Dot3D vs Qlone

Dot3D is professional 3D capture and scanning software for digitizing complex environments on mobile devices. It supports large indoor and outdoor scene scans, loop closure, appending scenes, and annotations during capture. Scan refinement options include coded targets, survey control coordinates, distance constraints, wall-to-wall measurements, and planarity constraints. Dot3D Edit offers editing and processing without scanning, including cropping, measurement, annotation, and export. Supported platforms are iOS, Android, and Windows. Capture inputs include iPhone Pro and Pro Max models from 12 onward, iPad Pro from 2020 onward, Orbbec Gemini 336L, listed Intel RealSense cameras, DPI-10, and DPI-X. Prime supports Orbbec and RealSense depth cameras on Windows and Android; its real-time RTK/GNSS feature requires iOS. Exports include DP, E57, LAS, LAZ, PTS, PTX, PLY, PTG, RCS, and POD, with RCS and POD limited to Windows. The maker says captured data stays on the local device unless explicitly sent to DotProduct. The seven-day all-access trial reverts to Free mode without automatic charge, but Free mode has no exports. Dot3D is based in Norwood, Massachusetts, USA.

Qlone is a 3D scanner app for creating, editing and exporting models from real objects, available on iOS and macOS. Scanning can use a printable Qlone mat or mat-free AR and Photo modes; Photo mode supports 4K images. Editing tools can fill mesh holes, blur texture imperfections, simplify meshes, smooth or erase sections, and sculpt models. Export formats include OBJ, STL, FBX, GLB, PLY and X3D, with USDZ listed for iOS. The app also supports direct uploads to Sketchfab, i.materialise, Shapeways, Snapchat Lens Studio and CGTrader. Models can be shared as MP4 or GIF videos through iMessage, WhatsApp and other social platforms. The maker says mat-free scans are processed through Qlone Cloud and that it does not store or view users’ models; scans made with the mat are processed on the phone in real time. LiDAR is not required. The app is free to download, but premium export, animated AR view and 4K scanning require an upgrade. Premium Features costs 19.99 USD one-time and includes 50 cloud credits for mat-free scans.