Comparison

Oareo vs Blonde Dolphin

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

Head to head
About

Oareo

Capture indoor spaces as accurate 3D models using LiDAR technology. Explore, measure, and generate 2D floor plans with customizable styles. Export in various 3D and 2D formats, all while keeping your data private and offline.

Highlights
  • LiDAR-powered 3D room capture
  • Interactive 3D viewer with style customization
  • Precise measurement tools (ruler, area)
  • Automatic 2D blueprint generation
  • Export to multiple 3D and 2D formats
  • Offline and private by design
  • AR Quick Look preview
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Oareo is a professional LiDAR-powered app for capturing indoor spaces as accurate 3D models — entirely offline and private by default. CAPTURE 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 and expand larger projects over time, adding rooms across sessions EXPLORE • Interactive 3D viewer with pan, zoom, and orbital controls • Layer toggles for walls, floor, ceiling, furniture, and openings • Camera presets: Top, Front, Side, Isometric • Style Studio — customize floors with textures, walls with individual colors, and recolor every object • Free Roam — walk through your capture in first person with dual-joystick controls • AR Quick Look — preview any model in your real environment MEASURE • Ruler mode for precise point-to-point distances on 3D surfaces • Area mode for multi-point polygon measurements • Drag to adjust points with real-time recalculation FLOOR PLANS • Automatic 2D blueprint generation with walls, doors, windows, and furniture • Dimension lines with perimeter measurements • Multi-room and multi-floor support • Export to PDF (vector) or PNG (raster) EXPORT • 3D formats: USDZ, OBJ, STL, PLY, XYZ • Floor plans: 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 • iCloud backup (optional, disabled by default) PRIVATE BY DESIGN • All data on-device — works 100% offline • No analytics, no tracking, no third-party services • No account required • Optional iCloud backup uses your private CloudKit container Requirements: • LiDAR-capable iPhone or iPad (iPhone 12 Pro+, iPad Pro 2020+) • iOS/iPadOS 17 or later

About

Blonde Dolphin

This app helps you remember important personal details about the people in your life. Quickly capture thoughts by voice or text and organize them by contact to recall key information before interactions. Gentle reminders for birthdays and follow-ups ensure you stay connected.

Highlights
  • Capture notes by voice or text
  • Organize details by person
  • Instant contact briefings
  • Birthday and follow-up reminders
  • Group contacts
  • Pin important contacts
Features
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Remember the little things that matter. Just talk, and Blonde Dolphin files what you said under the right person, pet, place or thing, then brings it back when you need it. SOUND FAMILIAR? - A friend told you their new baby's name. Two months later, it's gone. - The vet said Biscuit needs his teeth cleaned "before Christmas". Which Christmas? - You wrote down the paint colour for the hallway. Somewhere. - It's Sam's birthday tomorrow, and you can't remember what's been going on for him. Notes apps keep everything in one long pile. Blonde Dolphin gives every person, pet, place and thing in your life its own page, and fills it for you. HOW IT WORKS 1. Tap the Dolphin and talk for up to three minutes after a catch-up, a vet visit or a morning in the garden. Or type. No forms, no folders. 2. Mention three things and you get three notes, each on the right page. Birthdays, dates, reminders and things worth remembering are picked out for you to keep with a tick. 3. A heads-up before a birthday, with the things worth knowing. A Recap before you see someone, with what's worth asking. A reminder on the day the car's registration is due. And "A year ago today", now and then. JUST ASK Search everything from one box, or ask in plain words: - "What's the name of Priya's dog?" - "What did Tom say about the lemon tree?" - "When's Jonno's birthday?" - "Which paint did we use in the hallway?" The answer comes from your own notes and shows you the notes it came from. If it isn't there, it says so instead of guessing. WHAT PEOPLE KEEP IN IT - People: kids' names and birthdays, new jobs, house moves, what to ask next time, gift ideas. - Pets: vet visits, vaccinations, what food agrees with them, their gotcha day. - Home and garden: what you planted where, paint colours, the tradie's number, photos from the nursery. - Things: E.g. The car - services, registration, what the mechanic said. - Topics: the trip you're planning, the renovation, recipes, footy tipping. ALSO IN THE APP - Up to 10 photos on a note, and a Photos gallery for every page - Family links and dates from Contacts: partners, parents, children, siblings and anniversaries - Up next on Home, so nothing sneaks up on you - Reminders you can tick off or push to tomorrow from the Lock Screen - Home Screen widget, Spotlight, quick actions and Face ID lock - Share text and photos into a note from any app - Light and dark mode - Export everything, any time PRIVATE BY DESIGN No ads, no tracking, and your data is never sold. Only the contacts you choose are added. Dictation is turned into text by Apple, and the audio never reaches us. Tidying is your choice: notes are sent to Anthropic's Claude only if you allow it, and Anthropic doesn't train on them. Dolphins never forget. Neither will you.

Screenshots

Oareo4 screens
Blonde Dolphin4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Blonde Dolphin at every 9 days against Oareo's every 2 months. Blonde Dolphin also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 26.0). Oareo's advantage is ratings volume (9 vs 1). On price, rating, 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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Oareo against 5.0 for Blonde Dolphin. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Oareo has 9 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Oareo ships an update every 2 months, Blonde Dolphin every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Oareo versus Blonde Dolphin: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOareoBlonde Dolphin
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (9 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings9 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 9 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS26.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size36 MB41 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperVenkata Sai Dutt GanduriPeter Chappell

Customer experience

Oareo

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Blonde Dolphin

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Oareo

No in-app purchases

None

Blonde Dolphin

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Oareo free?
Oareo is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Blonde Dolphin free?
Blonde Dolphin is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Oareo or Blonde Dolphin?
Oareo and Blonde Dolphin are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 9 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Oareo or Blonde Dolphin have ads?
Neither Oareo nor Blonde Dolphin shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Oareo or Blonde Dolphin?
Oareo ships an update every 2 months, and Blonde Dolphin every 9 days. Most recently, Oareo was updated on October 30, 2026 and Blonde Dolphin on October 28, 2026.

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