Sketch 3D vs Mega Voxels
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Sketch 3D
Create and animate 3D models with intuitive touch controls. Import various file formats, apply video textures, and capture animations. Share your creations with a community of designers.
- Design 3D models with touch
- Apply video as model texture
- Create 3D model animations
- Import various 3D file formats
- Capture movie from 3D scenes
- Use True Depth Camera for face models
- Share designs with community
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Sketch 3D is a tool for designing 3D models from your fingertips. You could download models from others, and could also share your great designs with other users by saving models in Public space. New Feature: Integrated MaterialX library into the app. Mesh object can be applied with materialx documents. When Saving and Loading with material, the document relative path is stored as a diffuse map entry, similar to the way of handling movie textures. Other features like material adjustment and graph editing are not supported yet. User could download free material documents from public websites and import those zip files with this app, using ShareTo or AirDrop. Feature: Use True Depth Camera to capture face model. Feature: Support using video as model texture. You could use video clips from Photo Album, or from Internet URL (YouTube URL not supported), and then apply it onto a model as texture map. Feature: Capture movie from the 3D scene. Note! If your device could not capture movie, then, could try out a smaller output resolution (by tapping the control pane). However, arbitrary output size may stop capturing prematurely. Feature: Design 3D model animation with skeleton structure. You could design a skeleton structure by placing bones in hierarchical relation. Attach model to the skeleton, and then moving the bones to define different poses. Each pose represented as a keyframe in the timeline view. And animation sequence is produced by playing interpolation between the keyframes. Features: - Import 3D content directly from browser or email, either in .zip, .rar, .7z. - Support formats: Collada DAE, OBJ, 3DS, STL(for 3D printing), and others. - Import/export to iCloud drive, via iTune File Sharing, or to Public area via Apple CloudKit Service. - Supports AirDrop. - Support Quad faces. - Smooth surfaces using Subdivision. - Mirroring editing. - 2-fingers vertex movement, 3 or 4-fingers planar shape creation. - Versatile multi-touches drag-through-space gestures to support editing and changing viewing angle at the same time. - Flexible face strip drawing. - Stitching boundary faces. Stitch triangle soap into connected faces. Stitch over edge or vertex to form a larger face. - Stitching Triangles to Quads. - Loop Cut faces. - Bevel edges. - Extrude faces or edges. - Revolve (Spin). - Vertex Smoothing. - Vertex Slide along edges. - Crease Editing after mesh subdivision. - Split mesh from, or Join mesh to the editing one. - Support hierarchical mesh node structure. - Direct vertex color editing when texture map is not used. - Edit texture map UV coordinates, include atlas generation. - 3D Text generation. - Scene interaction with your created shape. - Design Animation with skeleton structure. - Capture movie from the 3D scene. - Support using video as model texture map.
Mega Voxels
Create 3D pixel art and voxel art with a comprehensive editor. Design intricate scenes, build with blocks, and animate your creations. Share your 3D models and artwork through photos, videos, and augmented reality.
- Full-featured voxel editor
- Pixel art editor
- Dozens of tools and brushes
- Hundreds of 3D voxel models
- Create video animations
- Augmented Reality (AR) viewing
- Import/Export common 3D formats
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Mega Voxels is an easy-to-use 3D pixel art maker, voxel editor & pixel art editor that lets you create 3D pixel art, voxel art & pixel art. You can then share your creations through photos and videos. Connect with friends and share what you make with 3D pixels, voxels and pixels. Features: - Full-Featured Voxel Editor for creating voxel art and 3D pixel art - Complete Pixel Art Editor for drawing pixel art - Dozens of tools and brushes for block building including Pencil, Bucket Fill and Magic Wand - Hundreds of 3D voxel models to explore in Library: castles, cars, animals, spaceships, houses, food and more - Play fun games like a jumping game using your own voxel models - New mini-games added regularly to the app - Simple to build with blocks using one hand for on the go - Easy to color blocks with simple touch controls. Choose your color palette and tap to paint. - Draw complex 3D scenes using voxels (volumetric pixels) - Voxel builder supports Unlimited World Size - Import & Export models to common formats including MagicaVoxel VOX, Wavefront OBJ and PNG - Build massive 3d block sets with multiple grid support - Craft and Build your own City out of voxel blocks - Make and Save video animations to MP4 - Powerful 3D Pixel Art Editor with 3d model maker abilities - Preview and Render 3D Voxel Models in Real-time - With Screen Lock the app becomes a useful pixel editor - View and display your 3d design in Augmented Reality (AR) - Use portrait mode and Landscape mode for Phones & Tablets - Save files for 3d artwork locally and on the cloud - 3D modeling support for mouse and keyboard - Enhanced Pen Support to build with blocks - Completely Functional Mobile Voxel Editor App that supports both touch and pen - Voxel Brush supports adding a single 3d pixel as well as multiple 3d pixels - Simplified controls allow for block building using one hand - Play Fun Block Games with any of your voxel models or 3D art - Easy Block Builder with Cutting-Edge Building Tools - Build Your Own 3D Model on your Phone or Tablet - Supports Importing pixel art sprites into the 3d pixel art editor - Exported 3D Models and 3D art can be imported into popular 3D modeling software such as 3ds Max + Maya + Blender + Tinkercad + MagicaVoxel + VoxEdit + Fancade + Blockbench
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Mega Voxels at 4.8 against Sketch 3D's 2.9. Mega Voxels also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 3 months) and review sentiment (71% vs 48%). Sketch 3D's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Sketch 3D sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and Mega Voxels sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Mega Voxels holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 2.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 443 and 1.8K respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 48% of Sketch 3D's written reviews are positive against 71% of Mega Voxels's.
Sketch 3D ships an update every 3 months, Mega Voxels every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Sketch 3D | Mega Voxels |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.9 (443 ratings) | 4.8 (1.8K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 47.9% of reviews | 71.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 443 | 1.8K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 187 MB | 165 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Victor Ng | Go Real Games, LLC |
Customer experience
Sketch 3D
Mega Voxels
User reviews
Sketch 3D
From 443 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 💡 Powerful 3D modeling and animation capabilities
- 🚀 Impressive features for a free app
- 👍 Potential to be a leading 3D modeling tool on iPad
Room to improve
- 🤯 Extremely confusing and difficult to use interface
- 🤔 Lack of tutorials and instructions
- 🐛 Frequent crashes and bugs
- 👎 Steep learning curve for beginners
Mega Voxels
From 1.8K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Easy to use
- 🎨 Lots of color options
- 🎨 Fun and creative
- 🎓 Helpful tutorials
- 🔧 Intuitive interface
Room to improve
- 💰 Subscription model
- 🐛 Crashes and data loss
- 🙄 Constant premium upsells
- 🤔 Limited functionality in free version
- 🤔 Confusing controls
Bugs and requests
Sketch 3D
Reported bugs
3 issues- Crashes when trying to load or save projects
- Texture and color issues when importing models
- Unresponsive controls and buttons
Requested features
4 requests- In-app tutorials and video guides
- Improved user interface and controls
- Support for importing custom 3D models
- Ability to save and load projects reliably
Mega Voxels
Reported bugs
3 issues- Files randomly disappearing
- App crashing and losing progress
- Issues with importing/exporting models
Requested features
5 requests- Add undo/redo functionality
- Improve file export options
- Expand free content and features
- Add more tutorials and learning resources
- Improve stability and reduce crashes
In-app purchases
Sketch 3D
- Unlimited Keyframe Editing$1.99
- Unlimited Video Capturing$1.99
Mega Voxels
- Weekly Premium$1.997 Days
- Monthly Premium7 Days trial$4.991 Month
- Yearly Premium7 Days trial$49.991 Year








