Kiri Engine VS Polycam: Which one is better?

A comparison between two of the most well known photogrammetry apps in the mobile space. Polycam and Kiri! Who's going to win?

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Host & Creator: Dimitris Katsafouros

[xingyechrishu]

Hi, Dev from KIRI Engine here, first of all, thank you for bringing a good comparison video between KIRI and Polycom. We didn't use Apple algorithm and you said it right (except for object capture in LiDAR mode). And I truly realize the texture resolution is a big issue right now. And we will enhance this part in future updates. And about the volume thing, I saw another comment that says the truth, we developed that for side button capture. And that was the request from our valuable users. Again, very nice review and we definitely learned a lot from it. And if you have any other suggestions, feel free to contact us, and we would like to enhance them as well! Appreciate!🥰

[Onkfrog]

Very helpful, thank you. I tried Polycam for a while, but for my use case, it's just too expensive, and I also don’t like the limited payment options. Kiri also does a very good job, costs a third of polycams price, and offers PayPal, which I prefer.

[reasonsreasonably]

3DGS is developing very fast. Don't sleep on it. It might not be what you need now, but in the next few years it will be mature.

[MarkusLanxinger]

Nice review. You mention there is no reason for a scanning app to take over the audio, however we also do that in our app to use the volume keys as shutter control which is very convenient plus it connects to third party grips that also use this method to trigger the shutter via the Bluetooth button they use. This only happens when in the manual capture mode though and not throughout the whole app

[Boschmacases]

I try Polycam and Kiri for our business, and I must say that I get much better results with Kiri than with Polycam.

[deborahd.]

If scanning outdoors is there a general rule as to whether direct sunlight with sharp shadows is better or worse than a soft overcast light with soft shadows?

[buroachenbach]

Hi, I understand that you left out the GS scanning but KIRI also has a featureless scanning option, which is somewhere between Photogrammetrie and NERF. I think it does work quite well on objects that would be difficult to scan with Photogrammetrie only. Also, KIRI engine has an option for a pro user to export his model in quads with a re-baked texture granted it’s lowres and of course you could do the conversion to quads yourself, but it’s still very convenient for a mobile app to have that option if you need assets fast and don’t have time to work on them. so KIRI is far from perfect but they do have a lot of good ideas and they are trying to push the boundaries of regular Photogrammetrie.

[FrakyFrapz]

what about polycam vs realityscan app from epic?

[freddiemercury]

Hey Dimitris, great video! I’d love to see a comparison of the Gaussian Splatting features in Polycam, Kiri Engine, and Luma AI. Gaussian Splatting offers incredible detail, which is crucial for my applications, and I’m less interested in meshes. It would also be fantastic if you could highlight the differences between the app and web versions, especially since Luma AI allows video uploads in the app, whereas Polycam only supports this in the web version. Thanks in advance!

[robtaylor]

I have issue with Kiri not scaling things properly is there way to fix this. Since the 3D models are imported really small.

[mokanin]

Is room/floor capture option only available on Polycam?

[howbeautifulisourlife]

Hi! Can you tell how you transformed those scans into pc?