Polycam Freemium

Polycam scans the real world into 3D with a phone. Use LiDAR on a Pro iPhone or plain photos on any device, and it produces a mesh, a room floor plan or a Gaussian splat you can export and use elsewhere. There is a free tier with export limits.

What is Polycam?

Polycam is a 3D capture app from Polycam Inc., built for architects, real-estate agents, product designers and hobbyists. It runs on iOS and Android and leans on the LiDAR sensor where available for fast room-scale scans. Photo mode works without LiDAR but needs more shots and more patience. The web dashboard stores and processes your scans in the cloud.

Product Features

• LiDAR room scans — capture a space in minutes on iPhone Pro and iPad Pro.
• Photo-to-3D — photogrammetry from a set of images on any supported phone.
• Gaussian splatting — photoreal capture type for scenes and objects.
• Floor plans — measured 2D plans generated from a room scan.
• Export formats — OBJ, FBX, GLTF, USDZ and point clouds, some gated to Pro.

Product Highlights

• Genuinely useful output from a device already in your pocket.
• Room plans and meshes save hours of manual measurement.
• Free tier; Pro runs around $12/month or $90/year.

What is Polycam best used for?

• Capturing existing rooms for renovation planning.
• Scanning props and products for 3D reference.
• Real-estate walkthroughs and floor plans.
• Site documentation for architecture and construction.
• Creating assets for game or AR scenes.

What it will not do: reflected glass, shiny metal and moving subjects scan badly, and fine detail usually needs cleanup in Blender or similar. Free-tier exports are watermarked or limited in some formats, so commercial work means paying. Large exterior scans eat storage fast.

Quick Summary

• Polycam turns phone scans into 3D meshes, plans and splats.
• LiDAR gives the fastest room captures on iPhone Pro.
• Exports include OBJ, FBX, GLTF and USDZ.
• Best for interiors, props and site documentation.
• Free tier exists; Pro costs about $12/month.