Naomi Animation vs Solid Engineer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Naomi Animation
Create immersive 3D animations directly on your iPad using augmented reality. This app provides a user-friendly editor with pre-rigged characters and keyframe animation tools, making it easy to start animating immediately.
- Augmented reality 3D animation
- Keyframe animation editor
- Pre-rigged 3D characters
- iPad and Apple Pencil support
- Discord community
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Create stunning 3D animations and AI-generated characters right on your iPad. Naomi turns your ideas into animated scenes you can share as videos, export to your favorite 3D tools, or place into the real world with AR. AI 3D MODEL GENERATOR Type what you want and watch it become a 3D model in seconds. Drop it into your scene, rig it, animate it. WHAT YOU CAN DO • Animate pre-rigged 3D characters with intuitive timeline keyframes • Generate custom 3D models from text prompts • Build minifigure characters in the Minifigure Factory • Compose cinematic scenes with lighting, materials, and camera moves • Apply post-processing filters: Comic, Black & White, dithering, and more • Place your animations into the real world with AR • Export as video, FBX, or GLB to use anywhere DESIGNED FOR IPAD + APPLE PENCIL Precise pencil input, multitouch gestures, and a UI built for the canvas in your hands. JOIN THE COMMUNITY Get inspiration, share your work, and join creative challenges on our Discord. Naomi is the fastest way to go from idea to animated 3D scene, no prior animation experience needed. Start experiencing the future of 3D animation content creation now. Naomi Discord community: https://discord.gg/ayhCZATm Terms of Use: https://www.naomianimation.com/terms-conditions/
Solid Engineer
This app teaches programming through visual 3D model creation. It offers modes for beginners to advanced users, including JavaScript support. Models can be printed or shared.
- Visual programming interface
- 3D model creation
- Printable model export
- Beginner to advanced modes
- JavaScript integration
- Keyframe animation
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Learn programming and create 3D models that can be printed or shared with other users. The 'basic' mode helps students to learn the basics of programming by dragging and dropping programming statements. The 'advanced' mode supports subtracting and intersecting volumes, profiles, parameters, part libraries and keyframe animation. In the 'programmer' mode you can use the power of modern JavaScript such as arrow functions, maps and filters.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Solid Engineer at 100% against Naomi Animation's 46%. Solid Engineer also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.2) and in-app purchases (none vs 5). Naomi Animation's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 5 months) and ratings volume (226 vs 1). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Naomi Animation sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. Solid Engineer asks for nothing beyond the download.
Solid Engineer holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Naomi Animation has 226 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 46% of Naomi Animation's written reviews are positive against 100% of Solid Engineer's.
Naomi Animation ships an update every 3 weeks, Solid Engineer every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on September 20, 2026 and June 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Naomi Animation | Solid Engineer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.2 (226 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 45.9% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 226 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 315 MB | 16 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Aniotech | Axxem B.V. |
Customer experience
Naomi Animation
Solid Engineer
Bugs and requests
Naomi Animation
Reported bugs
4 issues- Crashes when importing large files
- Imported models not retaining color or rigging
- Camera controls freezing or not working as expected
- Saving and exporting issues
Requested features
6 requests- Add ability to rotate and scale objects
- Improve camera controls and zooming
- Increase number of free projects
- Add support for more file formats and model import
- Implement better rigging and animation tools
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- Add more effects and lighting options
Solid Engineer
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Naomi Animation
- Standard7 Days trial$7.991 Month
- Standard Yearly7 Days trial$79.991 Year
- 100 Credits$2.99
- 500 Credits$12.99
- 1500 Credits$34.99
Solid Engineer
No in-app purchases
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