Face Model vs StencilStack
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Face Model
This app provides a 3D head posing tool with extensive morphing capabilities for realistic human and creature models. It includes a vast library of facial references categorized by ethnicity and offers tools for camera control, lighting, and saving custom poses.
- Fully morphable 3D head models
- Realistic male, female, and skull models
- Extensive human face reference library
- Pre-made creatures and facial expressions
- Free camera panning and rotation
- Save and load custom poses
- Split view editing
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The 3D head reference built for artists, not engineers. Shape any face with hundreds of morphs, study a real anatomical skull, and browse hundreds of categorized face photos — all in one app on your iPad. Perfect for portrait artists, manga creators, character designers, animators, comic illustrators, concept artists, and anatomy students. ◆ FULLY CUSTOMIZE 3D HEADS Customize every detail with hundreds of morphs. Adjust head shape, eyes, nose, ears, mouth, and cheeks to create any face you can imagine — from realistic portraits to stylized anime characters. ◆ TRANSFORM HEADS INTO CREATURES Turn a realistic human head into aliens, vampires, zombies, demons, goblins, or animal hybrids with 20 ready-made creature presets. Built for character designers, concept artists, and storytellers. ◆ EXPRESSIVE FACES 17 facial expression morphs bring your characters to life — happiness, anger, surprise, sadness, fear, and more. Mix and match to create unique emotions for illustrations, animation frames, and storyboards. ◆ INTERACTIVE 3D SKULL Study anatomy with a fully interactive 3D skull. Rotate, zoom, and even open and close the jaw to understand the structure beneath the skin — an essential reference for serious portrait artists and anatomy students. ◆ MANGA HEAD MODE Create expressive manga-style characters with a dedicated stylized head mode — designed for manga, anime, and comic creators. ◆ HUMAN FACE REFERENCE LIBRARY Hundreds of high-quality face photos, categorized by ethnicity: Asian, Black, White, Hispanic, South Asian, and MENA (Middle East and North Africa). Build more inclusive and accurate artwork with diverse, authentic references. ◆ SINGLE & MULTI-VIEW PHOTOS Two reference types: single-view photos for head-on study, and multi-view images showing front, side, and three-quarter angles — perfect for understanding face structure from every direction. ◆ SPLIT VIEW EDITING See your model from two camera angles at the same time. Adjust features and expressions with precision, without constantly rotating the scene. ◆ FLEXIBLE LIGHTING Control lighting angle and intensity to shape mood and form — ideal for dramatic portrait references or anatomy studies. ◆ WORKS IN ANY ORIENTATION Use the app vertically or horizontally on iPad — perfect alongside your drawing tablet or sketchbook setup. EVERYTHING YOU GET - Realistic 3D male and female head models - Manga-style head mode - Interactive 3D skull with movable jaw - Hundreds of customizable morphs - 20 pre-made creature presets - 17 facial expression morphs - Face reference library sorted by ethnicity - Single-view and multi-view photo references - Split view dual-camera editing - Freely rotate head and eyes - Save and load custom poses - Capture and save screenshots - Adjustable lighting angle and intensity - Pan, zoom, and rotate with touch controls - Works in portrait and landscape on iPad Whether you're a portrait artist, illustrator, character designer, animator, comic or manga creator, concept artist, or anatomy student — Face Model is built to make your creative process faster, more accurate, and more inspired. Volume discounts available for schools and educational institutions. Download Face Model and bring every face to life. Works on iPhone. Best experienced on iPad.
StencilStack
Transform photos into multi-layer stencil artwork for printing, cutting, and spray painting. Generate scalable designs for murals, posters, and large creative projects, with options for combined or separate layer exports and tiling for large-scale production.
- Generate scalable layered stencil artwork from photos
- Create organised stencil layers for multi-colour projects
- Separate or combined stencil exports
- Hatch Mode for planning and cutting guides
- Automatic tiled PDF export for large-scale printing
- Registration targets for accurate alignment
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Turn any photo into a stencil built to make an impact. StencilStack is made for graffiti writers, street artists, mural makers and anyone who wants to move from phone to paint without spending hours in design software. Take a photo or choose one from your library. For the strongest results, use a clear, well-lit image with one distinct subject, strong contrast and good separation from the background. Choose Standard for more detail or Bold for a harder graphic hit. Cut a quick one-layer stencil or build a full three-layer piece with separate light, shadow and black plates. Preview the finished artwork and inspect every layer before exporting. StencilStack keeps printing practical. Cut areas use thin diagonal hatch lines instead of ink-heavy blocks of solid black, so you can see exactly what needs cutting without draining your printer cartridge. Choose a finished width from 10 to 100 cm in precise 5 cm steps, select A4 or Letter paper and let StencilStack build the print-ready PDF. Make something small on one sheet or scale it across multiple pages for a larger wall piece. Larger stencils come ready to assemble: • 10 mm overlap for a strong join • Clear CUT and GLUE guides • Matching alignment marks on every seam • Page names showing where each sheet belongs • Registration marks that keep all three layers locked together • A clear border that keeps registration marks away from the artwork Print at 100% or Actual Size - never Fit to Page or Scale to Fit. Automatic scaling changes the finished dimensions and can throw out page and layer alignment. Trim the sheets, match the marks, tape everything down and get the cans out. Want the artwork without the cutting? Save the combined image or black Layer 1 directly to Photos. No subscription. No account. No ads or tracking. From a fast single-layer hit to a full multi-page stencil, StencilStack handles the fiddly setup so you can spend more time designing, cutting and spraying.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: Face Model at free against StencilStack's paid. Face Model also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 17.6). StencilStack's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 17 months) and chart position (#23 vs #99). On price, 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
Face Model costs $3.99 and StencilStack $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Face Model ships an update every 17 months, StencilStack every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Face Model | StencilStack |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $3.99 | $3.99 |
| Rating | 3.3 (23 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 23 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 17 months | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Best chart rank | #99 | #23 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 401 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Tomi Nevalainen | Steve Mitchell |
In-app purchases
Face Model
No in-app purchases
StencilStack
No in-app purchases
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