Comparison

Demosaic vs ScanToPrint

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

Head to head
About

Demosaic

Edit RAW and standard images with professional tools on your iPhone or iPad. Offers advanced controls for exposure, color, tone curves, and RAW sensor reconstruction. Supports wide-gamut color spaces and local on-device processing.

Highlights
  • RAW and standard image editing
  • Exposure, contrast, and saturation controls
  • Tone and RGB curves
  • Highlight recovery and shadow adjustment
  • White balance and color tools
  • RAW sensor reconstruction tools
  • Wide-gamut color space support
Features
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Demosaic is a local RAW and image editor for iPhone and iPad. Built around a direct photographic workflow, Demosaic supports both RAW and standard image editing, including: • Exposure, brightness, contrast, and saturation • Tone curves and RGB curves • Highlight recovery and shadow adjustment • Sharpening, denoise, local contrast, and dehaze • White balance and color tools • HSV equalizer and channel mixer • Crop, rotation, perspective, and lens correction • High bit-depth export and wide-gamut workflows For RAW files, Demosaic also provides lower-level sensor and reconstruction tools, including: • Demosaicing controls • RAW black level adjustment • False color suppression • Chromatic aberration correction • Input sharpening • Hot and dead pixel cleanup Supported color spaces include: • sRGB • Display P3 • Adobe RGB • ProPhoto RGB • Rec.2020 All editing is performed locally on-device. Performance Note: Some RAW workflows, including denoise, local tone mapping, and high-quality export, can be demanding on CPU and memory. For a more stable experience, M-series iPads or devices with A17 Pro and newer chips are recommended.

About

ScanToPrint

Features
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ScanToPrint turns your iPhone's LiDAR sensor into a pocket 3D scanner. Capture real-world objects in seconds and export clean, print-ready models straight to your 3D printer — no computer required. From keepsakes and figurines to vases and mechanical parts, ScanToPrint makes high-quality 3D capture simple. Every scan is automatically processed so it is ready to slice and print. KEY FEATURES • LiDAR 3D Scanning — Use your iPhone's LiDAR sensor to capture detailed 3D scans of real-world objects. • Print-Ready Optimization — Meshes are automatically processed: background removed, geometry optimized, and a flat base added for stable printing. • Real 3D Preview — Inspect every model with an interactive 3D viewer showing exact dimensions on each axis. • Print Estimation — See estimated volume, print time, and material weight before you start printing. • Flexible Export — Export print-ready STL (Binary or ASCII) and OBJ files with your preferred coordinate system. • Scale Control — Resize any model from 10 percent to 500 percent before exporting. • Project Library — Keep all your scans organized with mesh details, dimensions, and file sizes. • 100% Offline & Private — No account, no network, no tracking. Every scan stays on your device. Note: ScanToPrint requires a device with a LiDAR sensor (iPhone 12 Pro and later, iPad Pro 2020 and later). Start scanning the world and bring it to your 3D printer with ScanToPrint.

Screenshots

Demosaic4 screens
ScanToPrint4 screens

Verdict

The call

Demosaic and ScanToPrint are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Demosaic versus ScanToPrint: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDemosaicScanToPrint
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size456 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer实隆 杨晓 郭

In-app purchases

None

Demosaic

No in-app purchases

None

ScanToPrint

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Demosaic free?
Demosaic is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is ScanToPrint free?
ScanToPrint is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Demosaic or ScanToPrint have ads?
Neither Demosaic nor ScanToPrint shows ads.

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