Comparison

Spherualizer vs Alpha HDR Video

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

Head to head
About

Spherualizer

Edit and share immersive 360° photos and videos. This app allows you to view, capture, and reframe spherical media from various cameras and devices. Create dynamic stories and animations with advanced editing tools.

Highlights
  • 360° spherical viewer with gyro and touch controls
  • Capture snapshots and full-frame video clips
  • Record video in infinite or timed modes
  • Gyro stabiliser for smooth video recording
  • Organise media into albums
  • Advanced spherical editor for framing and animations
  • Cross-device compatibility (iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV)
Features
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Transform any 360° photo or video into a story you can play, edit, and share. Spherualizer natively opens 2 : 1 equirectangular files from any 360 camera—including GoPro, Insta360, DJI, Ricoh Theta, and beyond—and panoramas stitched from multiple DSLR shots or even iPhone panos for a creative twist. Create on iPhone, iPad, or Mac, and enjoy your full 360 library on Apple TV. Spherualizer is the viewer‑editor that makes spherical moments shine on every screen. 360 SPHERICAL VIEWER - Gyroscope and touch — tilt, rotate, or swipe to look around any spherical photo or video - Gamepad support — move smoothly with PlayStation or Xbox controllers, or use the on‑screen joystick - Full‑screen — view your 360 photos and videos in full‑screen INFO SHEET - View details such as resolution, frame rate, codec, and more - Photos also show EXIF data CAPTURE AND REFRAME - Quick snapshots — tap the shutter button to capture a frame from any angle - Full‑frame save — pause a 360 video and archive the complete spherical frame in the Gallery VIDEO RECORDING TOOLS - Press and hold the shutter button to enter recording mode from the spherical viewer - Pick your favourite mode: - Infinite — record for as long as you like; the video loops, so you can film the same moment from different angles in one take - Timed — choose 5, 10, 15, 30, 45, or 60 seconds - You can also select a segment of the video to record - Gyro stabiliser — three levels to balance smoothness and responsiveness while you move ORGANISE YOUR LIBRARY - Photos live in the Gallery and can be organised into albums - Videos stay on a separate tab SMART ICLOUD SYNC - Optimise storage by keeping originals only in iCloud, or download photos at full resolution and keep them on‑device at all times - Videos are always on‑device and are never synced — saving your iCloud space SIMPLE IMPORT - Open media without adding it to the Library - Import to the Library from the Photos or Files apps, even from a NAS or external drives - Drag and drop files into the Library to import, or drop a file into the spherical viewer to open it SPHERUALIZE ACTION - Thanks to the Spherualize action in the Activity View — often called the share sheet — you can preview 360 media from apps like Photos and Files REVIEW AND SHARE YOUR CREATIONS - Every snapshot, clip, or animation opens in a preview screen where you can share it or saved it to Photos ADVANCED SPHERICAL EDITOR - Start editing from the spherical viewer or the last saved draft - Precision sliders — rotate, zoom, move, and tilt for perfect framing, Tiny Planet, rabbit‑hole, or any perspective - One‑tap animations — transform 360 photos into video animations ACROSS YOUR APPLE DEVICES - Native everywhere — optimised for iPhone, iPad (compatible with Split View), Mac (Apple Silicon), and Apple TV - Big‑screen immersion — play photos and videos on Apple TV by sending them from the iPhone app LIVE IN VR - Ready for Meta Quest — a free companion app syncs your Spherualizer Gallery photos with Quest for head‑tracked viewing - Search for "Spherualizer" in the Meta Store TRANSFORM YOUR 360 MOMENTS. Download Spherualizer today and start telling 360‑degree stories.

About

Alpha HDR Video

Apply real-time HDR effects to live video for enhanced detail and unique visual styles. Explore the world through a new HDR perspective and capture expressive footage with adjustable parameters for noise reduction or increased image clarity.

Highlights
  • Real-time HDR effect application
  • Live video recording with effects
  • Adjustable effect parameters
  • Increase image details
  • Noise reduction
  • Unique HDR visual perspective
Features
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This amazing app lets in real time to apply a pseudo HDR effect on life video. You can look at the around world through HDR view and record amazing expressively video with incredible effects. You can adjust different parameters of effects. Particularly you can dramatically increase image details. Or opposite, decrease details and to have a swell noise reduction on your video. The world is beautiful and wonderful if look at this through an HDR camera view. Let’s imagine what if our eyes could see reality in HD range? How everyday life was looked then? New HDR vision could give unique opportunities to explore how familiar things may look in HDR dimension. Have you seen how to look a burning fire in HDR? Or how indeed looks clouds in the sky? Now you can see it all. The AlphaPlugins HDR video app allows open around world again and from a new side of view. It sounds as a fantastic but yes, it is a true. Now you have a unique possibility to see surrounding reality in HDR mode. The new AlphaPlugins app lets in real time to look at the real world through an HDR cam. Even not only just look but and record a life video. And of course, any video is beautiful if this an HRD video.

Screenshots

Spherualizer4 screens
Alpha HDR Video4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Spherualizer at 69% against Alpha HDR Video's 0%. Spherualizer also leads on rating (4.7 vs 3.7) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). Alpha HDR Video's advantage is price ($1.99 vs $9.99) and iOS requirement (11.4 vs 15.6). On ads and device support 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

Spherualizer costs $9.99 and Alpha HDR Video $1.99 up front. Alpha HDR Video sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Spherualizer asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Spherualizer holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Spherualizer has 100 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 69% of Spherualizer's written reviews are positive against 0% of Alpha HDR Video's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Spherualizer ships an update monthly, Alpha HDR Video every 19 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Spherualizer versus Alpha HDR Video: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSpherualizerAlpha HDR Video
Price$9.99$1.99 — better
Rating4.7 (100 ratings) — better3.7 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews68.9% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings100 — better3
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 19 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.611.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB4 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperGiovanni MurruMaxim Chernousov

Customer experience

Spherualizer

All ratings100 ratings
Positive92.0%
Neutral1.0%
Negative7.0%
Written reviews45 reviews
Positive68.9%
Neutral4.4%
Negative26.7%

Alpha HDR Video

All ratings3 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

None

Spherualizer

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Alpha HDR Video

One-time1
  • HDR Video Recording$1.99

Questions

Is Spherualizer free?
Spherualizer costs $9.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Alpha HDR Video free?
Alpha HDR Video costs $1.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Spherualizer or Alpha HDR Video?
Spherualizer is rated higher. Spherualizer averages 4.7 out of 5 from 100 ratings, while Alpha HDR Video averages 3.7 from 3 ratings.
Do Spherualizer or Alpha HDR Video have ads?
Neither Spherualizer nor Alpha HDR Video shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Spherualizer or Alpha HDR Video?
Spherualizer ships an update monthly, and Alpha HDR Video every 19 months. Most recently, Spherualizer was updated on November 1, 2026 and Alpha HDR Video on October 29, 2026.

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