Comparison

Nomad Sculpt vs VRoid Studio

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

Head to head
About

Nomad Sculpt

Create 3D models with sculpting and painting tools. Features include layers, multiresolution sculpting, and PBR rendering. Supports various export formats for your digital art.

Highlights
  • Sculpting tools (clay, flatten, smooth, trim)
  • Vertex painting (color, roughness, metalness)
  • Layer system for sculpting and painting
  • Multiresolution and voxel remeshing
  • Automatic UV unwrapping
  • PBR rendering with post-processing effects
  • Export/import in glTF, OBJ, STL, PLY
Features
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• Sculpting tools Clay, flatten, smooth, mask and many other brushes will let you shape your creation. You can also use the trim boolean cutting tool with lasso, rectangle and other shapes, for hardsurface purposes. • Stroke customization Falloff, alphas, tilings, pencil pressure and other stroke parameters can be customized. You can save and load your tools preset as well. • Painting tools Vertex painting with color, roughness and metalness. You can easily manage all your material presets as well. • Layers Record your sculpting and painting operations in separate layers for easier iteration during the creation process. Both the sculpting and painting changes are recorded. • Multiresolution sculpting Go back and forth between multiple resolution of your mesh for a flexible workflow. • Voxel remeshing Remesh quickly your mesh to get a uniform level of detail. It can be used to quickly sketch a rough shape at the beginning of the creation process. • Dynamic topology Refine locally your mesh under your brush to get an automatic level of detail. You can even keep your layers, as they will be automatically updated! • Decimate Reduce the number of polygons by keeping as many details as possible. • Face Group Segment your mesh into subgroups with the face group tool. • Automatic UV unwrap The automatic UV unwrapper can use face groups to control the unwrapping process. • Baking You can transfer vertex data such as color, roughness, metalness and small scaled detail in to textures. You can also do the opposite, transfering textures data into vertex data or layers. • Primitive shape Cylinder, torus, tube, lathe and other primitives can be used to quickly start new shapes from scratch. • PBR rendering Beautiful PBR rendering by default, with lighting and shadows. You can always switch to matcap for a more standard shading for sculpting purposes. • Post processing Screen Space Reflection, Depth of Field, Ambient Occlusion, Tone mapping, etc • Export and Import Supported formats include glTF, OBJ, STL or PLY files. • Interface Easy-to-use interface, designed for mobile experience. Customization is possible as well! • Quad Remesher (separate in-app purchase only) Remesh your object automatically with a quad dominant mesh that follows the mesh curvatures. It supports guides, face groups and density painting.

About

VRoid Studio

Create unique 3D humanoid avatars with an intuitive and adaptable application. Easily customize body shapes, outfits, and fine details using preset items or the pen tool. Express your originality and share your creations with a supportive community.

Highlights
  • Intuitive 3D avatar creation
  • Extensive body and outfit customization
  • Pen tool for detailed texture design
  • Real-time 3D preview
  • Customizable hair physics
  • Freely set usage terms for creations
  • Upload to VRoid Hub for community sharing
Features
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3D Modeling, for Everyone! VRoid Studio is an application to create 3D models of humanoid avatars (characters).Create original characters on this intuitive and highly adaptable application. Easy to use for everyone! ■Easy for Beginners too You can start creating right after download; with many ready-to-use preset items, you won’t need to create anything from scratch. You just need to pick items you like and adjust their parameters! ■Customize Your Model’s Body However You Like Face features, body shape, outfits — everything is customizable in infinite ways. Even first-time users can fully enjoy the application by picking preset items and playing around with the parameters’ sliders. ■Express Yourself this application also gives you total freedom to express your originality, customizing minor features down to the finest detail. ■Design Textures with the Pen Tool The texture editor supports stylus pens such as Apple pencils and is pressure-sensitive. You can also divide your design into more layers! Draw directly on the 3D model, or on the UV texture to see your creation display in real-time on the 3D preview. ■As easy as drawing on paper Create new chunks of hair with a single stroke, and later edit them to your liking through the parameters. Hair is customizable in infinite ways, and you can set hair bounce individually for each hair chunk. ■Your models are yours to use freely You can set your own terms of use for the data of every model, texture, item, etc you create on VRoid Studio, specifying if you give permission for commercial use, credits, etc. ■Create, Connect, Expand You can upload models you created to VRoid Hub, letting the community view them and send their appreciation. Characters uploaded to VRoid Hub can also be called up in various integrated games and platforms! - When using the data for models created by pixiv or third parties, please be sure to follow the terms of use and licensing conditions. - Supported environments and devices may change in future updates. - This information is current as of Aug 31, 2023. - Operation is not guaranteed on all devices.

Screenshots

Nomad Sculpt4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: VRoid Studio at Free against Nomad Sculpt's $19.99. Nomad Sculpt's advantage is rating (4.8 vs 3.5) and review sentiment (87% vs 51%). On in-app purchases, monetization model, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

VRoid Studio is free to download; Nomad Sculpt costs $19.99 up front. Nomad Sculpt sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and VRoid Studio sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Nomad Sculpt holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Nomad Sculpt has 15K ratings behind it against 231, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 87% of Nomad Sculpt's written reviews are positive against 51% of VRoid Studio's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Nomad Sculpt ships an update every 9 days, VRoid Studio monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Nomad Sculpt versus VRoid Studio: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNomad SculptVRoid Studio
Price$19.99Free — better
Rating4.8 (15K ratings) — better3.5 (231 ratings)
Positive reviews87.2% of reviews — better50.6% of reviews
Number of ratings15K — better231
Update frequencyEvery 9 days — betterMonthly
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#3 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPad
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size294 MB1.1 GB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperHexanomadPixiv Inc.

Customer experience

Nomad Sculpt

All ratings14,470 ratings
Positive95.8%
Neutral1.9%
Negative2.4%
Written reviews790 reviews
Positive87.2%
Neutral4.2%
Negative8.6%

VRoid Studio

All ratings219 ratings
Positive56.2%
Neutral17.8%
Negative26.0%
Written reviews162 reviews
Positive50.6%
Neutral19.1%
Negative30.2%

User reviews

Nomad Sculpt

From 15K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Powerful sculpting tools
  • 👍 Intuitive and user-friendly interface
  • 💡 Impressive features for the price
  • 🎨 Great for digital painting and sculpting
  • 🎨 Smooth performance even on older iPads

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Occasional crashes and bugs
  • 🐛 Issues with autosave and file management
  • 🔋 High battery consumption
  • 🎨 Lack of advanced features like rigging and animation
  • 🎨 Steep learning curve for beginners

VRoid Studio

From 231 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Easy to use
  • 🎨 Lots of customization options
  • 💡 Good for making VTuber models
  • 🎨 Allows creating OCs
  • 👍 Intuitive interface

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Frequent crashes, especially when editing textures
  • 🐛 Crashes when exporting models
  • 🐛 Laggy performance, especially on older devices
  • 🐛 Loses progress when crashing
  • 🐛 Unstable, unreliable app

Bugs and requests

Nomad Sculpt

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Crashes when importing/exporting certain file types
  • Glitches with symmetry and transform tools
  • Inconsistent performance on older iPad models

Requested features

7 requests
  • Add UV mapping and unwrapping tools
  • Implement a more robust autosave system
  • Include rigging and animation capabilities
  • Add support for more file formats (e.g., FBX)
  • Improve palm rejection and gesture controls
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  • Provide more brush customization options
  • Implement a timeline or layer system for sculpting

VRoid Studio

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Crashes when editing clothing textures
  • Crashes when trying to export models
  • Laggy performance, especially on older iPads
  • Loses progress when the app crashes
  • Unreliable, unstable app

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add more clothing options and accessories
  • Improve texture editing capabilities
  • Add face tracking and motion tracking features
  • Allow posing multiple characters together
  • Improve auto-save functionality to prevent data loss

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Nomad Sculpt

One-time1
  • Quad Remesher$15.99
3 purchases

VRoid Studio

Subscriptions3
  • VRoid Plus$4.991 Month
  • VRoid Plus$13.493 Months
  • VRoid Plus$24.996 Months

Questions

Is Nomad Sculpt free?
Nomad Sculpt costs $19.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is VRoid Studio free?
VRoid Studio is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Nomad Sculpt or VRoid Studio?
Nomad Sculpt is rated higher. Nomad Sculpt averages 4.8 out of 5 from 15K ratings, while VRoid Studio averages 3.5 from 231 ratings.
Do Nomad Sculpt or VRoid Studio have ads?
VRoid Studio shows ads; Nomad Sculpt does not.
Which is updated more often, Nomad Sculpt or VRoid Studio?
Nomad Sculpt ships an update every 9 days, and VRoid Studio monthly. Most recently, Nomad Sculpt was updated on October 28, 2026 and VRoid Studio on October 24, 2026.

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