Comparison

MTplans LiDAR Plan Point Cloud vs Calque

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

Head to head
About

MTplans LiDAR Plan Point Cloud

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2D dimensioned plan AND pro 3D point cloud, in a single iPhone/iPad app. DXF with real technical layers, exportable E57, customizable client PDF. Building survey, new generation. I don't sell an app. I sell my experience as a self-employed building surveyor. NEW IN V2.0: FULL IPAD PRO SUPPORT Enjoy the big screen to visualize, organize and export your surveys in a layout designed for iPad: project sidebar, tool inspector, full-screen plan, natural gestures. LIDAR SCAN ROOM BY ROOM Walls, openings, furniture detected automatically. Multiple rooms assembled into a coherent global plan. Fast quantity takeoff, clean dimensioning, effortless building surveys. 3D POINT CLOUD For facades, complex interiors, strategic sections and height measurements. E57 export for your professional point cloud software. ROOM EDITOR Edit openings (type, direction, double leaf), add custom furniture (bathtub, WC, stairs, fireplace), place photos and 360 photos, take measurements. PROFESSIONAL EXPORTS β€’ Full client PDF with customizable title block β€’ DXF with distinct layers for your CAD software β€’ E57 for your point cloud software β€’ USDZ for augmented reality visualization β€’ OBJ for your 3D software β€’ Standalone 360 HTML virtual tour β€’ PNG, JPEG, SVG images FOR WHOM β€’ Building diagnosticians (energy audits, asbestos, lead) β€’ Architects (fast preliminary design, pre-survey) β€’ Quantity surveyors (takeoff, pricing) β€’ Craftsmen (on-site quotes) β€’ Real estate agents (visits, valuation) β€’ Building contractors (quotes) β€’ Project managers (dossier preparation) β€’ Interior designers and home stagers FIELD HONESTY MTplans is a visual productivity tool, not a certified measuring device. iPhone/iPad LiDAR is centimeter accurate, enough for a preliminary project, a client sketch, a quick quote. For a document with legal value (certified habitable surface, regulatory diagnosis), use a certified land surveyor or diagnostician. YOUR DATA STAYS YOURS No tracking. No collection. No advertising. Everything stays on your device. Optional iCloud sync, encrypted by Apple. COMPATIBLE HARDWARE β€’ iPhone 12 Pro and later (with LiDAR): full scan β€’ iPad Pro 11 and 13 with LiDAR (since 2020): full scan β€’ iPad without LiDAR (Air, mini, standard): view and export only β€’ iOS / iPadOS 17.6 minimum FREE AND PRO Scan, visualize and edit for free. Professional exports (full PDF, DXF with layers, E57, printing) require the Pro subscription. Test everything before committing. jterraplans.fr Β· Independent iOS studio Β· Made in France Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

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Calque

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Calque draws precise floor plans of your house and gives every room its exact area, measured the way a notary, an architect or a planning office will ask for it. Drag out walls with your finger, then set any length, thickness or position to the millimetre. Calque finds the rooms between the walls by itself: you never draw a room, so its area can never disagree with the walls around it. Free to download, with no limit on levels or rooms: every tool and every area standard are yours. Calque Pro is one purchase, with no subscription, for what you hand on: the PDF to scale, the area schedule as CSV and flooring quantities. Whatever joins Pro later is included. AREAS YOU CAN HAND OVER β€’ Net floor area, surface habitable (loi Boutin), surface Carrez and surface de plancher, per room, per level and for the whole house β€’ Rooms measured to the finished face of each wall, linings included β€’ Give each room a type, from bedroom to laundry, garage or terrace, or just a name: call it β€œLanding” and it counts as a corridor β€’ A wall that stops a few millimetres short leaves its room open. Calque marks the gap and closes it in one tap β€’ Each room's floor in its doorways and its skirting length, for a flooring quote (Pro) WALLS THAT BEHAVE LIKE WALLS β€’ Wall kinds, each with its own thickness, and a build-up on each side, such as plaster or insulation, counted into the rooms β€’ Corners shared by the walls that meet there: drag a wall and its neighbours follow β€’ Curved walls for a bay or a round tower β€’ Chimney breasts, pilasters and niches, and railings round a terrace or a stairwell β€’ Doors, windows, columns, stairs and steel beams by profile, with their bearings and span β€’ Furniture for the kitchen, bedroom and bathroom, with its clearances drawn DIMENSIONS THAT HOLD β€’ An automatic dimension ladder along the walls, plus chains you place yourself β€’ Freeze a dimension and the plan keeps it: type 3.40 m and the wall moves to match LEVELS AND BUILDINGS β€’ Ground floor, upstairs, cellar, and a garage or an annex as a building of its own β€’ Show the level below as a ghost while you draw, and align a level onto it β€’ Draw a floor opening as any shape: the stair shows through it, and it comes off that floor's area β€’ Set north from one facade, and see which way each window and room faces EXISTING AND PROPOSALS β€’ Keep the house as surveyed and redraw any number of proposals beside it, in the same file β€’ Compare a proposal with Existing: what to demolish in yellow, what to build in red, and the change in every area THE PLOT AND THE PLU (FRANCE) β€’ Draw the parcel, terraces, pool, trees, drains and supply lines around the house β€’ Type your commune's PLU limits, and Calque checks setbacks, emprise au sol, pleine terre and borehole distances as you draw TRACE WHAT YOU ALREADY HAVE β€’ Import a scanned plan, a photo or a PDF, set its scale from one length you know, and draw over it β€’ Photographed at an angle? Tap the four corners of a rectangle on the sheet and Calque straightens it flat EXPORT TO SCALE (PRO) β€’ A PDF at 1:50, 1:100 or your own scale, with a live preview and a title block filled in for you β€’ The screen and the PDF come from the same renderer, so the print matches what you drew ON YOUR IPHONE, YOUR IPAD AND YOUR MAC A plan is one document in iCloud Drive, open on every device. Pinch to zoom, drag with two fingers to pan, and pick up on the Mac where you left off. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account, no subscription, no tracking. Your plans stay in your own files. Calque is available in English and French.

Screenshots

MTplans LiDAR Plan Point Cloud4 screens
Calque4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Calque at daily against MTplans LiDAR Plan Point Cloud's every 9 days. MTplans LiDAR Plan Point Cloud's advantage is iOS requirement (17.6 vs 26.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. MTplans LiDAR Plan Point Cloud sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $8.99 per month and Calque sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

MTplans LiDAR Plan Point Cloud ships an update every 9 days, Calque daily. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences Β· 4 level
MTplans LiDAR Plan Point Cloud versus Calque: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMTplans LiDAR Plan Point CloudCalque
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 9 daysDaily β€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac β€” better
Requires iOS17.6 β€” better26.0
Further details β€” not scored
Size8 MB14 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJerome TerrainMagenta Creations

In-app purchases

2 purchases

MTplans LiDAR Plan Point Cloud

Subscriptions2
  • MTplans Pro – Monthly$8.991 Month
  • MTplans Pro – Yearly$89.991 Year
1 purchases

Calque

One-time1
  • Calque Pro$14.99

Questions

Is MTplans LiDAR Plan Point Cloud free?
MTplans LiDAR Plan Point Cloud is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Calque free?
Calque is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do MTplans LiDAR Plan Point Cloud or Calque have ads?
Neither MTplans LiDAR Plan Point Cloud nor Calque shows ads.
Which is updated more often, MTplans LiDAR Plan Point Cloud or Calque?
MTplans LiDAR Plan Point Cloud ships an update every 9 days, and Calque daily. Most recently, MTplans LiDAR Plan Point Cloud was updated on October 28, 2026 and Calque on October 26, 2026.

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