Comparison

TriTrace vs Texture Forager

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

Head to head
About

TriTrace

Create unique visual art using Delaunay triangles and Voronoi cells. Explore geometric patterns and abstract designs inspired by artistic movements. Transform photos into intricate, stylized illustrations.

Highlights
  • Delaunay triangulation
  • Voronoi cell generation
  • Geometric pattern creation
  • Photo stylization
  • Abstract art generation
Features
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Triangular Tracing with Delaunay Triangles and Voronoi Cells. Featured by artist Tracey Moberly in "Everything You Can Imagine is Real", an event curated by Martyn Ware at London's National Portrait Gallery on 20 January 2017 Part of the programme of events complementing "Picasso Portraits". Step inside the mind of Picasso...

About

Texture Forager

Transform real-world surfaces into seamless PBR materials for game development and 3D art. Utilize advanced camera features like Flash Scan and LiDAR for accurate depth and scale. Edit and preview your creations in 3D and AR before exporting to popular game engines.

Highlights
  • Flash Scan for real depth measurement
  • LiDAR for real-world scale and relief
  • 48 MP Max mode for high detail
  • Full PBR map set generation
  • Seamless tiling and editing tools
  • 3D and AR preview
  • Export presets for Unity, Unreal, Blender
Features
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Texture Forager turns the world around you into game-ready PBR materials. Photograph stone, bark, brick, moss or fabric and get a complete, seamlessly tiling material, ready for Unity, Unreal, Blender or AR. FLASH SCAN: REAL DEPTH, NOT GUESSWORK A single photo can only guess at depth. Flash Scan measures it. Hold your iPhone over a surface and tilt it around a guided ring while the flashlight lights it from every side. Texture Forager solves the surface's true normals and height, removes the lighting for a clean albedo, and records the patch's real-world size. A CAMERA BUILT FOR TEXTURES • Max mode captures at 48 MP for maximum detail • Measure mode uses LiDAR to record real-world scale and surface relief • Lock focus, exposure and white balance for consistent captures • Live warnings for clipped highlights, uneven light and motion • Or import any photo from your library A COMPLETE PBR MATERIAL Every capture becomes a full map set: Albedo, Normal, Height, Roughness, Ambient Occlusion and Metallic. Shadows and hotspots are evened out before tiling, so your material repeats without visible seams or bright bands. Smart presets tune the maps to each material's category. EDIT WITH PRECISION • Sliders for every map, with every map and the 3D preview updating as you drag • Crop, straighten and fix perspective with a four-corner editor • Clone Stamp to paint out blemishes and repeating details • Blend or Mirror tiling SEE IT IN 3D AND AR Try your material on a sphere, cube, plane or cylinder with real displacement, lighting presets and adjustable tiling. Then tap View in AR to place it on a real floor or wall at true scale. EXPORT FOR YOUR ENGINE • Presets for Unity, Unreal and Blender, with channel packing and the right normal-map format • 1K, 2K or 4K resolution, with 16-bit height • USDZ export that opens in AR Quick Look • Real-world scale travels with your export FORAGE AND COLLECT Your materials are pinned to the map where you found them. Sort your finds by category, rank them from Common to Legendary, and watch your collection grow. Your library syncs with iCloud, and you can publish your best finds to textureforager.com. DESIGNED FOR iOS 26 A Liquid Glass design that feels at home on iPhone and iPad. On iPhone Duo, open the phone to see your material and its live 3D preview side by side. Made for game developers, 3D artists, architectural visualizers, VFX artists, and anyone who has ever looked at a mossy wall and thought, "I need that in my scene." Flash Scan requires a device with a flashlight and ARKit support. Measure mode requires a device with LiDAR.

Screenshots

TriTrace1 screens
Texture Forager4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: TriTrace at Free against Texture Forager's $6.99. TriTrace also leads on review sentiment (67% vs 50%) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 26.0). Texture Forager's advantage is rating (4.4 vs 2.7). On ratings volume, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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

TriTrace is free to download; Texture Forager costs $6.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Texture Forager holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 2.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 5 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 67% of TriTrace's written reviews are positive against 50% of Texture Forager's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

TriTrace ships an update every 6 weeks, Texture Forager monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
TriTrace versus Texture Forager: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTriTraceTexture Forager
PriceFree — better$6.99
Rating2.7 (3 ratings)4.4 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews — better50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings35 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS8.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNew Foundry LtdAustin Beaulier

Customer experience

TriTrace

All ratings3 ratings
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

Texture Forager

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

In-app purchases

None

TriTrace

No in-app purchases

None

Texture Forager

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is TriTrace free?
TriTrace is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Texture Forager free?
Texture Forager costs $6.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, TriTrace or Texture Forager?
Texture Forager is rated higher. TriTrace averages 2.7 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while Texture Forager averages 4.4 from 5 ratings.
Do TriTrace or Texture Forager have ads?
Neither TriTrace nor Texture Forager shows ads.
Which is updated more often, TriTrace or Texture Forager?
TriTrace ships an update every 6 weeks, and Texture Forager monthly. Most recently, TriTrace was updated on November 2, 2026 and Texture Forager on November 6, 2026.

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