DepthEye vs LiDAR Camera
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
DepthEye
Transform your surroundings into a 3D digital world with a point cloud scanner. Visualize depth through color gradients and capture detailed scans. Export your creations in .PLY format.
- Capture LiDAR point clouds
- Adjust point size
- Customize color palettes
- Export in .PLY format
- View actual colors
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Explore and reveal the world in an entirely new way with DepthEye, a unique point cloud scanner app. Each capture transforms familiar spaces into a digital world, where depths are visualized through a color-coded gradient of depth effects. Close objects come alive in vibrant reds, while distant ones fade into cool blues, with yellows and greens defining the spaces in between. For an added touch of realism, toggle to view the actual colors of your surroundings. You can also use surface colors to better see different walls, floors, and objects. Inspired by the hypnotic visuals of industrial LiDAR scans, this app reveals the world as if all warmth has been stripped away, leaving behind a surreal digital beauty. While scanning, DepthEye gives you simple guidance to help improve your scan. You can also enable Live Scanning, where older points slowly disappear for a more dynamic effect. Highlights: - Capture detailed LiDAR point clouds - Get guidance while scanning - Adjust point size for optimal visualization - Customize the color palette to suit your style (surface, natural, depth, neon and reflectance) - Export your scans in .PLY point cloud format (XYZ, RGB, Normal values) - View scanned point clouds directly in the app, with tools to remove noise, measure and crop. - Explore scanned or imported point clouds at full scale in AR. This app requires a built-in LiDAR sensor (iPhone Pro models).
LiDAR Camera
Enhance your iPhone or iPad's camera for low-light conditions. Utilize multiple night vision modes and advanced filters to capture clear photos and videos in the dark. Pro devices with LiDAR offer enhanced depth sensing for superior illumination.
- Multiple night vision modes
- LiDAR depth sensing
- Advanced low-light filters
- Real-time video recording
- Thermal-style visual filters
- Adjustable filter intensity
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A camera for dark places. On an iPhone or iPad with a LiDAR Scanner (and on Face ID devices through the front TrueDepth camera) it shows a depth view that works in total darkness. On any device it brightens the live camera with night-vision style looks and records video with the look applied. THIS IS NOT REAL NIGHT VISION An iPhone has no infrared or thermal sensor an app can use. Thermal, Infrared and Arctic are colour looks, not heat or infrared imaging. Without LiDAR the camera needs some light. WHAT YOU GET • Depth Map (LiDAR or TrueDepth): a colour view of distance, from near to about 5 m, that works in complete darkness • Normal mode on any device: the camera brightened, with 12 looks such as Night Vision, Phosphor, Arctic and Starlight • Video recording with the look applied, with sound (Normal mode), and silent video of the LiDAR and TrueDepth depth views • Distance to the centre of the frame in metres (Pro, LiDAR or TrueDepth only) • Intensity and brightness sliders, flashlight, 1x to 10x zoom, focus lock • Capture Log of your shots, shareable as text FREE AND PRO Free, with ads: 8 looks, 15 photos a day and video recording. Every Pro feature is open for the first 7 days. After that, free exports are limited to 2 saves or shares in total, at half size with a watermark. Pro (subscription or one-time purchase) removes ads and limits and adds 4 more looks, the distance readout, timer, scope overlays, manual ISO and shutter, before/after compare, photo stamp, custom watermark, photo import and a silent mode. GOOD TO KNOW • The LiDAR view needs an iPhone or iPad Pro with a LiDAR Scanner. Depth is low resolution: it shows shapes and distance, not faces or text. • In the depth views a photo is saved as the screen shows it, and the video is silent (no microphone feed). • Works offline. The internet is used only for ads and purchases. Terms of Use: https://masaapps360.com/inightvision/terms/ Privacy Policy: https://masaapps360.com/inightvision/privacy/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: LiDAR Camera at 4.4 against DepthEye's 3.7. DepthEye's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and ads (none vs shown). On price, update cadence, device support and iOS requirement 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. LiDAR Camera sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days. DepthEye asks for nothing beyond the download.
LiDAR Camera holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 35 and 11 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 58% of DepthEye's written reviews are positive against 25% of LiDAR Camera's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
DepthEye ships an update every 2 weeks, LiDAR Camera fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and November 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | DepthEye | LiDAR Camera |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (35 ratings) | 4.4 (11 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 58.3% of reviews — better | 25.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 35 — better | 11 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 17 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Knoet Studio | Grima Hdez |
Customer experience
DepthEye
LiDAR Camera
In-app purchases
DepthEye
No in-app purchases
LiDAR Camera
- LiDAR Camera Pro Weekly3 Days trial$1.997 Days
- LiDAR Camera Pro Monthly$4.991 Month
- LiDAR Camera Pro Yearly$19.991 Year
- LiDAR Camera Pro Lifetime$29.99
Questions
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