Comparison

Smart Lidar vs FlashRead

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

Head to head
About

Smart Lidar

Capture detailed 3D LiDAR surveys directly on-site with compatible iPhone and iPad Pro devices. Document excavations, pipes, and work progress, generating georeferenced 3D point clouds. Seamlessly sync data with a web platform for project integration and analysis.

Highlights
  • 3D LiDAR scans from compatible Apple devices
  • Capture real jobsite conditions
  • Georeferenced 3D point clouds with texture
  • Configurable scan quality
  • Local saving and manual online sync
  • Integration with EagleArca Web projects
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Smart Lidar is the EagleArca digital touchpoint for capturing 3D LiDAR surveys directly on site using compatible iPhone and iPad Pro devices. The app allows field operators to quickly document the real condition of excavations, pipes, site constraints, and work progress, turning each surveyed section into a georeferenced, photographic, and consultable 3D point cloud. The workflow is simple: select the project, set the origin point, start the scan, review the result, and save the survey. When a connection is available, you can manually sync the data with EagleArca Web, integrating it into operational projects and making it available for consultation, measurements, history tracking, and comparison with the design project. Smart Lidar is designed for linear jobsites, excavations, pipe installation, inspections, and as-built activities, even in environments where connectivity is not always stable. Key features: • 3D LiDAR scans from compatible Apple devices • Capture of the real jobsite condition • Point clouds with GPS coordinates and texture • Configurable scan quality: Standard, Pro, and Ultra • Local saving of surveys • Manual online sync with EagleArca Web • Integration with EagleArca projects • Automatic photos to support documentation • Exportable output associated with the operational project Compatible devices: Smart Lidar requires a LiDAR scanner, available on iPhone 12 Pro or later Pro models and on iPad Pro models from 2020 onward.

About

FlashRead

Features
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FlashRead helps you read books dramatically faster with less effort, not more. Instead of moving your eyes across line after line, FlashRead shows your book one word at a time, always in exactly the same spot. One letter is highlighted in red: the optimal recognition point. Keep your eyes on it and the words simply flow into your mind. No eye movement, no losing your line, no drifting attention. HOW IT WORKS • Open any PDF or text file. It's ready in seconds • Press play and read at your own pace, from a relaxed 100 up to 900 words per minute • Smart pacing gives you extra time at commas, sentence ends and long words, so fast never feels rushed • Tap anywhere to pause, scrub the progress bar to jump around PICK UP WHERE YOU LEFT OFF Every book you start is saved automatically. Your home screen shows your library with reading progress, and one tap resumes exactly at the word where you stopped. PRIVATE BY DESIGN FlashRead has no accounts, no ads, no tracking and no servers. Your books and your reading history never leave your device. Whether it's that novel you never find time for, study material, or the report you have to get through. Load it into FlashRead and be surprised how fast reading can feel.

Screenshots

Smart Lidar4 screens
FlashRead3 screens

Verdict

The call

Smart Lidar and FlashRead 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
Smart Lidar versus FlashRead: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSmart LidarFlashRead
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 11 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.415.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size21 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEagleprojects S.p.A.Jan Bichsel

In-app purchases

None

Smart Lidar

No in-app purchases

None

FlashRead

No in-app purchases

Questions

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

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