Nomad Sculpt vs CookieCaddie
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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.
CookieCaddie
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Design your own cookie cutters — right down to embossed lettering and detail — and export them ready to 3D print. CookieCaddie is a drawing app built specifically for one job: turning a shape into a cutter you can actually print and bake with. Draw freehand, place precise rectangles and circles, trace a photo of a logo or character, or sketch a custom outline with bezier curves — then watch it become a real, watertight 3D model. DESIGN WITH REAL DRAWING TOOLS • Freehand, line, curve, rectangle, circle, and polygon tools • Trace over an imported reference photo • Node-level editing on any path • Mirror your drawing horizontally, vertically, or both, for perfectly symmetric designs • Undo/redo, combine paths, and a measuring ruler for exact dimensions EMBOSS DETAIL, NOT JUST OUTLINES Draw a shape inside your cutter's outline and it automatically becomes embossed detail — pressed into the cookie's face instead of cut through it. Add a name, a message, or a logo with the built-in text tool, and it presses right into the dough. Draw a line for a simple scored groove. ENGINEERED TO ACTUALLY WORK Every cutter is built from a real cross-section: a clean cutting edge, a sturdy wall, and a palm-friendly flange, all independently adjustable. When your design includes embossed detail, CookieCaddie holds it up with a minimal support structure — thin struts back to the wall — instead of sealing the whole top shut, so your finished cookie pops back out with a push of a finger. BUILT FOR PRINTING Every export is validated as a single watertight, manifold solid before it ever reaches your STL file — no repairing broken meshes in another app first. Export straight to Files, AirDrop, or your slicer of choice. YOUR LIBRARY, YOUR DESIGNS Save, rename, and organize every cutter you make, each with its own thumbnail. Export a design file to back it up or share it with a friend — they can import it right back into their own copy of CookieCaddie. Works great on iPhone and iPad, in millimeters or inches, whichever you think in. CookieCaddie stores everything on your device. No account, no sign-up, no tracking — just a drawing tool for people who want to bake with cutters nobody else has.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: CookieCaddie at Free against Nomad Sculpt's $19.99. CookieCaddie also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1). Nomad Sculpt's advantage is chart position (#3 vs unranked). On ads, 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
CookieCaddie is free to download; Nomad Sculpt costs $19.99 up front. Nomad Sculpt sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. CookieCaddie asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Nomad Sculpt | CookieCaddie |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $19.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.8 (15K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 87.2% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 15K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Best chart rank | #3 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 294 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Hexanomad | Chad Bonadonna |
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
CookieCaddie
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Nomad Sculpt
- Quad Remesher$15.99
CookieCaddie
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Nomad Sculpt free?
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