Comparison

SilverFast JobMonitor vs Pano Owl

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

Head to head
About

SilverFast JobMonitor

Monitor the progress of your scanning and image processing jobs remotely on your iOS device. View previews and progress bars for each item in your queue, or receive push notifications when jobs are complete. Requires SilverFast 8 software and a Wi-Fi connection.

Highlights
  • Remote job progress monitoring
  • Preview images for each job
  • Progress bar display
  • Push notifications for job completion
  • Wi-Fi connectivity
  • Monitor on iPhone, iPad, iPod
Features
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This App is an iOS monitor for keeping track of scanning and image processing jobs performed by main application SilverFast 8. SilverFast 8 SilverFast is a professional, yet intuitive scanner and digital imaging software. SilverFast is your first choice for digitizing and archiving photos, slides and negative film using your PC. JobMonitor App For scanning or processing large image files in SilverFast 8, the new JobMonitor App will comfortably display the progress of these scans or image optimization jobs on your iPhone, iPad or iPod using a Wi-Fi connection. You will find a preview image and a progress bar for every single image item enlisted on your current job queue. If a Wi-Fi connection is not available, a Push Notification will notify you once your scanner has finished its current job. Additional Requirements - SilverFast Ai Studio or HDR Studio (8.8.0r11 or later) installed on your computer. The JobMonitor functionality has to be activated from the main application's Service Dialog (accessible from SilverFast's Welcome Screen). - Wi-Fi connection between computer system and iOS device. - For monitoring scan jobs: a supported scanner.

About

Pano Owl

Capture, stitch, and view high-resolution panoramas with advanced features like AR guidance and HDR bracketing. This app creates seamless, gigapixel-quality images and offers immersive 360° viewing. It also supports automated stitching via Shortcuts and video-to-panorama conversion.

Highlights
  • AR-guided panorama capture
  • ProRAW and HDR bracketing support
  • Gigapixel-class stitching engine
  • Immersive 360° viewer
  • Automated stitching with Shortcuts
  • Video to panorama conversion
  • Auto-cropping and distortion correction
Features
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Pano Owl is the one-stop shop for panoramas — capture, stitch, correct, and view in immersive 360°. Rebuilt from the ground up on a modern Metal pipeline, it reliably combines any number of photos into a single seamless panorama while preserving the quality of your originals. PRO-GRADE CAPTURE • AR-guided capture anchors a target grid in space around you — pan to each dot and the frame fires automatically when you're locked on. • Shoot at the full 48 MP of your camera, or pick 24 / 12 MP. Apple ProRAW (DNG) capture keeps true sensor data for every frame. • HDR bracketing captures 3 exposures per frame; the stitcher blends every exposure layer into one 16-bit panorama. • A live hold-still meter shows your movement during each shot — and discards the frame if you drift, so soft frames never sneak in. • Pivot in place for spherical panoramas, or slide along a wall, floor, or ceiling for flat planar mosaics — all six directions. • Rig Guide mode for camera rigs: the phone rides your DSLR or mirrorless and draws a grid sized to YOUR lens and sensor while you fire the real camera. • Choose any lens — including telephoto — to capture super-fine detail. On-device blur detection re-shoots soft frames on the spot. RELIABLE STITCHING • Planar, cylindrical, and true 360° spherical (equirectangular) projections. • Partial panoramas and full 360 — stitch whatever arc you shoot. • Gigapixel-class results: the streaming engine composes and exports panoramas far larger than device memory, with no resolution cap. • HDR exposure fusion, deghosting for moving subjects, and per-frame exposure matching for seamless blends. • Detect and stitch multiple separate panoramas from one mixed set of photos. VIEW & SHARE • Immersive in-app 360 viewer — look around by dragging or moving your device. Partial panoramas occupy exactly their slice of the sphere. • Open any panorama from your photo library to view in 360. • visionOS-ready exports: the complete 360 metadata set (GPano projection, dimensions, and pose) is embedded losslessly with EXIF and GPS intact — Photos, web viewers, and Apple Vision Pro panorama environments recognize every export as a 360. AUTOMATE WITH SHORTCUTS • Stitch panoramas straight from the Shortcuts app: photos in, finished panorama file out — with projection, export preset, ghost reduction, and auto-crop options, and live progress while it runs. • Script your defaults with Get/Set Setting and discover output options with Get Export Presets. PERFECT IT • One-tap auto-crop finds the largest clean rectangle — no black edges, ever. • Straighten the horizon, drag the corners to correct distortion, and fine-tune the crop. • Turn a video into a panorama — Pano Owl extracts the cleanest frames for you. Whether you're capturing a sweeping landscape, a full 360 of a room, or a gigapixel cityscape, Pano Owl makes it effortless.

Screenshots

SilverFast JobMonitor4 screens
Pano Owl4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: SilverFast JobMonitor at Free against Pano Owl's $9.99. SilverFast JobMonitor also leads on iOS requirement (10.0 vs 26.0). Pano Owl's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 3.0) and update cadence (weekly vs every 30 months). On ratings volume, ads, in-app purchases 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

SilverFast JobMonitor is free to download; Pano Owl costs $9.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Pano Owl holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 2 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 17% of SilverFast JobMonitor's written reviews are positive against 33% of Pano Owl's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SilverFast JobMonitor ships an update every 30 months, Pano Owl weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
SilverFast JobMonitor versus Pano Owl: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSilverFast JobMonitorPano Owl
PriceFree — better$9.99
Rating3.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews16.7% of reviews33.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings22
Update frequencyEvery 30 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS10.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size14 MB14 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLaserSoft Imaging AGBlaine Miller

Customer experience

SilverFast JobMonitor

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive16.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative83.3%

Pano Owl

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%

In-app purchases

None

SilverFast JobMonitor

No in-app purchases

None

Pano Owl

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is SilverFast JobMonitor free?
SilverFast JobMonitor is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Pano Owl free?
Pano Owl costs $9.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, SilverFast JobMonitor or Pano Owl?
Pano Owl is rated higher. SilverFast JobMonitor averages 3.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Pano Owl averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do SilverFast JobMonitor or Pano Owl have ads?
Neither SilverFast JobMonitor nor Pano Owl shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SilverFast JobMonitor or Pano Owl?
SilverFast JobMonitor ships an update every 30 months, and Pano Owl weekly. Most recently, SilverFast JobMonitor was updated on November 5, 2026 and Pano Owl on November 7, 2026.

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