Comparison

ALPHA Scan vs Lidarmeter

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

Head to head
About

ALPHA Scan

Features
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Scan buildings directly with your iPhone and create precise 3D models without additional hardware. Key Features • Room scanning: Capture rooms in 3D in just a few minutes. Walls, doors, windows and furniture are detected automatically. • Balconies & terraces: Scan outdoor areas separately. The floor area is detected automatically, even around furniture and plants. • Complete floor plans: Scan several rooms on a floor, and ALPHA combines them into one 3D floor plan with every room in the right place. • Organized by project: Structure each property into floors and rooms, with property type, address and the room type of each scan. • Outdoor area weighting: Choose how much each balcony or terrace counts toward the living area (e.g. 25% or 50%). • Photo documentation: Add photos to every scan so each room is documented visually. • Send with one tap: Transfer your finished project, with all scans, floor plans and photos, directly to ALPHA. • Scan anywhere: Projects are saved on your device, and you can send them whenever you're ready. Based on your scans, ALPHA creates professional documentation: Floor area calculations in accordance with WoFlV and DIN 277, sales-optimized floor plans, and additional building documents. Requirements An iPhone with a LiDAR sensor (iPhone 12 Pro or newer Pro models). Terms of Use: https://alpha-app.de/terms-of-use Privacy Policy: https://alpha-app.de/privacy-policy

About

Lidarmeter

Features
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Lidarmeter turns your iPhone or iPad into a floor plan tool. Walk through a home with the LiDAR scanner and get a measured floor plan, a 3D model and a PDF report in minutes. No LiDAR? Draw the plan by typing the lengths you measured, or trace over an architect's PDF or a photo of a paper plan. SCAN WITH LIDAR • Scan room after room in one go; rooms snap together on their own • A live radar shows where you are and which rooms are done • Walls, doors, windows and furniture are recognised as you scan • Floor area, ceiling height and room type update live DRAW AND EDIT, ON EVERY IPHONE AND IPAD • Draw a room as a rectangle, corner by corner or by typing wall lengths • Put a PDF or photo of a plan underneath, scale it with a length you know and trace over it • Move, rotate and reshape rooms, type exact wall lengths, add doors, windows and furniture • Floors: duplexes and multi-storey homes, lined up and stacked in 3D • Text notes and dimension lines on the plan 3D MODEL • A true-to-size 3D model built from your plan • Walk inside, look from above, choose floor materials and wall colours SITE MODE • Pin photos of cracks, damp or damage to the exact spot on the plan, with their height above the floor • Tags, voice notes turned into text on the device, and walkthrough recordings WALKTHROUGH TOUR • Record while you scan: the video plays next to the plan and a dot walks through the rooms • Tap the plan or a room to jump the video there • Share it as an MP4 with a moving map in the corner • Or send a link: it opens in any browser, in the viewer's language, no app needed SHARE • PDF report with a scaled plan, room schedule, room-by-room pages and photo findings • DXF for AutoCAD, ArchiCAD and Revit, plus SVG, USDZ, OBJ and CSV • With Pro, reports carry your company logo and contact details • Pro reports also open with a 3D cover and net and gross area, add a quantities page (flooring, paint, ceiling, skirting), number the walls, doors and windows, list the furniture, say which way each window faces and carry a QR code for the walkthrough tour PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account needed. Your scans, photos and plans stay on your device, and scanning, drawing and exporting work offline. Only a tour you share as a link goes to our server, for the time you choose. FREE AND PRO Lidarmeter is free to start: 2 new projects a month, scanning, drawing, plans, 3D and watermarked PDF and PNG exports. Lidarmeter Pro, monthly or yearly with a 1-week free trial, adds unlimited projects, watermark-free vector reports, your logo, room pages and the photo report, DXF and SVG, USDZ, OBJ and CSV, tour links for 7 or 30 days or until you remove them, and backup to your iCloud Drive. Scanning needs an iPhone Pro (iPhone 12 Pro or later) or an iPad Pro (2020 or later) with LiDAR. Drawing works on every iPhone and iPad with iOS 26 or iPadOS 26. Measurements may differ slightly from the actual building; check critical dimensions before construction. Terms of Use: https://lidarmeter.com/en/terms/ Privacy Policy: https://lidarmeter.com/en/privacy/

Screenshots

ALPHA Scan4 screens
Lidarmeter4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: ALPHA Scan at none against Lidarmeter's 2. ALPHA Scan also leads on iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). Lidarmeter's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 5 days). On price, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

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

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

Both are free to download. Lidarmeter sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. ALPHA Scan asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ALPHA Scan ships an update every 5 days, Lidarmeter every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences Ā· 3 level
ALPHA Scan versus Lidarmeter: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterALPHA ScanLidarmeter
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 5 daysEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS18.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size28 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLennard MederSerdar Keskin

In-app purchases

None

ALPHA Scan

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Lidarmeter

Subscriptions2
  • Lidarmeter Pro (Monthly)7 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • Lidarmeter Pro (Yearly)7 Days trial$79.991 Year

Questions

Is ALPHA Scan free?
ALPHA Scan is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Lidarmeter free?
Lidarmeter is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do ALPHA Scan or Lidarmeter have ads?
Neither ALPHA Scan nor Lidarmeter shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ALPHA Scan or Lidarmeter?
ALPHA Scan ships an update every 5 days, and Lidarmeter every 2 days. Most recently, ALPHA Scan was updated on October 31, 2026 and Lidarmeter on November 6, 2026.

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