Q3D Scan vs Lensculpt
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Q3D Scan
This app transforms your LiDAR device into a precise 3D reality-capture scanner. It allows for capturing large spaces in a single session, processing scans offline on your device, and exporting to standard 3D file formats for professional use.
- Capture detailed 3D point clouds
- Work fully offline
- Process scans on-device
- Measure directly in scans
- Export to standard 3D formats
- Real-time scan visualization
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Q3D Scan is the companion app for AuraGO, the compact LiDAR device from Q3D Sensing. Connect AuraGO to your iPhone or iPad, and Q3D Scan turns it into a precise 3D reality-capture scanner for the field. Capture large spaces in a single session. AuraGO's long range, up to 30 meters (100 feet), covers more from each position, so you get through full floors, building interiors and exteriors, and entire job sites faster, not just what is within arm's reach. See your 3D scan build on screen in real time, clearly showing the areas you have already covered. Review your capture on site, and add to your scan to fill in any gaps before you leave. What you can do with Q3D Scan: - Capture detailed 3D point clouds with the AuraGO LiDAR device - Work fully offline, capturing in remote locations or anywhere connectivity is limited, with no connection required - Process scans right on your device, without long cloud-processing delays - Your data is never held hostage by a subscription and never trapped in a cloud that goes dark - You control your data: it starts on your device, and you decide where it goes from there - Measure directly in your scan, while on site - Export to standard 3D file formats, including DP, E57, LAS, LAZ, PLY, and PTS - Feed real-world 3D data into the CAD, BIM, and design tools you already use, for floor plans, models, digital twins, and more Built for professionals who work in real spaces: - Construction and engineering: document existing conditions, progress, and as-builts - Interior design: capture existing interiors to design from a to-scale 3D record - Civil engineering: record sites and infrastructure for planning and estimation - Utilities: capture equipment and facilities that are hard to measure by hand - Real estate: capture properties for asset tracking and space documentation Designed for AuraGO. Connect the AuraGO LiDAR device to capture at its full range, or scan with your device's built-in LiDAR when you are working without it. Compatibility: Pro-model iPhone and iPad Pro. Q3D Scan is a practical field tool that works alongside the rest of your kit. Reach for it when you need a reliable 3D record of a real space quickly, then export to the software that carries the project forward. Q3D Sensing builds Spatial AI tools that turn real places into usable 3D data. AuraGO and Q3D Scan are the first of them. https://www.q3dsensing.com https://help.q3dsensing.com
Lensculpt
Create 3D models from iPhone camera captures locally on your device. Build textured USDZ assets, adjust them non-destructively, and export in various formats. Offers manual camera controls for consistent results.
- Local 3D asset creation
- Textured USDZ model building
- Non-destructive texture adjustments
- Multiple export formats (USDZ, OBJ, FBX)
- Manual camera controls
- LiDAR room scanning
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Lensculpt turns overlapping iPhone camera views into local 3D assets. Capture rigid, textured objects from multiple distances and heights, scan a room on a supported LiDAR iPhone, or try the experimental Building Exterior workflow without a prescribed circular route. Build textured USDZ models on the device, preview their geometry in shaded or wireframe form, apply non-destructive texture and cleanup adjustments, and open the USDZ in a full-screen 3D viewer. Export completed meshes as USDZ, OBJ, or FBX, and share experimental Gaussian results as SPZ. Manual exposure, white-balance, and focus controls help keep texture captures consistent on supported cameras. On iOS 26, accepted system-managed continued-processing tasks may continue model generation while you use another app; the app clearly reports when processing must remain in the foreground. Lensculpt has no account, ads, analytics, or automatic cloud upload. Captures and models stay in the app container until you explicitly share them. Results depend on the device, lighting, subject, coverage, and available resources. Reflective, transparent, moving, flexible, and low-texture subjects may fail or produce incomplete models. Gaussian training and Building Exterior capture are experimental. Lensculpt does not claim certified measurements, exact scale, or complete unseen surfaces.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Lensculpt at daily against Q3D Scan's monthly. Q3D Scan's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 18.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Q3D Scan against 5.0 for Lensculpt. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.
Q3D Scan ships an update monthly, Lensculpt daily. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Q3D Scan | Lensculpt |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Daily — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 146 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Q3D SENSING | Garrett Templar |
Customer experience
Q3D Scan
Lensculpt
In-app purchases
Q3D Scan
No in-app purchases
Lensculpt
No in-app purchases









