HDReye

If you are looking for an easy way to capture photo spheres, it's perfect! But if you are looking for a cheap way to capture photo spheres, then there are so many other ways to do this, and this is expensive. $3 for a photo sphere and $7 for unlimited? You can take the individual photos yourself, and then on a PC, you can download any free software (there is plenty of them all over the place) for photo sphere stitching. Also, you get much more flexibility and more natural exposure out of those stitched photo spheres. But still, not horrible, so I will give you 2 stars instead of one 🙂 Update: Improved review by 1 star because developer responded with a relevant reply 👍 (unless it was an LLM response)

This app is fun to use and play with but not useful for much else. It is essentially a toy to experiment with. The HDRI’s it produces are not really High Dynamic range and require you to adjust them in an image editing software such as photoshop. Since the stitching is never perfect you cannot use them for accurate lighting but reflections are ok. The resolution is also not even close to being high enough. This app should be free and locally processed and stored and not $6.99 as there is no way you can use these in any sort of professional workflow. Our phones are powerful enough to stitch and combine so this is a cash grab that gives you nothing of value. You are better off just getting a cheap 360 camera as it’s much easier and quicker, you will have more fun and your output will actually be usable in some cases. Hope this helps others.

I’ve been waiting for an iPhone app to take HDRI photos forever. So glad to see one finally out. However, it would be nice if you could use the wide angle lens so you don’t have to take as many photos. I think I had to take like 51 photos for the last one. The algorithm stitches the photos okay enough, but not great if you wanted close up reflections of a 3D reflective object. But it’s quick and dirty and effective! Really nice for when you’re in a pinch or don’t need total accuracy. Love it! Looking forward to more developments. Thank you