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 65% of Spatial Media Toolkit's written reviews are positive against 67% of Looking Glass Go's.
Spatial Media Toolkit ships an update every 3 weeks, Looking Glass Go every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Spatial Media Toolkit | Looking Glass Go |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (145 ratings) | 4.8 (9 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 64.9% of reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 145 — better | 9 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Vision Pro — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 13.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 124 MB | 39 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Strange Mesa | Looking Glass Factory, Inc |
Customer experience
Spatial Media Toolkit
Looking Glass Go
Bugs and requests
Spatial Media Toolkit
Reported bugs
15 issues- App crashes during video conversion
- Rendering fails for longer videos (5+ minutes)
- Side-by-side video conversion fails
- Zero-byte files created on conversion failure
- App force closes on certain OS versions (Sequoia beta)
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- Rendering stops when user walks behind video
- Videos get stuck in loading state indefinitely
- Converted videos won't play properly
- Photos/panoramas not viewable in visionOS 2.0
- Depth slider has no effect
- Cross-eye/Wiggle settings not remembered on timeline
- Saved videos convert to 2D instead of 3D
- Hidden folder save functionality broken
- Performance issues on Mac Pro despite high core count
- Restore purchases required repeatedly
Requested features
15 requests- Batch processing for multiple files
- Default output type setting to avoid manual changes
- MPO stereo image format support
- 2D to VR 180/360 degree conversion
- Manual depth adjustment (select regions to adjust depth)
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- Video trimming capability
- Full video preview without rendering
- Auto-rename files when saving
- Preserve original file dates
- Larger preview window
- Phone rotation capability in preview
- Multi-threaded/multi-core processing optimization
- Error messaging for failed conversions
- Background conversion processing
- Load images from file system (not just Photos library)
Looking Glass Go
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Spatial Media Toolkit
- Spatial Media Toolkit Pro7 Days trial$4.991 Month
- Spatial Media Toolkit Pro3 Days trial$5.991 Month
- Spatial Media Toolkit Pro7 Days trial$29.991 Year
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- Spatial Media Toolkit Pro7 Days trial$39.991 Year
- Spatial Media Toolkit Pro$39.99
- Spatial Media Toolkit Pro$59.99
Looking Glass Go
No in-app purchases
Questions
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