Spherualizer vs Drone360
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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)
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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.
Drone360
This app allows drone pilots to view, edit, and share 360-degree photos. It preserves essential metadata for interactive uploads to social media and offers a range of editing tools and filters specifically for aerial photography. The app works offline and supports various drone brands.
- Interactive 360 panorama viewer
- Metadata preservation for social media uploads
- Aerial photography filters and manual adjustments
- Import from camera roll, Files, or SD card
- Custom text watermarking
- Full resolution export (JPEG/TIFF)
- Optional GPS/EXIF data stripping
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Drone360 is a drone photo editor and interactive 360 panorama viewer built for drone photographers. Sharing a 360 panorama through apps that remove its panorama metadata can leave it appearing as a flat image. Drone360 adds Facebook-compatible GPano metadata when sharing supported 360 JPEGs, helping Facebook recognise them as interactive panoramas. Import photos from your camera roll or the Files app, including images transferred from SD cards and DJI folders. Drone360 automatically identifies images with a compatible 2:1 panorama layout and lets you explore them using drag-to-look controls. Edit standard drone photos and 360 panoramas with aerial photography filters and manual adjustments. Fine-tune filter strength, hold to compare your edits with the original, and save your favourite settings as personal presets. WHAT’S INSIDE • Interactive 360 panorama viewer with drag-to-look controls • Editor for standard drone photos and compatible 360 panoramas • Facebook-compatible GPano metadata added when sharing supported 360 JPEGs • Import from your camera roll or Files app, including files on connected storage supported by your device • Free to import, view, edit and save edited copies inside Drone360 • One-time unlock to export and share your photos • 14 built-in filter options: Normal, Golden Hour, Haze Cut, Vivid Sky, Cinematic, Arctic, Dusk, Mono, Coastal, Soft Dawn, Overcast, Urban, Autumn and Clean Mono • Adjustable filter strength • Press-and-hold before-and-after comparison • Save, reuse and delete personal filter presets • Undo and redo filter and adjustment changes • Manual controls for brightness, contrast, saturation, warmth, highlights, shadows, sharpness and fade • Vignette for standard photos only, excluded from 360 exports • Custom text watermarks with adjustable size and opacity, six positions, four font styles and six colours • Save edits as separate JPEG copies while keeping your originals • Share standard photos to Instagram, Facebook, Messages and other supported apps • Share compatible 360 panoramas to Facebook with GPano metadata for interactive viewing • Supports compatible photos and completed 2:1 spherical panoramas from DJI and other drone brands • On-device photo editing and viewing, available offline ABOUT 360 SHARING Interactive 360 viewing is available only in apps that support it. Instagram does not support interactive 360 photos: panoramas shared to Instagram appear as flat images and may require cropping. Facebook’s recognition and display of 360 photos depend on its current support and processing. Drone360 prepares supported panoramas with the required metadata but cannot control how another app displays them. Drone360 works with completed panoramas; it does not stitch separate images together. Internet access is required for purchases, purchase verification and online sharing. Drone360 is built by the team behind Drone Companion. We fly. We edit. We built the app we wished existed.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Drone360 at Free against Spherualizer's $9.99. Spherualizer's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and device support (4 vs 2). On update cadence, ads and iOS requirement 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
Drone360 is free to download; Spherualizer costs $9.99 up front. Drone360 sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Spherualizer asks for nothing beyond the download.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Spherualizer | Drone360 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $9.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.7 (100 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 68.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 100 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 10 MB | 42 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Giovanni Murru | DRONE COMPANION LTD |
In-app purchases
Spherualizer
No in-app purchases
Drone360
- Drone360 Full Unlock$4.99
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