Vector vs PointFoundry
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Vector
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Boost your workflow with precise, laser-based measurements. Pair your Leica S910 or X3, set the space’s origin and a reference point for calibration, and instantly measure any target within the venue. Vector calculates X, Y, and Z coordinates with accuracy, streamlining your process. Easily import and export system files to keep your workflow efficient and seamless. Our Privacy Policy can be found here: https://www.flamingosoftware.co.uk/privacy/
PointFoundry
Capture real-world spaces as detailed 3D point clouds using your device's LiDAR scanner. Explore, refine, and export your scans in industry-standard formats for various professional and creative applications.
- Real-time LiDAR point cloud capture
- Live 3D preview with depth-aware occlusion
- Interactive 3D viewer with touch controls
- Section cut planes for detailed analysis
- Export to PLY and XYZ formats
- Adjustable scan parameters (depth, density, cleaning)
- On-device processing, no cloud upload
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Turn the world around you into stunning 3D point clouds with just your iPhone or iPad. PointFoundry uses your device's built-in LiDAR scanner to capture real spaces as dense, colourful point clouds — millions of individual 3D points, each with real colour sampled from your camera. Walk through a room, scan a building facade, capture a sculpture. What you get back is a faithful digital replica made of pure geometry. SCAN Hit record and start moving. PointFoundry captures thousands of points per second while you walk, building your point cloud in real time. A live 3D preview shows exactly what you're capturing, with depth-aware occlusion so walls correctly hide what's behind them. Smart filters work silently in the background — rejecting noise, filtering grazing surfaces, and only keeping points that have been confirmed across multiple frames. The result is clean, accurate data straight out of the scanner. EXPLORE Open any scan in the interactive 3D viewer. Orbit, zoom, and pan through your point cloud with fluid touch controls. Switch between real colour, height gradient, depth mapping, and flat white rendering modes. Use section cut planes to slice through your scan on any axis — peel back walls, reveal cross-sections, isolate floors. EXPORT Share your scans as industry-standard PLY or XYZ files. Use them for engineering, architecture, surveying, VFX reference, digital preservation, or just because 3D scanning is genuinely fun. DIAL IT IN Fine-tune your scanning with adjustable depth range, point density, and cleaning strength. Capture tight detail at 1cm spacing or cover large areas faster at 5cm. Set your max depth from 0.5m to 5m. PointFoundry adapts to the job. Features at a glance: • Real-time LiDAR point cloud capture with live 3D preview • Depth-aware occlusion — walls hide rooms behind them • Confidence, surface normal, and temporal consistency filtering • Voxel-based deduplication for even point distribution • GPU-accelerated post-processing (smoothing & noise removal) • Interactive 3D viewer with orbit camera and touch gestures • Two colour modes: Real Colour, Height • Section cut planes on X, Y, and Z axes • Export to PLY and XYZ formats • Adjustable depth range, density, and cleaning strength • Scan management with thumbnails and file sizes • No account required. No cloud upload. Everything stays on your device. Requires iPhone or iPad with LiDAR scanner. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
Vector and PointFoundry are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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. Vector sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and PointFoundry sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Vector ships an update every 6 weeks, PointFoundry every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Vector | PointFoundry |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 — better | 18.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Flamingo Software | Jaisah Webb |
In-app purchases
Vector
- Measure$24.99
- File Export$24.99
- Full Access$50.00
PointFoundry
- PointFoundry Pro$9.991 Year
- PointFoundry Pro - Unlimited$29.99









