[3D] Preview vs Face Mesh
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
[3D] Preview
View and interact with 3D models and animations on your iPhone and iPad. Supports various file formats and offers advanced debugging tools for troubleshooting scenes. Enjoy smooth performance with HDR and Metal 2 optimization.
- Display complex 3D objects and scenes
- High frame rate viewing (up to 120 FPS)
- Free-moving camera with touch controls
- Scene graph visualization
- Debug settings for troubleshooting
- HDR and wide color display support
- Metal Shading Language support
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Display 3D objects, scenes, and animations on your iPhone and iPad. The document-based user interface for opening documents is beautiful and easy to use. You can access files that are stored locally, on iCloud Drive, and other cloud storage services. Key features: • Display simple or complex 3D objects and scenes on your iOS device • View your content with up to 120 FPS on devices with ProMotion display (otherwise in 60 FPS) • Choose your point of view by using the free moving camera with touch controls • Display the scene graph of your scene to see what objects are present (grouped by their categories and parent-child relationships) • Choose from various debug settings to help trouble shoot your scene (e.g., display wireframes, bones, cameras) • Color accurate presentation of your content with support of HDR on devices with wide color displays • Support for vertex and fragment shaders written in the Metal Shading Language • Extremely fast as the app is based on Metal 2 and uses heavily multi-threading for various tasks • Native iOS app, which is entirely written in Swift 5 Supported document types: • SceneKit (.scn) • Alembic (.abc) • Universal Scene Description (.usd, .usda, .usdc) • Universal Scene Description Mobile (.usdz) • Polygon (.ply) • Wavefront Object (.obj) • Standard Tessellation Language (.stl)
Face Mesh
Visualize and interact with ARKit's 3D face mesh. Developers can see vertex indices, select specific parts of the face, and export index arrays for use in FaceTracking applications.
- Visualize vertex indices on 3D face mesh
- Tap to select/deselect individual vertices
- Select face outline and eyes
- Export index arrays
- Pinch to zoom, pan, and rotate gestures
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Face Mesh app is for iOS developers who need to visually learn the vertex indices for the ARFaceGeometry face mesh provided by Apple Developer. These vertex indices are very important for working in ARKit and especially for developing FaceTracking apps. You will be able to see the actual location of each vertex in the 3D face mesh grid. Each vertex is labeled with its index as it exists in ARFaceGeometry.vertices() • Tap on individual vertices to select/deselect. • Use All, None & Invert options to easily build complex selections. • Easily select face geometry outline and individual eyes. • Export your selections as an array of indices with one tap. How to move around the face mesh? - Pinch to zoom in/out - Pan with one finger to rotate - Pan with two fingers to move - Rotate with two fingers to rotate on the z-axis
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: [3D] Preview at $4.99 against Face Mesh's $19.99. [3D] Preview also leads on update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 38 months). Face Mesh's advantage is review sentiment (33% vs 0%) and rating (3.4 vs 3.0). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model 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
[3D] Preview costs $4.99 and Face Mesh $19.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Face Mesh holds the better App Store score, 3.4 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Face Mesh has 16 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of [3D] Preview's written reviews are positive against 33% of Face Mesh's.
[3D] Preview ships an update every 6 weeks, Face Mesh every 38 months. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | [3D] Preview | Face Mesh |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 — better | $19.99 |
| Rating | 3.0 (1 ratings) | 3.4 (16 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 33.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 16 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 38 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Best chart rank | — | #178 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 27.0 | 15.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | designmatic | Tech Positive |
Customer experience
[3D] Preview
Face Mesh
In-app purchases
[3D] Preview
No in-app purchases
Face Mesh
No in-app purchases
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