Comparison

Matterport vs Modelar

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

Head to head
About

Matterport

Create immersive 3D digital twins of any space using a smartphone, tablet, or 360 camera. Enhance listings, document projects, manage facilities, and showcase businesses with interactive virtual tours and detailed floor plans. Share and embed your creations easily.

Highlights
  • Effortless 3D Capture
  • Interactive Virtual Tours
  • Automated Measurements & Labels
  • Easy Customization
  • Instant Collaboration
  • Publish and Embed
  • Floor Plans & Marketing Media
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Matterport: The Standard for 3D Space Capture Transform any space into an interactive, immersive and intelligent 3D digital twin–accessible anywhere. Whether you’re marketing real estate, documenting projects, managing facilities, or showcasing your business, Matterport makes capturing and sharing digital spaces easy. Designed for Any Space, Anywhere • Real Estate: Enhance your listings with interactive 3D virtual tours and floor plans that give potential buyers and renters the ability to view your properties from anywhere. • Design & Construction: Capture detailed, accurate site conditions to collaborate with your team and execute projects seamlessly. • Facilities Management: Simplify space planning, maintenance, and operations with up-to-date digital twins of your properties. • Retail & Entertainment: Create engaging virtual experiences for everything from retail stores and shopping malls to museums and event spaces. • Insurance & Restoration: Speed up claims processing and restoration efforts with accurate, high-resolution 3D scans of damaged properties. • Travel & Hospitality: Promote hotels, vacation rentals, and event venues with interactive 3D walkthroughs to attract more guests. • Education: Showcase campuses, classrooms, and learning facilities with immersive digital tours for prospective students and staff. • Homeowners: Digitally document your home and belongings for insurance, remodeling, or personal records. Powerful and Easy-to-Use Features • Effortless 3D Capture: Quickly capture any space using a smartphone, tablet, 360 camera, 360 imagery or Matterport Pro Series cameras. • Interactive Virtual Tours: Build engaging 3D tours for storytelling with collaboration features like tags, notes, and guided navigation. • Automated Measurements & Labels: Use AI Property Intelligence to get accurate room names and dimensions, instantly generated within your 3D models for precise planning. • Easy Customization: Enhance your 3D virtual tours by adding annotations, including labels and multimedia tags. Seamlessly Share and Publish • Instant Collaboration: Share links with clients, teammates, or stakeholders for easy access to your digital twins. • Publish and Embed: Publish directly to Google Street View, real estate MLS—or embed your tours in websites and presentations. File Export and Media • Floor Plans: Get affordable professional-grade schematic floor plans, simply and easily with just the push of a button. • All-In-One Marketing Media Assets: Transform a single Matterport digital twin into immersive 3D experiences, high-quality 2D photography, detailed floor plans, and more. • File Export: Export your digital twins in E57, OBJ, XYZ, and industry-standard formats such as RVT and DWG for use with BIM and CAD applications. Generate ready-to-use Xactimate®-compatible sketches, simplifying insurance claims and restoration planning Extensive Camera Compatibility • Matterport’s advanced Lidar Pro3 3D camera • Matterport’s industry-favorite Pro2 3D camera • Popular 360 cameras from Insta360 and Ricoh, see details at https://support.matterport.com/s/article/Supported-360-Spherical-Cameras? • Smart Phones, see details at https://matterport.com/compatible-mobile-devices. Get Started for Free Join millions of users who trust Matterport to bring their spaces to life in immersive 3D. Download the free app and create your first Matterport today!

About

Modelar

This app utilizes LiDAR technology to rapidly capture real-world environments in 3D, generating detailed models and point clouds. It offers augmented reality previews for precise scanning and allows for immediate viewing, high-resolution texturing, sharing, and measurement of captured data.

Highlights
  • Real-time 3D scanning with LiDAR
  • Generate 3D models and point clouds
  • Augmented reality visualization
  • High-resolution textured model creation
  • Share and measure scans
  • Multiple export formats (OBJ, STL, USDZ, PLY, E57, CSV)
Features
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Modelar helps you scan, review, measure, and export real-world spaces with LiDAR. Capture 3D scans of sites, rooms, objects, and assets using point clouds, textured 3D models, images, and high-resolution position-linked snapshots. See what you’ve captured while you scan, review results directly on device, measure before leaving the site, and export useful 3D data in open formats. Modelar is built for field documentation, inspection, site capture, and spatial data collection. Key features: • Capture LiDAR scans with point clouds and textured 3D models • Take 4K snapshots linked to capture position • Browse the full image set directly on device • View point clouds and textured models after capture • Measure distances before leaving the site • Export models and point clouds in common formats Modelar requires an iPhone Pro with LiDAR or iPad Pro with LiDAR. Mesh exports: GLB, USDZ, OBJ, STL, PLY, Sketchfab Point cloud exports: E57, LAS, PLY, CSV, Sketchfab Scan export: Modelar archive, COLMAP project https://modelar.ai

Screenshots

Matterport4 screens
Modelar4 screens

Verdict

The call

Matterport and Modelar both sit at 4.7 stars, but that hides the real split: 94% of Modelar's written reviews are positive against 26% of Matterport's. Modelar also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and update cadence (every 8 days vs monthly). Matterport's advantage is ratings volume (4.2K vs 115). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Matterport against 4.7 for Modelar. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Matterport has 4.2K ratings behind it against 115, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 26% of Matterport's written reviews are positive against 94% of Modelar's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Matterport ships an update monthly, Modelar every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Matterport versus Modelar: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMatterportModelar
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (4.2K ratings) — better4.7 (115 ratings)
Positive reviews25.5% of reviews93.5% of reviews — better
Number of ratings4.2K — better115
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 8 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.0 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size827 MB31 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMatterport IncModelar Technologies

Customer experience

Matterport

All ratings4,168 ratings
Positive94.2%
Neutral2.5%
Negative3.3%
Written reviews239 reviews
Positive25.5%
Neutral10.0%
Negative64.4%

Modelar

All ratings115 ratings
Positive91.3%
Neutral3.5%
Negative5.2%
Written reviews31 reviews
Positive93.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative6.5%

Bugs and requests

Matterport

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Inability to sign in or create an account
  • Compatibility issues with newer devices
  • Inconsistent scan quality and stitching
  • Frequent app crashes during captures
  • Delayed or failed uploads to Matterport cloud

Requested features

5 requests
  • Ability to manually realign scans
  • Offline viewing and editing capabilities
  • Integration with more 360 camera models
  • Enhanced analytics and tracking features
  • Improved floor plan generation accuracy

Modelar

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Matterport

No in-app purchases

None

Modelar

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Matterport free?
Matterport is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Modelar free?
Modelar is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Matterport or Modelar?
Matterport is rated higher. Matterport averages 4.7 out of 5 from 4.2K ratings, while Modelar averages 4.7 from 115 ratings.
Do Matterport or Modelar have ads?
Neither Matterport nor Modelar shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Matterport or Modelar?
Matterport ships an update monthly, and Modelar every 8 days. Most recently, Matterport was updated on October 26, 2026 and Modelar on October 25, 2026.

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