Comparison

Sketch 3D vs Hexagon Place

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

About

Hexagon Place

Create and share digital art linked to real-world locations. Turn the world into your personal digital canvas and express your artistic vision anywhere.

Highlights
  • Create digital artworks
  • Share art tied to locations
  • Express creativity digitally
  • World as a canvas
  • Location-based art sharing
Features
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Digital Arts: Express your creativity by creating and sharing digital artworks tied to specific locations.

Screenshots

Sketch 3D4 screens
Hexagon Place4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Hexagon Place at 5.0 against Sketch 3D's 2.9. Hexagon Place also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 2) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 3 months). Sketch 3D's advantage is ratings volume (443 vs 2) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 17.6). On price, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Sketch 3D sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Hexagon Place asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Hexagon Place holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Sketch 3D has 443 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Sketch 3D ships an update every 3 months, Hexagon Place fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Sketch 3D versus Hexagon Place: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSketch 3DHexagon Place
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.9 (443 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews47.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings443 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS14.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size187 MB39 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperVictor NgHexagon Place, Inc.

Customer experience

Sketch 3D

All ratings443 ratings
Positive41.1%
Neutral12.2%
Negative46.7%
Written reviews236 reviews
Positive47.9%
Neutral16.1%
Negative36.0%

Hexagon Place

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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

Hexagon Place

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Sketch 3D

One-time2
  • Unlimited Keyframe Editing$1.99
  • Unlimited Video Capturing$1.99
None

Hexagon Place

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Sketch 3D free?
Sketch 3D is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Hexagon Place free?
Hexagon Place is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Sketch 3D or Hexagon Place?
Hexagon Place is rated higher. Sketch 3D averages 2.9 out of 5 from 443 ratings, while Hexagon Place averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Sketch 3D or Hexagon Place have ads?
Neither Sketch 3D nor Hexagon Place shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Sketch 3D or Hexagon Place?
Sketch 3D ships an update every 3 months, and Hexagon Place fortnightly. Most recently, Sketch 3D was updated on November 1, 2026 and Hexagon Place on October 30, 2026.

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