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RealityScan vs Meshroom: catalog facts
RealityScanMeshroom

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

Best for: Arrange image and 3D processing tasks as connected nodes

Free + paid options

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

Free

The open-source software is available without a license fee. Hosting, hardware and external services are separate.

Windows, Android, iOS Windows, Linux
  • Handles both photos and laser scan data
  • GPU-accelerated reconstruction, including AMD GPUs
All 4 strengths for RealityScan
  • 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
  • Caches intermediate results so changes rerun only affected steps.
  • Desktop version is for Windows
  • Old RealityCapture pay-per-input licences needed migrating after the legacy server closed
  • Processing capabilities depend on the installed plugins and their requirements.
Downloadable app Downloadable app
Not open source Open source
License not stated License: MPL-2.0
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 for RealityScan

Catalog checked September 23, 2026

Sources for Meshroom

Catalog checked September 22, 2026

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