Choose between a phone scan app and Walkspace
1 minute readBy Zac FoxLast checked
Can I scan my venue with a phone app instead of using Walkspace?
Yes. Try one room first and view the result on a phone and on a laptop before you commit the whole venue to it.
A phone 3D scan app lets a venue capture its own rooms. The difference from Walkspace is who does the work, and what comes back after.
Where a phone scan app wins
It is do-it-yourself, so it is cheap and quick to redo. Polycam publishes a Basic plan at about £118 a year, and Teleport by Varjo charges from about £24 a capture. Nobody has to book a day on site.
What Walkspace adds
A whole venue takes planning, good light and patience to capture well. We do that on site and host the tour on your own site. What a walkthrough does to bookings explains why that matters.
When to pick which
- If someone on your team enjoys the craft and has the evenings, use a phone app.
- If a room changes often, such as a bar refitted each season, an app lets you rescan it yourself for nothing.
- If you want the whole venue captured in one visit, with a report on what visitors opened, book Walkspace to capture it.
What it costs
Walkspace charges £250 a month for hosting, the report and a yearly rescan, and a capture starts at £950. See our prices.
Phone scan app
You capture the rooms yourself, whenever you like.
Walkspace
We capture the venue on site and prepare the tour for you.
Phone scan app
You rescan for free when a room changes.
Walkspace
One rescan a year is in the monthly fee.
Phone scan app
Most apps give no report on what visitors did.
Walkspace
The monthly report shows where visitors went and which enquiries followed.