Comparison

Sketch 3D vs Strings

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

Strings

Features
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A simple app that lets you display any text in large letters across your phone screen. Perfect for concerts, festivals, events, or just for fun! 【Main Features】 - Instantly display your custom text - Adjustable text size - Customize text color and background - Easy and intuitive to use Use it to show support messages at concerts, create meeting signs at airports or stations, or stand out at events. This simple and easy-to-use app is the perfect communication tool for any occasion!

Screenshots

Sketch 3D4 screens
Strings3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Strings at Free against Sketch 3D's $2.99. Strings also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 14.0). Sketch 3D's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and chart position (#119 vs unranked). On in-app purchases 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

Strings is free to download; Sketch 3D costs $2.99 up front. Sketch 3D sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and Strings sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
Sketch 3D versus Strings: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSketch 3DStrings
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating2.9 (443 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews47.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings443 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 months—
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
Best chart rank#119 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS14.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size187 MB35 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperVictor Ngkota tada

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

Strings

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
2 purchases

Strings

One-time2
  • Premium$4.99
  • Treat to Lunch$14.99

Questions

Is Sketch 3D free?
Sketch 3D costs $2.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Strings free?
Strings is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Sketch 3D or Strings have ads?
Strings shows ads; Sketch 3D does not.

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