Comparison

Project Preview vs Graphite 3D

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Project Preview

Visualize your custom Iron Works projects before they're built. This app lets you preview gates, fences, and doors on your own project site photos, offering over 50 designs and the ability to submit your own. Save and share your design ideas with ease.

Highlights
  • Real-time project previews
  • Variety of gate, fence, and door designs
  • Upload your own project site photos
  • Stretch designs to fit
  • Save and share design previews
  • Submit custom designs
Features
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Project Preview enables you to preview your finished Iron Works Project in real time! Choose from a variety of different designs of gates, fence, doors, and breezeways in order to assemble your dream project. You also have the ability to submit your own designs! Put in your own picture of your project site and assemble your project with ease. Features include: - Use multiple designs placed on one picture to create a full Fence and Gate set. - Stretch designs to fit the height of the gate/fence area. - Save a copy of the preview to share your design ideas. - More than 50+ Designs available!

About

Graphite 3D

Design 3D models and CAD drawings using augmented reality. Collaborate live with others in a shared virtual space, draw, and walk around your creations. Export your work to popular desktop applications.

Highlights
  • Augmented reality 3D modeling
  • Collaborative design
  • Spatial CAD drawings
  • Export to desktop formats
  • Photo and video capture
  • Live customer support
Features
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Augmented reality CAD for iPhone, iPad, and Apple Vision Pro. Create, edit, and explore spatial 3D designs wherever inspiration strikes. Now with generative 3D: describe an object and Graphite 3D can generate it directly in your scene. Turn text labels into editable 3D geometry, create objects using Siri, and use Siri or Shortcuts to resize selected shapes to precise dimensions. Design on a shared 3D canvas right in front of you. Draw while walking around your work, view creations from any angle, mark up interiors, plan at true scale, or block out objects as large as buildings. Capture photos and videos, then export your work to desktop CAD, modeling, animation, VFX, and game-development applications. Built for architects, interior designers, contractors, real estate professionals, urban planners, location scouts, VFX and game studios, spatial designers, curators, product designers, event teams, builders, property managers, and landscape planners. Graphite 3D is equally useful in civil engineering, environmental consulting, forestry, mining, forensics, archaeology, healthcare planning, and anywhere you need to think in space before something gets built. Features include: • AI-powered generation of 3D objects from text or spoken descriptions • Generate 3D geometry directly from labels in your drawing • Siri and Shortcuts integration for creating objects and resizing selected shapes • Generative AI renderings that transform spatial drawings into visual concepts • Solid shapes, extrusions, and Boolean modeling • Freeform 3D drawing • Live dimensions in millimeters, centimeters, meters, inches, feet, and yards • Precision 3D cursor • Object, point, line, surface, and angle snapping • Natural editing with Apple Pencil, pinch gestures, and spoken measurements • Full color palette • Focus mode • Topographic and site annotation • Animation paths for Houdini, Maya, Blender, and Unreal Engine • Building-scale, 1:1 editing • Local peer-to-peer collaboration • Core drawing and modeling tools that work offline • Photo and video capture • STL and USD import • STL, SCN, and USDZ export • Autosaved drawing library Sketch on the sidewalk before breaking ground. Test furniture in the room where it will live. Frame a shot before the crew arrives. Trace a gallery walkthrough across an empty floor. Walk a client through a renovation at full scale. Mark up a construction site with real dimensions instead of relying on a paper sketch. Or simply ask Siri to generate the object you need and place it in your scene. Free to start. Graphite 3D Pro unlocks additional professional features. Generative AI features use GenAI Credits and require an internet connection. Graphite 3D® is a trademark of Graphite Design Labs Inc. Multiple patents pending. You are awesome.

Screenshots

Project Preview3 screens
Graphite 3D4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Graphite 3D at 60% against Project Preview's 0%. Graphite 3D also leads on rating (3.7 vs 3.0) and update cadence (every 9 days vs every 2 months). Project Preview's advantage is iOS requirement (8.0 vs 16.6). On price, ratings volume, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Project Preview sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month and Graphite 3D sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Graphite 3D holds the better App Store score, 3.7 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 3 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Project Preview's written reviews are positive against 60% of Graphite 3D's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Project Preview ships an update every 2 months, Graphite 3D every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Project Preview versus Graphite 3D: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterProject PreviewGraphite 3D
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (2 ratings)3.7 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews60.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings23 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 9 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Vision Pro
Requires iOS8.0 — better16.6
Further details — not scored
Size86 MB19 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developeromar garciaGraphite Design Labs Inc.

Customer experience

Project Preview

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Graphite 3D

All ratings3 ratings
Positive33.3%
Neutral66.7%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive60.0%
Neutral40.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Project Preview

Subscriptions3
  • All Features - One Month3 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • All Features - Six Months$49.996 Months
  • All Features - One Year$79.991 Year
7 purchases

Graphite 3D

Subscriptions2
  • Pro Subscription (Monthly)3 Days trial$5.991 Month
  • Pro Subscription (Yearly)3 Days trial$9.991 Year
One-time5
  • Tip the Developer (A Little)$0.99
  • Tip the Developer$9.99
  • Gen AI (100 credits)$14.99
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  • Pro Purchase$29.99
  • Tip the Developer (A Lot)$59.99

Questions

Is Project Preview free?
Project Preview is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Graphite 3D free?
Graphite 3D is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Project Preview or Graphite 3D?
Graphite 3D is rated higher. Project Preview averages 3.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Graphite 3D averages 3.7 from 3 ratings.
Do Project Preview or Graphite 3D have ads?
Neither Project Preview nor Graphite 3D shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Project Preview or Graphite 3D?
Project Preview ships an update every 2 months, and Graphite 3D every 9 days. Most recently, Project Preview was updated on October 15, 2026 and Graphite 3D on October 9, 2026.

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