Android gets disrespected in the 3D scanning conversation, which is funny, because most of the world's phones are Android. The scanning apps worth your time do not care which logo is on your phone. Your hand does the scanning either way.
The names you will run into: Polycam, Kiri Engine, Scaniverse, RealityScan. These are the apps sellers actually talk about, and they all run on Android. I am not ranking them, because the differences that matter are not quality tiers. They are workflow differences. Some want a video walkaround. Some want a photo set. Some process in the cloud while you make coffee. Pick the workflow you will actually do on repeat, because a scanning app you never open generates exactly zero models. The best app is the one you will use on a Tuesday afternoon when you would rather be doing anything else. Be honest with yourself about that.
The Android-specific check is LiDAR. iPhone Pro models get all the depth-sensor attention, and most Android phones do not have one. That does not mean Android scans are bad. It means photogrammetry does the heavy lifting instead of a depth sensor, photos stitched into geometry. Photogrammetry is slower and pickier about lighting, but on a well-lit product it holds its own. I have seen Android scans that embarrassed LiDAR scans taken in bad light. Do not let a spec sheet talk you out of the phone in your pocket.
Free tiers matter here too. A phone 3D scan app free tier is the cheapest experiment in this entire space. Download, scan your bestseller, export it, and look at it honestly on a desktop screen. If the geometry is mush, you learned something for free. If it is good, you just saved yourself a research project.
One more honest note, and I mean this kindly. Your Android camera is probably better than you think, and your lighting is probably worse than you think. The app is rarely the bottleneck. Two cheap LED panels will do more for your scans than switching apps three times. People love blaming software for what was actually a lighting problem.
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