Shapr 3D CAD modeling User Reviews

Customer Experience

Positive experience50.1% of reviews
Neutral12.5% of reviews
Negative experience37.4% of reviews

~ Based on 720 written reviews from the US App Store.

What users say

Is Shapr 3D CAD modeling Safe?

Shapr 3D CAD modeling appears safe based on user ratings. AppsHunter Safety Score for Shapr 3D CAD modeling is 94/100.

This assessment is based on 33,865 user ratings, with an App Store average of 4.7/5.

Safety Analysis

94.8% of ratings point to a safe experience
1.5% of ratings suggest some concerns
3.6% of ratings point to a risky experience

~ Based on 33,865 App Store ratings for Shapr 3D CAD modeling.

Is Shapr 3D CAD modeling Legit?

Shapr 3D CAD modeling appears to be a legitimate app. AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Shapr 3D CAD modeling is 93/100.

Based on 93 of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

Top reviews

Chat I got it for freeeeeeee

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Still no way to place text with a curve or the perimeter of a circle

All of the competition can complete text on the curve or in a circle such as a coin or other flat-round object. The application has been out way too long for not able to be able to perform this function.

Update on being bummed

The app is just a struggle bus to get started with, and while the developers built out tutorials for the app. I just find them useless, I literally follow the tutorial step for step, and without fail it doesn’t work. Super bummed as I thought this would be perfect for woodworking projects but the learning curve is too steep or something else is wrong but so far the experience is frustrating and feels like more work than just drawing and redrawing the items as needed.

UPDATE: So I stuck with it and eventually got over the hump. For most start small, even smaller than the demo and start on the intro YouT series. But I will say it still infuriates me there’s just not a bit more simple functionality to start, but it is CAD. Could be an iPad Air issue with the new M4 or just me, but it still struggles to move through the process smoothly and without issue.
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Excellent, but have a suggestion

I love every feature and seamless detail the devs added, but consider adding a sculpting section for more mesh details. This would speed up character modeling by starting with your base geometry features and sculpting the modifications from there.

Very good especially for beginners

This website is really good even for people like me, a beginner at these softwares. It explains everything we need to know about it and its software is nice and simple

Touch support

For some reason you cannot use this app with just a touch screen and need an apple pencil or a keyboard and mouse/trackpad

Why can’t I use my fingers

Nice app just I can’t use my fingers

Absolute perfection

This app is amazing and fairly easy to learn, I use it for designing models for 3d printing so the new prusa integration is really nice. I also like how I can use a mouse and keyboard or Apple Pencil, also has a ton of features for an iPad app

It don’t work

I don’t have Apple Pencil. Please fix.

Intuitive app but prohibitive pricing

I am just starting to learn 3d modelling after using a 3d printer for a bit and I stumbled upon this app.

After going through a couple of tutorial videos I thought it was great and spent some time trying to learn making a few functional prints for my home.

Then I learnt that on free tier the exports are unusable quality and that if you want to use pro you need to fork out $500 aud a year, which makes no sense unless you’re a professional and making money off your designs, at which point you’d probably be looking at the more traditional cad softwares.

It’s a real shame that they don’t have a casual/hobby tiered subscription which I would (along with many others) be happy to pay.

It’s not fair on the devs for me to give a 1 star review because the app seems great, but the community has been very vocal about wanting a hobbyist tier for the non professionals; so the 1 star is for not listening to your community.

Thank you for reading my review as I don’t normally go out of my way to write one, I hope the devs listen to the community and one day release a hobbyist tier and I would gladly come back and change my review.
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Perfect for average person design and 3D printing

I was newer to 3D printing and I picked this software up to expand parts I could not find online. I have found I am using it for so many uses.

Terrible

Nothing like dropping over $200 on a app so unpolished I could’ve made in Claude in less than a week and it would actually work how a 3d modeler should. Absolutely baffling to me how the tools work when they want to, if at all. Or when they do they don’t come close to what you draw and give a million guide rails for. There’s plenty of other great apps that are LEAGUES above this one. Do not waste your time or money.
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Very good

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Locked behind a login

Require my personal data to even test your software to see if it will do what I want, I shouldn’t have to do that just to see if it will do what I need. Then force me to go through 10 minutes of tutorials. You should hire a consultant, nobody wants to deal with that. Don’t lock everything behind the stupid steps you think will help. Clearly out of touch with the end user.
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Bait and switch

Makes it look like it’s free but it’s really almost $300/yr

Greedy

If I could do zero stars, I WOULD. Really fun, but why do you have to have a subscription? Why can’t you just make it free. It’s EXTREMELY expensive. 20 to 30 a MONTH!?! That is VERY greedy.

La mejor aplicación Universitaria

Shapr3D, es sin duda la mejor aplicación para poder utilizar como herramienta de enseñanza y profesional a estudiantes que se están formando constantemente en este mundo tecnológico que avanza día a día.

no money - no way to take what you created (unsuitable quality)

Everything written in the preview images—"free 3D modeling for your needs" and "modeling accuracy"—is a lie. Yes, you can create an object accurately in the program, but you can only export it in terrible quality, unsuitable for printing or anything else. You'll be desperately searching for a remeshing tool that won't restore the impression of a beautiful "preview image," as it's effectively called in the free version of the program. If you're not willing to pay $40 per month or 300% per year, the program is useless. You'll only waste time and effort learning and be disappointed with the quality of your work. But I must admit, the program is a piece of cake; everything is very high-quality and beautifully done, and I'm grateful for that. But for those starting out, like me, without any money in their pockets, it's a shame.
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Doesn’t work

I got this app expecting what it said, but I get 15 seconds of a still image of the logo, then black screen, then app crashes! Doesn’t even work, please fix this

iPad M5 Unuseable

Impossible to run on this fast processor sketch items switch to area select before you can establish a reference point