Material Box vs Vector Sketch Limited
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- PBR material preview
- Motion tracking for depth
- Off-axis rendering
- Heightmap depth illusion
- Realistic material visualization
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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.
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.
- 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
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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.
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Verdict
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
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.
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.
| Parameter | Material Box | Vector Sketch Limited |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $0.99 |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | — | Every 8 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Best chart rank | — | #200 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.7 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Alexander Zhang | Dennis Clay |
Customer experience
Material Box
Vector Sketch Limited
In-app purchases
Material Box
No in-app purchases
Vector Sketch Limited
No in-app purchases
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