Comparison

instant3Dhub vs ModelPlay

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

Head to head
About

instant3Dhub

Experience 3D streaming and mixed reality on your mobile device. Ideal for industrial engineering and manufacturing, it allows you to place 3D data on surfaces and track models with advanced computer vision.

Highlights
  • 3D streaming to mobile
  • Mixed reality experiences
  • Anchoring 3D data to surfaces
  • Model tracking with computer vision
  • Support for various 3D data formats
  • Designed for industrial workflows
Features
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instant3Dhub for iOS brings the power of 3D streaming to your mobile device. Simply join a 3D session from your device or try out the demo session. Experience cutting-edge visual computing and mixed reality, crafted for industrial engineering and manufacturing workflows. Built with the instant3Dhub iOS Swift SDK (https://repo.threedy.io/ios/instant3dhubxr). App specific Features include: * Anchoring: place your 3D data on detected surfaces in your environment, such as floors, tables, or walls. * Model Tracking: Service-Integration of industry’s leading computer vision tracking engine VisionLib. Track and compare moving or stationary hardware to the digital representation. More about instant3Dhub: instant3Dhub enables developers to build highly responsive, interactive and immersive 3D apps that change the way engineers, sales folks & field service work with 3D. Instant 3D viewing and interactivity - anywhere, anytime, at a fraction of the cost of traditional solutions. Our format support covers a wide range of standards across typical domains such as CAD, Construction, and Visualization. Whether you're working with detailed engineering models, buildings, or visualization assets, instant3Dhub ensures your data is readily accessible and usable, simplifying complex workflows. You can find a full list here https://www.threedy.io/product/instant3dhub/supported-formats

About

ModelPlay

Easily view and customize 3D models without needing professional knowledge. Import, export, and categorize various file formats, then personalize lighting, backgrounds, materials, and animations for stunning visual effects.

Highlights
  • Import/export GLB, FBX, OBJ, STL, PLY, 3MF
  • Categorize models with folders
  • Customize lighting and backgrounds
  • Adjust model materials and textures
  • Play and control 3D animations
  • Set model position and camera angles
Features
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ModelPlay supports 3D model classification and viewing, 3D model import and export, and users can personalize each 3D model and save the settings. When using ModelPlay, users don't need to have professional 3D knowledge, just through simple operation, you can get very stunning 3D effects. -3D Model Import and Export Supports import and export of many common 3D format files such as GLB, FBX, OBJ, STL, PLY, 3MF, and so on. -3D Model Categorization Categorize 3D models through folders, support both list and grid display, sorting and editing, and setting image size. -3D Model Lighting Settings Support to set the lighting of the scene where the 3D model is located: support preset lighting combination settings, light color, light intensity, light shadow settings, ambient light color settings, and halo intensity settings. You can create colorful lighting effects through multiple combination settings. 3D Model Background Settings Supports setting the background of the scene where the 3D model is located: supports solid color background and sky box background. You can set “whether to show the ground” to get different scene atmosphere effects. 3D Model Material Settings Support to set the material of 3D model: support default texture material, line material, metal material, transparent material and other material switching. Support to view the original material and texture. -3D Model Animation Settings Support 3D model skeleton display, support animation play and pause, support auto rotate, support dynamic skeleton, support multiple animation clips switch play. -3D Model Position Setting Support 3D model position offset and rotation setting. Support camera view angle setting, you can set different optimal display view angles for different 3D models. -3D Model Mesh Settings Count the number of sub-mesh and mesh vertices of the 3D model, support whether the sub-mesh is visible or not setting, support component separation, and support putting the sub-mesh as the center. -3D Model Cover Settings The 3D model cover will be automatically generated when the 3D model is opened for the first time, support to modify the cover. Note: Updates and Feedback ModelPlay will make continuous updates to provide more 3D setting effects in the subsequent releases. Feel free to provide suggestions to ModelPlay via comments!

Screenshots

instant3Dhub4 screens
ModelPlay4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: instant3Dhub at 100% against ModelPlay's 27%. instant3Dhub also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1). ModelPlay's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 6 months). On price, ads, monetization model and device support 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. ModelPlay sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. instant3Dhub asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

instant3Dhub ships an update every 6 months, ModelPlay every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
instant3Dhub versus ModelPlay: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameterinstant3DhubModelPlay
PriceFreeFree
Rating—3.0 (8 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better27.3% of reviews
Number of ratings—8 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better
Requires iOS14.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB255 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperThreedy GmbH俊卿 吴

Customer experience

instant3Dhub

Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

ModelPlay

All ratings8 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews11 reviews
Positive27.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative72.7%

In-app purchases

None

instant3Dhub

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

ModelPlay

One-time1
  • ModelPlay Pro$9.99

Questions

Is instant3Dhub free?
instant3Dhub is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is ModelPlay free?
ModelPlay is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do instant3Dhub or ModelPlay have ads?
Neither instant3Dhub nor ModelPlay shows ads.
Which is updated more often, instant3Dhub or ModelPlay?
instant3Dhub ships an update every 6 months, and ModelPlay every 2 weeks. Most recently, instant3Dhub was updated on October 9, 2026 and ModelPlay on October 11, 2026.

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