MC Crafting Desk vs BlockMaker 3D
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MC Crafting Desk
This app provides a comprehensive offline guide to crafting recipes, item IDs, biomes, mobs, and more for the popular sandbox game. It's designed as a helpful companion for players looking to quickly access information without needing an internet connection.
- Offline access
- Crafting recipes
- Item IDs
- Biomes information
- Mob details
- Fast search
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MC Crafting Desk is an unofficial companion for players who want crafting help, calculators, command generators, and searchable databases in one place — with offline support after sync. WHAT YOU GET • Search items, blocks, recipes, mobs, enchantments, foods, biomes, structures, potions, villagers, advancements, and more • Visual recipe layouts (crafting grid, furnace-style flows, brewing-related views where available) • Calculators: crafting, enchant, XP, anvil, coordinates, nether portal, beacon, farm, armor, fuel, trading hall, build planner, and more • Generators: give, summon, tellraw, fill, particle, scoreboard, signs, books, banners, fireworks, loot tables, advancements, datapack ZIP share • Guides: brewing, villager trades, food, fuel, smithing, loot, game rules, paintings, music discs, and compare tables • Favorites saved on device • Dark / Light theme • 10 languages DESIGNED FOR PLAYERS Whether you are learning survival basics or building complex farms and command setups, open the app, search, and get structured answers with clear icons and localized names. OFFLINE-FIRST Sync reference data when online, then keep browsing and searching from your device cache. DISCLAIMER This app is an unofficial fan companion and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Mojang Studios or Microsoft. Minecraft is a trademark of Mojang Synergies AB. Game assets shown inside the app for informational reference follow applicable usage guidelines; the app icon and branding are original. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
BlockMaker 3D
Easily add impressive structures to your Minecraft maps with a single tap. Explore over 550 unique buildings across 8 categories, including houses, castles, and vehicles. Works offline and ensures map safety with automatic backups.
- Instant build import
- 8 building categories
- Over 550 unique buildings
- Offline access
- Map safety backups
- Easy to use interface
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Want a new house, castle, villa or survival base for your Minecraft world? Building Maker for Minecraft helps you find ideas, create your own builds and see how they fit in your world. Find a build. See it before you place it. Browse pixel art, automatically generated builds and players' creations, or explore houses, castles, mansions, modern architecture, space, vehicles, redstone, recreation, personalised builds and other themes. Inspect the details in 3D. Before installation, preview the build in your world and adjust its position, rotation and height. Make a build your own. Place, remove and replace blocks in a 3D draft. Copy an online build into a draft to change it, or select an area of an existing map and export it as a build to edit or publish. Turn a photo into pixel art. Take a picture or choose one from your library. Set the block count along its longest edge, then preview the result before you install it, save it as a draft or publish it. Generate a house. Choose from a range of house styles and adjust the generation options. Preview the result, install it, keep working on it in a draft or share it. Keep your worlds and work together. Explore world terrain and manage drafts, published builds, favourites and downloads. When you're ready, upload your creation for other players to discover. From browsing ideas to 3D editing, photo builds, generated houses and world installation, keep your building work in one place. Installing builds into a Minecraft world requires the Minecraft game and an available world. This independently developed, unofficial app is not affiliated with, sponsored by or endorsed by Mojang Studios or Microsoft. Minecraft and related trademarks belong to their respective owners.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: BlockMaker 3D at 4.2 against MC Crafting Desk's 3.2. BlockMaker 3D also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (336 vs 19). MC Crafting Desk's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. BlockMaker 3D sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. MC Crafting Desk asks for nothing beyond the download.
BlockMaker 3D holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 3.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: BlockMaker 3D has 336 ratings behind it against 19, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of MC Crafting Desk's written reviews are positive against 8% of BlockMaker 3D's.
MC Crafting Desk ships an update every 2 months, BlockMaker 3D weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MC Crafting Desk | BlockMaker 3D |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.2 (19 ratings) | 4.2 (336 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 8.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 19 | 336 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 65 MB | 359 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Lam Nguyen | Yu Liu |
Customer experience
MC Crafting Desk
BlockMaker 3D
In-app purchases
MC Crafting Desk
No in-app purchases
BlockMaker 3D
- Generator Pro$1.99
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