PlaceAnew vs Polycam: a home tool or a scan-anything tool

PlaceAnew vs Polycam at a glance

Polycam facts from its pricing page, floor plan page, help center and App Store listing, checked November 8, 2026.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]} PlaceAnew facts from its features page and Terms of Use.

	PlaceAnew	Polycam
Built for	Homes: measure them, then design what comes next	Capturing anything in 3D, and the job documents that come from it
Free	Scanning, plans, 3D, editing, the kitchen designer and all exports	Limited captures, GLTF export only
2D floor plans	Free	Business plan: $400 a year per user on the web, $549.99 a year in the app
Floor plan exports	PDF report, SVG, DXF	PDF, DXF, PNG, SVG, CSV on Business and up
One scan gives	Plan with every room named and measured, 3D with furniture, Walk replay of the scan video	3D LiDAR mesh, 3D floor plan model and 2D plan with measurements
Kitchen design on the scan	Yes: cabinets, counters and appliances with prices, on the real walls	Not listed on the pages we checked
Meshes, point clouds, splats	USDZ model only	Mesh formats on Basic; point clouds on Business; photo, 360 and splat modes
Where floor plans are made	On the phone	On the phone (photo, 360 and splat modes upload to Polycam's servers)
Devices	iPhone or iPad Pro with LiDAR	LiDAR iPhone or iPad Pro for floor plans; Android for objects; web
On the App Store	Not yet: early access on TestFlight	Yes, 4.6 stars from 44K ratings

Is Polycam free for floor plans?

Not for the files. Polycam's free plan has limited captures and exports GLTF only.^[3] Its floor plan page says 2D and 3D floor plans are included in Business and Enterprise, exported as PDF, DXF, PNG or SVG.^[2]

• Basic: $150 a year or $30 a month: unlimited space captures and mesh exports, no floor plans.^[1]
• Business: $400 a year per user on the web, billed yearly, with 2D and 3D floor plans and point clouds.^[1] In the app, Business Yearly is $549.99.^[7]
• Enterprise: $1,200 a year per user, three users minimum.^[1]

Is PlaceAnew free for floor plans?

Yes. Scanning, floor plans, 3D, editing, the kitchen designer with prices and exports are free. That includes the DXF for CAD. The optional Pro ($19.99 a month or $199.99 a year) only adds more AI plan fixes and AI kitchen pictures, which are still in testing. Files shared from a free account carry a small "Made with PlaceAnew" line.

Where Polycam is stronger

• It scans more than rooms. Objects, photogrammetry, 360 captures and Gaussian splats, with mesh exports from Basic and point clouds (LAS, PLY, PTS, XYZ) on Business.^[3][5]
• More platforms. Android (Object Mode) and a web app as well as iPhone and iPad.^[6]
• Job documents. Polycam pitches one scan becoming floor plans, as-builts, estimates, roof reports and claims files.^[7]
• A published accuracy claim. Polycam says its plans measure within about 0.5 in on standard interiors, and that complex spaces widen that.^[2] That is Polycam's own figure, not an independent test.
• Track record. 4.6 stars from 44K App Store ratings.^[7]

Where PlaceAnew wins

• The floor plan costs nothing. On Polycam the 2D plan and its DXF come with a $400-a-year-per-user plan.^[1] On PlaceAnew they are free.
• Rooms, not just geometry. Every room is named and measured in square feet, doors and windows sit in the walls, and anything PlaceAnew could not see is drawn dashed or marked "estimate".
• The next step is in the same app. The kitchen designer opens on your scanned kitchen with its real walls, doors and windows, and prices the cabinets.
• A 3D home you can walk. Furniture in the model, and Walk replays your scan video lined up with the plan.

Privacy is a tie for floor plans: Polycam also makes LiDAR floor plans on the phone with no cloud upload.^[2]

Which one should you pick?

• Objects, products, statues, drone or 360 captures, point clouds: Polycam.
• A team that wants one tool for every kind of capture, on iPhone, Android and the web: Polycam Business.
• Floor plans of homes, a 3D model with furniture and a kitchen layout, without a yearly fee: PlaceAnew.

Questions people ask

Can Polycam make a floor plan on the free plan?

Polycam's Space Mode makes a 3D mesh, a 3D floor plan model and a 2D floor plan in one LiDAR scan.^[4] But its pricing page lists 2D and 3D floor plans under Business, and the free plan exports GLTF only.^[1][3]

Do both need a LiDAR iPhone?

For floor plans, yes. Polycam says only LiDAR devices produce 2D floor plans.^[6] PlaceAnew needs iPhone 12 Pro or a newer Pro model, or an iPad Pro from 2020 or later.

Which one exports point clouds?

Polycam, on Business and Enterprise.^[3] PlaceAnew exports PDF report, SVG drawing, DXF for CAD and USDZ 3D model, not point clouds.

Is PlaceAnew on the App Store?

Not yet. It is in early access through TestFlight; ask to join on the download page.