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RealityScanCOLMAP

Best for: Turning photos of real objects and places into 3D models

Best for: Photogrammetry pipeline that turns a set of photographs into camera poses and a dense 3D model

Free + paid options

The mobile app is free; desktop licensing terms are listed on the site.

 Free

The software is free under its open-source licence. Hosting, hardware and external services are separate.

Windows, Android, iOS Windows, macOS, Linux
  • Handles both photos and laser scan data
  • GPU-accelerated reconstruction, including AMD GPUs
All 4 strengths
  • Handles both photos and laser scan data
  • GPU-accelerated reconstruction, including AMD GPUs
  • Free mobile app for capture on a phone
  • Sample datasets and tutorials
  • It covers the whole structure-from-motion and multi-view stereo path in one program, with both a graphical interface…
Full strengths
  • It covers the whole structure-from-motion and multi-view stereo path in one program, with both a graphical interface and command-line tools, and it works on ordered and unordered image collections.
  • Desktop version is for Windows
  • Old RealityCapture pay-per-input licences needed migrating after the legacy server closed
  • Reconstruction is slow and wants a capable GPU, and the quality of the result depends heavily on how…
Full limitations
  • Reconstruction is slow and wants a capable GPU, and the quality of the result depends heavily on how carefully the source photographs were shot.
Downloadable app Downloadable app
Not open source Open source
License not stated License: BSD-3-Clause
Not stated if an account is needed Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline Not stated if it works offline
Sources

Catalog checked September 23, 2026
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Catalog checked September 22, 2026

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