Uchi vs Panorama
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Uchi
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Uchi is a 3D scanning app for iPhone. Capture the spaces around you, generate realistic 3D models, and share them with the world. HOW IT WORKS • Start a scan, stand in place, and turn around — a guided viewfinder helps you capture 8 directions • Uchi generates a photorealistic 3D space (3D Gaussian Splatting) in the cloud • On LiDAR devices, you can also capture 3D meshes and 3D room layouts (RoomPlan) • Publish your scan to the map, or keep it just for yourself AN OPEN 3D MAP, BUILT TOGETHER Published 3D data becomes open data (CC BY-SA 4.0) — free for anyone to view, download, and build upon. Indoors or outdoors, let's build an open 3D record of the world's public spaces together: stations, shops, campuses, parks and more. Prefer privacy? Set a scan to "Only me" and it stays yours. FEATURES • Guided 3D capture — no special hardware required • Photorealistic 3D (Gaussian Splatting), mesh, and room-layout capture modes • Explore scans from around the world on a 3D map, with leaderboards • Download shared models in standard formats • Sign in with Apple or Google CAPTURE RESPONSIBLY • Capture public spaces only — no private residences • Avoid capturing people and personal information • Report and block tools are built in; removal requests are always honored Requirements: iPhone with iOS 18 or later. Mesh/RoomPlan capture requires a LiDAR-equipped or 6GB+ RAM device. Terms of Service: https://uchi-production.up.railway.app/legal/terms Privacy Policy: https://uchi-production.up.railway.app/legal/privacy
Panorama
Capture immersive 360-degree photos and videos of your surroundings. View and explore your creations by moving your device or dragging on the screen. Share your panoramas as standard images, videos, or interactive 360 content.
- Capture full spherical panoramas
- On-device stitching in seconds
- Interactive viewing with motion control
- Save and organize panoramas locally
- Share as standard images or interactive 360
- Create tiny planets and video flythroughs
- Private by design, no account or cloud needed
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See the whole place, not just a slice of it. Panorama turns your iPhone into a spherical-panorama camera. Sweep the phone around you and Panorama captures the scene in every direction — up, down, and all the way around — then stitches it into a single seamless image you can step back into anytime. Capture Follow the on-screen guide as you pan across the scene. Panorama grabs frames automatically as you cover new ground and stitches them on-device in seconds — no waiting, no upload. Relive it Open a saved panorama and look around by simply moving your phone — tilt up to the sky, turn to see behind you — or drag and pinch to explore. It feels like standing back in the room. Keep it, share it Every panorama is saved to a tidy library on your device and remembers where you took it. Share to anyone as a standard panoramic image — AirDrop it, save it to Photos, drop it in Files, or send it to a VR headset. Take it further Turn any panorama into a tiny-planet image, a flat photo of any direction, or a cinematic video flythrough — with the scene's own ambient sound if you choose to record it, and a 9:16 Story cut for Instagram. Post the 360 itself to Google Photos or Facebook and it stays interactive. Private by design Panorama has no account, no cloud, and no servers. Capture, stitching, storage, and sharing all happen on your iPhone. Nothing is collected, tracked, or uploaded — your panoramas stay yours. Capture the sunrise from your balcony, the whole living room, a mountaintop, a favorite café — and keep the entire view, forever, on your phone.
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Verdict
Uchi and Panorama 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | Uchi | Panorama |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 4 — better |
| Update frequency | — | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 38 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Shogo Hirasawa | Daniel Monahan |
In-app purchases
Uchi
No in-app purchases
Panorama
No in-app purchases









