Comparison

Notes Buddy Kit vs Oareo

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

Head to head
About

Notes Buddy Kit

Features
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Notes Buddy is a notes app that brings useful tools directly into your documents. Every element, text or widget is an independent block so you can build notes that do more than record ideas: they calculate, track, and plan.

About

Oareo

Create accurate 3D models and 2D floor plans of indoor spaces using LiDAR technology. Explore, measure, and export your scans in various formats, all while keeping your data private and offline.

Highlights
  • Accurate 3D room scanning with LiDAR
  • Automatic 2D floor plan generation
  • Interactive 3D viewer with exploration tools
  • Precise measurement tools for distances and areas
  • Export to multiple 3D and 2D formats
  • Works offline and prioritizes user privacy
  • Style Studio for custom textures and colors
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Oareo is a professional LiDAR app for scanning indoor spaces as accurate 3D models. It works entirely offline and is private by default. SCAN Choose the workflow that fits your project: • Single Room: fast one-room results with real-time progress • Multi-Room: walk through connected spaces in one session • Structure: build larger projects over time and add rooms across sessions EXPLORE • Interactive 3D viewer with pan, zoom and orbit controls • Layer toggles for walls, floor, ceiling, furniture and openings • Camera presets: Top, Front, Side, Isometric • Style Studio: give floors textures, walls their own colors, and recolor every object • Free Roam: walk through your scan in first person with dual-joystick controls • Walkthrough: a guided camera tour through every room and floor • AR Quick Look: preview any model in your real environment MEASURE • Ruler for precise point-to-point distances on 3D surfaces • Area tool for multi-point polygon measurements • Measure Wall: tap a wall to see it head-on with every door, window and opening, sized and placed • Units & Precision: metric or imperial, standard, 2 decimals, centimetres or millimetres FLOOR PLANS • Automatic 2D floor plans with walls, doors, windows and furniture • Dimension lines for every wall section, door and window • Multi-floor structures: one tab and one PDF page per floor, with room names • Export to PDF (vector) or PNG EXPORT • 3D formats: USDZ, OBJ, STL, PLY, XYZ • Measurements: CSV or JSON with rooms, walls, openings and objects • Floor plans and wall elevations: PDF, PNG • Screenshot editor with annotation tools • Native iOS share sheet MANAGE • Visual library with structure and room cards • Rich room info: dimensions, detected objects, location map, technical specs PRIVATE BY DESIGN • All data stays on your device, and the app works 100% offline • No analytics, no tracking, no third-party services • No account required LANGUAGES • English, Russian and Spanish Requirements: • iPhone or iPad with LiDAR (iPhone 12 Pro or later Pro models, iPad Pro 2020 or later) • iOS/iPadOS 26 or later

Screenshots

Notes Buddy Kit3 screens
Oareo4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Oareo at monthly against Notes Buddy Kit's every 2 months. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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

Notes Buddy Kit ships an update every 2 months, Oareo monthly. Both last shipped on November 5, 2026.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Notes Buddy Kit versus Oareo: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNotes Buddy KitOareo
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (9 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—9 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS26.026.0
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB38 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAlly MsuoVenkata Sai Dutt Ganduri

In-app purchases

None

Notes Buddy Kit

No in-app purchases

None

Oareo

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Notes Buddy Kit free?
Notes Buddy Kit is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Oareo free?
Oareo is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Notes Buddy Kit or Oareo have ads?
Neither Notes Buddy Kit nor Oareo shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Notes Buddy Kit or Oareo?
Notes Buddy Kit ships an update every 2 months, and Oareo monthly. Most recently, Notes Buddy Kit was updated on November 5, 2026 and Oareo on November 5, 2026.

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