Comparison

Cadmio vs Resprite

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

Head to head
About

Cadmio

Easily create interactive 3D presentations of your product designs. Import common CAD file formats and utilize a library of materials and environments. Share your visualizations with clients who don't need specialized software to review them.

Highlights
  • Import .STEP, .STL, .OBJ files
  • Customizable material and environment presets
  • Interactive 3D presentation editing
  • AR view
  • Shareable proprietary file format
  • Automatic turntable animation
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CAD visualization has never been easier! Create interactive 3D presentations of your designs, and get your clients round. Use Cadmio’s curated material and environment presets, our presentation editing tools, and improve the ideation process even without prior computer graphics experience. Download Cadmio and get access to all FEATURES including: - .STEP, .STL, or .OBJ import from any CAD app. - Constantly growing Catalog of customizable material and environment presets. - Compact proprietary file format which is easy to share and store locally. - Various editing tools to customize the transform parameters of your CAD file. - Object hierarchy panel. - Multiple selection modes to speed up the preparation process. - Different render modes, units, and dimensions overlay for model evaluation. - Stored camera views and automatic turntable animation. - Projected decal rendering. - AR view. - Share functions. We offer a 1-WEEK TRIAL FOR FREE with unrestricted access to all materials, environments, and presentation editing tools. Prepare interactive 3D presentations on your iPad, and review them on your iPad or iPhone. Send iterations of the design to your client or supervisor, so they don’t need any modelling software to inspect the 3D model. Reviewing .cadmio files doesn’t require a subscription, and the Cadmio Viewer for the iPhone is also available for free. You can find more information about how to GET STARTED with Cadmio on our website: https://www.cadmio.io/getting-started SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS We recommend using iPad Pro with 4+ GB RAM (4th and 5th generation). On devices with less than 4 GB memory (for example the 8th generation iPad) certain environments are disabled. Cadmio supports the .STEP, .STL, and .OBJ file formats for importing CAD models. GET IN TOUCH Feel free to contact us with any questions or feedback at hello@cadmio.io. Follow us on Instagram (@cadmioapp) for more CAD visualization content and updates. SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION Opening and viewing existing presentations are FREE. Creating and editing presentations requires a subscription. You can choose a monthly or yearly option, each comes with a 1-week free trial. After confirmation, payment will be charged to your iTunes Account at the end of the trial. The subscription will automatically renew unless you turn off auto-renew in the iTunes Account Settings at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can cancel at any time and enjoy all subscription benefits during the remaining period. PRIVACY AND TERMS OF USE https://www.cadmio.io/privacy https://www.cadmio.io/terms

About

Resprite

This professional pixel art editor offers desktop-class features optimized for touch and pen input. Create pixel illustrations, animations, and game assets with an extensive toolset, advanced layers, and a high-performance renderer, all on your mobile device.

Highlights
  • High-performance drawing engine
  • Innovative palette and coloring tools
  • Advanced layers and timeline system
  • Optimized gesture and pen controls
  • Flexible interface layout
  • Import/export GIF, spritesheet, and PSD files
Features
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Resprite is a professional pixel art editor. Desktop-class features combined with touch/pen optimizations let you create efficiently anywhere. Resprite brings together a complete pixel toolset, an innovative coloring system, advanced layers and timelines, and a Metal-powered high-performance renderer so you can easily make pixel illustrations, spritesheets, GIF animations, and game art assets. Wherever you are—at home, camping, on the beach, or waiting at the gate—you can start creating. Resprite is your mobile pixel art studio. Resprite includes: - High-performance drawing engine - Innovative and efficient palette and coloring tools - Complete dithering pattern support - Flexible interface layout, always one tap away - Optimized gesture and pen controls for precision Flexible interface layout: - Arrange floating panels freely - All panels can be minimized - Shorten the distance between pen and target to boost efficiency - Cohesive pixel-styled UI All-in-one toolset: - Brushes, innovative coloring tools, three selection tools, eyedropper, paint bucket, three shape tools, plus rich sub-options - Pixel Perfect, Alpha Lock, dithering textures, and other advanced features - Place the toolbar anywhere for instant access - Copy, paste (including across files), flip horizontally/vertically, rotate, scale - Zoom and transform both canvas and image - Quick outline, HSV tuning, brightness/contrast adjustment, blur filter - Insert multi-line or vertical text, with custom fonts Convenient reference images: - Load multiple reference images - References can be zoomed and minimized - Place them anywhere Innovative palette: - Free placement layout - Linked workflow with coloring tools - Interpolate to create intermediate colors - Palette import and export - Automatically sample palettes from the canvas Import and sharing: - Import/export GIF, spritesheet, and Resprite packages - Export with scale, frame margin, spritesheet layout options, and more - Export per animation clip or by row - Import/export palettes (GPL, RPL formats) - Export PSD files - Import/export APNG animations - Export timelapse recordings of your drawing Layer and timeline system: - Comprehensive features for flexible layer-based creation - Copy, merge, flatten, rasterize, and other advanced operations - Onion Skin support - Set multiple animation clips and select them individually - Reliable performance—smooth even with hundreds of frames - Color tags, multi-level grouping, and opacity control Fast gesture operations: - Supports low-tilt and heavy-press stylus gestures - Two-finger/three-finger tap for undo/redo - Customizable pen Double-Tap actions - One-finger gestures to switch frames, play, and toggle onion skin - Long-press gesture - Flexibly map gestures to actions Pixel art in the demos comes from these artists: 史大巴、斯尔娜娜、扑倒奥利奥、吱小墨、妘归、KATLEE十三、石睐暮 PREMIUM: Your Resprite PREMIUM unlocks: - Remove export limits - Color adjustments - Stroke - Symmetry tool - Text tool All app features are available, and Premium is shared between iPad and iPhone. Customer support: Docs: https://resprite.fengeon.com/ Email: support@fengeon.com Optional in-app purchases: Charges are deducted from your iTunes account. Subscriptions renew automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the current period ends. After purchase, you can manage auto-renewal anytime in your Apple ID account settings. Terms and conditions: Your use of this app is governed by the Terms at https://resprite.fengeon.com/terms and the Privacy Policy at https://resprite.fengeon.com/privacy, including future versions.

Screenshots

Resprite4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: Resprite at free with in-app purchases against Cadmio's subscription. Resprite also leads on rating (4.7 vs 4.2) and ratings volume (1.4K vs 34). On price, update cadence, 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

Both are free to download. Cadmio sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $10.99 per month and Resprite sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Resprite holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Resprite has 1.4K ratings behind it against 34, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 61% of Cadmio's written reviews are positive against 79% of Resprite's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Cadmio ships an update monthly, Resprite every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on June 9, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Cadmio versus Resprite: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCadmioResprite
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (34 ratings)4.7 (1.4K ratings) — better
Positive reviews60.7% of reviews79.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings341.4K — better
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 5 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationSubscriptionFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS15.6 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size1.5 GB31 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCADMIO Korlatolt Felelossegu TarsasagFengeon

Customer experience

Cadmio

All ratings31 ratings
Positive77.4%
Neutral6.5%
Negative16.1%
Written reviews28 reviews
Positive60.7%
Neutral10.7%
Negative28.6%

Resprite

All ratings1,409 ratings
Positive92.9%
Neutral2.4%
Negative4.7%
Written reviews280 reviews
Positive79.3%
Neutral7.1%
Negative13.6%

Bugs and requests

Cadmio

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Resprite

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Tools disappearing from the UI
  • Importing Aseprite files not working properly
  • Export function counting against trial limit even when cancelled

Requested features

6 requests
  • Add keyframe animation support
  • Implement tile set creation tools
  • Allow importing/exporting more file formats
  • Improve undo/redo functionality
  • Add cursor/crosshair display option
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  • Increase free export limit

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Cadmio

Subscriptions2
  • Cadmio Monthly Subscription7 Days trial$10.991 Month
  • Cadmio Annual Subscription7 Days trial$99.991 Year
5 purchases

Resprite

Subscriptions2
  • 1 Month$1.991 Month
  • 12 Months$14.991 Year
One-time3
  • A Coffee$0.99
  • Lifetime$19.99
  • Lifetime Standard$29.99

Questions

Is Cadmio free?
Cadmio is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Resprite free?
Resprite is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Cadmio or Resprite?
Resprite is rated higher. Cadmio averages 4.2 out of 5 from 34 ratings, while Resprite averages 4.7 from 1.4K ratings.
Do Cadmio or Resprite have ads?
Neither Cadmio nor Resprite shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Cadmio or Resprite?
Cadmio ships an update monthly, and Resprite every 5 weeks. Most recently, Cadmio was updated on June 9, 2026 and Resprite on September 24, 2026.

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