3D Photo Apps for iPhone and Android: What Each One Makes

CrossCam, the one app in the table below that is free on both iPhone and Android, asks for the second shot, then shows the finished pair. Screenshots: Kevin Anderson, the app's developer, from its App Store listing.

This page is about photos that show depth to your eyes, not apps that scan a room or an object into a 3D model.

The three things an app means by "3D photo"

Does your phone already do it?

• An iPhone with Spatial mode in the Camera. Swipe to Spatial mode, rotate the phone to landscape and shoot [15]. The result is a spatial photo: the pictures from two cameras, left and right, saved in one file [6]. Apple offers it "On supported models" [15]; the list and the full steps are in spatial photos on iPhone.
• Any iPhone 12 or later. In Photos, a button gives a photo you already have a 3D effect as you move the phone [9]. That is the tilt effect, not a pair; see how to do a spatial scene.
• A Samsung Galaxy Flip7, Fold7 or S25, perhaps. The Galaxy Store listing of Samsung's free Camera Assistant app, read October 10, 2026, has "3D capture" under "Capture for Galaxy XR", marked "Flip7/Fold7/S25", and warns: "Some features may not be available on all models." [11] SamMobile wrote in October 2025 that the app "may offer 3D Capture in only these two regions", Korea and the US, the only places the Galaxy XR headset was then sold [12]. We have not tested it. One person's report, from an owner of a Galaxy S24 Ultra (a model the listing does not mark), in a comment under a YouTube video about the feature, about a year before October 2026: "Installed it on my S24 Ultra running one ui 8 beta and 3d mode was not there" [19].
• Any other phone. Use one of the apps below.

Apps that take a 3D photo with any phone

Last checked October 10, 2026: prices on the US App Store and US Google Play, in US dollars.

i3DMovieMaker's maker names the "iPhoneXS/11/12 series and 13Pro series or later" for its two-camera mode, and says the iPhone 13, 14 and 15 cameras "are positioned at an angle, so correct 3D shooting is not possible" [6]. Scopi's listing does not name the iPhones whose two cameras its one-press mode uses; on other phones, it says, that mode builds the second view from one photo. It does not say what the in-app purchases unlock [5].

The two-shot method, and what goes wrong

These are i3DSteroid's steps, from its maker's help page [17]. The advice on spacing is The Stereoscopy Blog's [14].

1. Take the left picture. Press the Left button [17]. The blog says to keep the phone as level as possible between the two shots [14].
2. Shift the phone to the right and take the second, with the Right button [17]. The blog's rule of thumb is 1/30th of the distance to the subject: 0.5 cm for an object 15 cm away. Moving closer or skewing the camera "can sometimes cause a stereoview to be unusable" [14].
3. Let the app align the pair, then save it [3]. For cross-eyed viewing the two pictures change sides: the Swap button does that [14][17].

CrossCam's listing promises "on screen help to make sure you get the images on the right sides every time" [1], and Scopi's Manual Mode shows "a ghost overlay of your first shot while taking the second" [5].

Whatever the app, the two shots are taken one after the other, so pick a subject that keeps still. The Stereoscopy Blog, which shoots this way with both Steroid apps, calls it quick, inexpensive and easy to use, and lists two weak points: "squirmy cat/kid/crowd movement in the scene", and "skew" between the two images [13].

Turn a photo you already took into a 3D photo

Here the depth is computed from one flat picture. It is not a second real viewpoint.

• On the iPhone. Scopi's listing says: "Convert shots from your gallery into stereo" [5]. i3DMovieMaker has a "2D (AI conversion)" option, which its maker says is "Compatible with iPhone 12Pro or later Pro/Pro Max models + some other models" [6].
• On an Apple Vision Pro. Open the photo in Photos and tap Create Spatial Photo [10].
• On a computer. Owl3D's desktop app for Windows and Mac converts ordinary photos, such as JPG and PNG files, with AI on your own computer and saves a side-by-side, half side-by-side or top-bottom picture. It has a free tier, and it is not instant. On the Owl3D Shift, a 14-inch glasses-free 3D display (499 US dollars) used beside a computer, the app's 3D Photo Viewer picks up a photo shown on the main screen, rebuilds its depth and shows it so that the view changes as you move your head. Owl3D's app calls the result a hologram; it is a 3D reconstruction of the picture's depth on a lenticular screen, not optical holography. The Shift also shows a side-by-side pair from the apps above in 3D, to one viewer at a time. It needs a computer running the Owl3D app, and the 3D Photo Viewer needs a supported graphics card and a one-time download of about 1.3 GB.

From Owl3DOwl3D converterA desktop app for Windows and Mac that turns 2D videos and photos into 3D.

Where to look at a 3D photo

Last checked October 10, 2026: immerGallery's price, on immervr.com.

For dedicated two-lens cameras, see 3D cameras.

Frequently asked questions

Is there a free 3D photo app?

Yes. CrossCam is free on iPhone and Android [1][2]. i3DSteroidbasic is free too, but its listing lacks the "Save displayed image" line of the paid version [18][3]. PopPic and Scopi are free to download with in-app purchases [8][5], and i3DMovieMaker charges only for saving video [7].

Can I take a 3D photo of something that moves?

Not well with two shots [13]. Shoot both views at once: with the iPhone's Spatial mode [6], with i3DMovieMaker or Scopi on an iPhone they support [6][5], or with two phones in CrossCam, whose listing says "you can connect them using CrossCam to capture from both simultaneously" [1].