Free apps

Turn your phone into a 360° camera — free

Two apps that turn your photos into a single panoramic image surrounding you from every direction, ready to create a virtual tour — with no expensive 360° camera. Both are completely free, and a free iPano360 account is all they need.

100% free · just sign in with your iPano360 account

Downloads

Pick your platform — or use both together.

iPano360 Stitcher for Windows Screenshot — coming soon

iPano360 Stitcher for Windows

Desktop power: it combines your photos from any camera into a full 360° panoramic image. Advanced blending tools, precise manual control, a blemish-hiding brush, and a built-in interactive 360° viewer.

Download for Windows (.exe)
Windows 10/11 · 64-bit · no installation needed
iPano360 mobile app Screenshot — coming soon

iPano360 mobile app

Guided, easy capture: follow the dots on screen and the app shoots automatically, uploads in the background, and combines them into a panoramic image on our servers. Includes a 360° viewer and AI enhancement.

Download for Android (.apk)
Android 8+ · iOS version coming soon
Free bonus: Nodal Point Adapter (3D-print) Screenshot — coming soon

Free bonus: Nodal Point Adapter (3D-print)

A ready-to-print 3D model that holds your smartphone so the lens rotates exactly around the no-parallax point — steadier shots, cleaner stitching. Print it on any 3D printer, completely free.

Download 3D model (ZIP)
Fits standard tripods · print time ≈ 3 h

Both apps are free. All you need is a free iPano360 account — create it once, use it everywhere.

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How it works

From first shot to finished panorama in minutes.

With the mobile app

  1. Sign in with your free iPano360 account.
  2. Point the ring at each dot — the app captures automatically and uploads in the background.
  3. Include the sky and floor shots for a complete sphere.
  4. The panorama is stitched on our servers — watch the live progress.
  5. Explore it in the 360° viewer, retouch if needed, then save or share.

With the Windows Stitcher

  1. Sign in and add your photos (any camera — phone, DSLR, drone).
  2. Optionally refine: masks, line constraints and manual control points for tricky scenes.
  3. Pick quality and output size, then hit Stitch.
  4. Fix the result: rotate, tone, blur brush, gap repair.
  5. Check it in the built-in 360° viewer and export with VR metadata (GPano).
Panorama school

Shoot like a pro: parallax & the nodal point

Two concepts decide whether your panorama stitches perfectly or shows seams. Master them and your phone will outperform expensive gear.

What is parallax?

What is parallax?

Hold a finger in front of your face and close one eye, then the other — the finger jumps against the background. That jump is parallax: when the camera moves between shots, near and far objects shift differently, and the stitcher cannot align both at once. The result: ghosting and broken lines exactly where two photos meet.

The nodal point (no-parallax point)

The nodal point (no-parallax point)

Every lens has one special point — the entrance pupil, often called the nodal point. Rotate the camera around THAT point and near and far objects keep their alignment in every shot: zero parallax, invisible seams. Rotate around your body or the tripod screw instead, and the lens swings on an arc — every photo is taken from a slightly different place. Our free 3D-printable adapter keeps your phone’s lens exactly on the pivot.

Best practices for flawless panoramas

Rotate around the lens, not around your body — imagine the lens is pinned in space.
Keep 30–50% overlap between neighbouring shots (our apps enforce this automatically).
Stand in one spot; never step sideways between shots.
Prefer distant scenes; objects closer than ~1.5 m amplify every parallax error.
Hold the exposure steady: avoid shooting straight into changing light mid-panorama.
Capture the sky and the floor — a full sphere needs the poles.
Avoid moving subjects near seam areas (people, cars) or shoot them twice.
Use the free nodal adapter (or any panorama head) for interiors and close scenes.

Smartphone vs. 360° camera — the honest answer

A dedicated 360° camera (Insta360, Ricoh Theta…) is one-click convenient and its out-of-the-box results look great. But it is a real investment, and its two fisheye lenses cap the resolution. A modern smartphone shoots each direction at far higher detail — so once you practise the basics above, an iPano360 panorama from your phone can match and often exceed a consumer 360° camera. Start free, and only ever buy hardware if you truly need it.

Got your 360° image? Now build your virtual tour

Sign in to the platform, link your images into an interactive virtual tour, and share it by link or in a VR headset — free with an iPano360 account.

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