Comparison

Kōlab vs Sphereview 360

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

Head to head
About

Kōlab

This app fosters a collaborative environment for photographers to improve their skills through creative challenges and personalized feedback. It focuses on specific disciplines like aviation and landscape, offering a community-driven approach to artistic growth without algorithmic interference.

Highlights
  • Weekly creative missions
  • Personalized technique feedback
  • Real collaboration with other photographers
  • Discipline-specific communities
  • High-resolution image sharing
  • Growth tracking with XP and levels
Features
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Kōlab is a photography app built on one idea: your best shots come from practice and feedback, alongside other photographers who care as much as you do. Find a Mission, add your shot and see what other photographers made of the same brief. Then add a new version when want you take it further! • HOW IT WORKS Missions A new brief every week, built around a technique, challenge or event. Follow the ones you like the look of, add a shot when you've got it ready. Comments from people who shoot Kōlab looks at every shot and suggests specific things another photographer could say about it, rather than "nice shot"! Feedback Rooms When you want some proper feedback on a shot, open a Feedback Room. These are private conversations that only those in the room can see. Help other photographers out by joining other photographers feedback rooms too! Edit Reveal Put the unedited image next to the finished shot. Drag the slider and show every creative decision that got made on the way. Versions Re-edit, re-crop or reshoot a photo you have already posted, add it as a version, and say what changed. Both stay on the same post and anyone can swipe between them. Something back about your own work Open the app and you might discover something new about your photography: your fastest shutter speed yet, a personal best, or a shot that stands apart from everything else you've shot before. A feed built around you Kōlab's For You feed leans towards the genres and the photographers you care about, and it makes room for great shots nobody has commented on yet. Shots at full quality Upload high-resolution, uncropped, unlimited images. Your work shows up the way you meant it to. • WHAT MAKES KŌLAB DIFFERENT - Missions give you a reason to go out shooting or editing - One shot has many creative options. Add a version whenever you take it further - Private Feedback Rooms when you want honest critique - No feed ranked by popularity, and no follower counts to chase - Your photographs are never used to train generative AI image models - Built by photographers, for photographers • WHO IS KŌLAB FOR Photographers who want to get better, and would rather do it around people who get it. Whether you are a dawn-chasing wildlife photographer, a weekend plane spotter or an all-weather landscape photographer, this is built for you. Aviation, landscape and wildlife are the busiest genres today. Every other genre is open and filling up, and getting in early means you help shape the community. Come and see what your photography does when it has somewhere to go. Terms of Use: https://kolab.social/terms Privacy Policy: https://kolab.social/privacy

About

Sphereview 360

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Sphereview turns your 360° panoramic photos and videos into an immersive viewing experience. This free app has been created so that iPhone and iPad users can view 360 photos and videos stored in their Apple Photos library. It is fully compatible with images taken on many popular 360 cameras such as the Insta360 X-series. • Browse your 360° photo library in a clean, zoomable grid • Tap any photo to look around in full 360° then drag to pan, pinch to zoom • Switch to Little Planet or Tunnel mode for a fun, distorted spherical perspective • Save your favourite little-planet views as new photos • Works on iPhone, iPad, and Mac Sphereview is completely private: it only reads the photos already in your library, and nothing is ever uploaded, tracked, or shared. No account, no ads, no analytics.

Screenshots

Kōlab4 screens
Sphereview 3604 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: Sphereview 360 at 3 against Kōlab's 1. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Kōlab versus Sphereview 360: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterKōlabSphereview 360
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (14 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings14 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightlyFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size108 MB5 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperKolab Social LtdPaul Moyne

In-app purchases

None

Kōlab

No in-app purchases

None

Sphereview 360

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Kōlab free?
Kōlab is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Sphereview 360 free?
Sphereview 360 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Kōlab or Sphereview 360 have ads?
Neither Kōlab nor Sphereview 360 shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Kōlab or Sphereview 360?
Kōlab ships an update fortnightly, and Sphereview 360 fortnightly. Most recently, Kōlab was updated on September 24, 2026 and Sphereview 360 on September 8, 2026.

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