Tinkercad vs SmartFour
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Tinkercad
This app empowers aspiring designers and engineers with essential skills in 3D design, electronics, and coding. Learn through hands-on projects, build confidence, and bring your creations to life in the real world. It's a safe, ad-free environment for all ages to explore innovation.
- 3D design optimized for mobile
- Circuit simulation with Arduino/micro:bit
- 3D design from code (Codeblocks)
- AR viewer for designs
- Import/export various file formats
- Educational tools for teachers
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Tinkercad is a free app that equips the next generation of designers and engineers with the foundational skills for innovation: 3D design, electronics, and coding. • FREE FOR EVERYONE: No strings attached. Start creating from the first click. • LEARN BY DOING: Build confidence, persistence, and problem-solving skills. • SAFE FOR ALL AGES: Ad-free. kidSAFE certified. Privacy first. KEY FEATURES • Easily build 3D with controls optimized for your device. • Connect, code, and simulate circuit components with Arduino and micro:bit microcontrollers. • Make 3D designs from code using Tinkercad Codeblocks. • Bring your designs into the real world with the Tinkercad AR viewer. • Import STL, OBJ and SVG files into the 3D design space to build on an existing design. • Export your files including STL, OBJ, USDZ, and SVG or send them to other programs. • All you need is a device and an internet connection. • Apple Pencil compatible. FOR EDUCATORS • Tinkercad Classrooms allows teachers to assign Activities, send and receive assignments, invite co-teachers, and monitor student progress—all from your dashboard. • Tinkercad Lesson Plans and starters available for students to get started with 3D CAD design, electronics simulation, and block-based programming. • Compatible with Google Classroom. Tinkercad is a free product from Autodesk, a leader in 3D design, engineering, and entertainment software. Tomorrow's innovators start here. Children’s Privacy Statement: https://www.autodesk.com/company/legal-notices-trademarks/privacy-statement/childrens-privacy-statement
SmartFour
This AI-powered 3D board game requires connected hardware to play. Engage in head-to-head matches, challenge an adaptive AI, or compete with players globally. Track your progress with advanced statistics and replays.
- AI training
- Online competition
- Global leaderboard
- Advanced stats
- Replay functionality
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GiiKER's Smart Four Connected hardware is required to use this app. Smart Four Connected is an AI featured 3D board game. With the integrated referee, the board records your moves and gives flashing indications where the goal is reach. You can fire up a head to head competition, challenge against the infused robot or play the mini game designed unique to the board. Connect with the Smart Four app, users can play against the adaptive AI and improve from the advanced stats, battle with players from around the world! Features: 1. AI trainning 2. Online competition 3. Global leaderboard 4. Advanced stats and replay
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Tinkercad at 4.6 against SmartFour's 4.0. Tinkercad also leads on ratings volume (20K vs 4). SmartFour's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 15.6). On price, review sentiment, update cadence and ads 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Tinkercad holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tinkercad has 20K ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 59% of Tinkercad's written reviews are positive against 57% of SmartFour's.
Tinkercad ships an update every 4 months, SmartFour every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Tinkercad | SmartFour |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (20K ratings) — better | 4.0 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 58.6% of reviews — better | 57.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 20K — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 151 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Autodesk Inc. | FS GIIKER TECHNOLOGY CO.,LTD |
Customer experience
Tinkercad
SmartFour
Bugs and requests
Tinkercad
Reported bugs
4 issues- Login issues and lost connection problems
- Dimensions box repeatedly appearing
- Designs reverting to earlier versions
- Overlapping UI elements
Requested features
5 requests- Add support for Apple Pencil and trackpad
- Improve alignment and grouping tools
- Provide offline functionality
- Expand library of shapes and templates
- Implement better tutorial and documentation
SmartFour
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Tinkercad
No in-app purchases
SmartFour
No in-app purchases
