Comparison

Material Box vs Vector Sketch Limited

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

Head to head
About

Material Box

Visualize PBR materials with realistic depth using motion tracking and off-axis rendering. This app creates the illusion of real depth for heightmaps as you move your device.

Highlights
  • PBR material preview
  • Motion tracking for depth
  • Off-axis rendering
  • Heightmap depth illusion
  • Realistic material visualization
Features
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Preview PBR materials as if they were actually on your phone. Material Box uses motion tracking and off axis rendering to give heightmaps the illusion of real depth as you move your phone.

About

Vector Sketch Limited

Create vector drawings with a user-friendly interface on your iPad or iPhone. Easily draw, modify, and align shapes with grid and snapping tools. Print your creations on standard paper sizes.

Highlights
  • Vector line, circle, and rectangle drawing
  • Shape modification and color changes
  • Zoom and pan canvas
  • Adjustable grid for alignment
  • Snapping to grid points
  • Printable drawings
Features
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No ads… No subscription… just a small one time purchase. A vector drawing application for the iPad or iPhone that provides a very simple, user friendly interface to draw vector lines, circles, rectangles, and text labels. The shapes can be moved or modified after placement. For example, such as changing the width of the line or the color. A border line is drawn around the edges of the canvas to represent the drawing area of a standard size sheet of paper (8-1/2 X 11 inches). The canvas is initially displayed showing the entire border, and you can only draw inside of this border. You can use two fingers to zoom in on the canvas, in order to create a more detailed drawing. If you zoomed in such that any portion of the border can’t be seen, then you can use two fingers to pan the canvas around. A grid is displayed over the canvas to help with alignment. There are a couple of different ways to display this grid, or you can hide it completely if you would rather have a blank canvas. You can also change the background color of the canvas. This can be useful depending on your needs. For example, if you wanted to draw with a WHITE pen, you would probably want a darker background. Snapping can be turned ON or OFF. When snapping is ON, as you place new shapes on the screen, or move existing ones, the shape is “snapped” to nearest snap point location (on the grid). This allows you to easily align and place various shapes on the canvas. Snap points are invisible, and are located at the intersection of each line in the grid. Snapping can be still be used, even when the grid is "hidden". Drawings can be printed in landscape, on 8-1/2 X11 inch paper.

Screenshots

Material Box2 screens
Vector Sketch Limited3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Material Box at Free against Vector Sketch Limited's $0.99. Material Box also leads on iOS requirement (13.7 vs 26.0). Vector Sketch Limited's advantage is chart position (#200 vs unranked). On rating, 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

Material Box is free to download; Vector Sketch Limited costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Material Box against 5.0 for Vector Sketch Limited. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
Material Box versus Vector Sketch Limited: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMaterial BoxVector Sketch Limited
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings11
Update frequency—Every 8 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
Best chart rank—#200 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.7 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAlexander ZhangDennis Clay

Customer experience

Material Box

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Vector Sketch Limited

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Material Box

No in-app purchases

None

Vector Sketch Limited

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Material Box free?
Material Box is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Vector Sketch Limited free?
Vector Sketch Limited costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Material Box or Vector Sketch Limited?
Material Box and Vector Sketch Limited are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Material Box or Vector Sketch Limited have ads?
Neither Material Box nor Vector Sketch Limited shows ads.

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