Comparison

Nomad Sculpt vs Appfolio

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

Appfolio

Learn how to use your iPad and discover apps tailored to your interests. Access a library of video courses on illustration, design, photo/video editing, 3D creation, and productivity. Find the perfect app for your goals and see how others create with them.

Highlights
  • iPad app discovery
  • Video courses on design and editing
  • App recommendations based on goals
  • Learn app usage and creation steps
  • Gallery of user-created artwork
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New to iPad? Not sure which apps to use? Appfolio shows you how — and helps you find the apps made for you. Learn illustration, design, video, 3D, and more. Every course is built for iPad. Every lesson, in one place. Find the apps made for you. Whatever you want to create, Appfolio matches you with the right iPad apps to bring it to life. Tap an app icon to see what it does and who it's for. Browse the gallery, tap any artwork, and discover the exact apps and steps behind it. Just opened your iPad? You'll know where to start. Appfolio brings learning and app discovery together — beautifully simple, made for iPad. Watch select lessons free. Subscribe to Premium for the full library.

Screenshots

Nomad Sculpt4 screens
Appfolio4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Appfolio at Free against Nomad Sculpt's $19.99. Nomad Sculpt's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and chart position (#3 vs unranked). On review sentiment, update cadence, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

Appfolio is free to download; Nomad Sculpt costs $19.99 up front. Nomad Sculpt sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Appfolio sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $16.00 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Nomad Sculpt ships an update every 10 days, Appfolio every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
Nomad Sculpt versus Appfolio: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNomad SculptAppfolio
Price$19.99Free — better
Rating4.8 (14K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews87.5% of reviews91.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings14K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 10 days — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#3 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size293 MB66 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHexanomadolio, Inc.

Customer experience

Nomad Sculpt

All ratings14,376 ratings
Positive95.8%
Neutral1.8%
Negative2.4%
Written reviews783 reviews
Positive87.5%
Neutral4.2%
Negative8.3%

Appfolio

Written reviews23 reviews
Positive91.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative8.7%

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

Appfolio

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Nomad Sculpt

One-time1
  • Quad Remesher$15.99
1 purchases

Appfolio

Subscriptions1
  • Appfolio Unlimited 月額プラン7 Days trial$16.001 Month

Questions

Is Nomad Sculpt free?
Nomad Sculpt costs $19.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Appfolio free?
Appfolio is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Nomad Sculpt or Appfolio have ads?
Appfolio shows ads; Nomad Sculpt does not.
Which is updated more often, Nomad Sculpt or Appfolio?
Nomad Sculpt ships an update every 10 days, and Appfolio every 2 weeks. Most recently, Nomad Sculpt was updated on October 20, 2026 and Appfolio on October 18, 2026.

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