TriTrace vs Texture Forager
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Delaunay triangulation
- Voronoi cell generation
- Geometric pattern creation
- Photo stylization
- Abstract art generation
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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...
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.
- 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
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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.
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Verdict
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
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.
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.
TriTrace ships an update every 6 weeks, Texture Forager monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | TriTrace | Texture Forager |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $6.99 |
| Rating | 2.7 (3 ratings) | 4.4 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 5 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | New Foundry Ltd | Austin Beaulier |
Customer experience
TriTrace
Texture Forager
In-app purchases
TriTrace
No in-app purchases
Texture Forager
No in-app purchases









