Comparison

instant3Dhub vs Castle Model Viewer

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

Castle Model Viewer

View and interact with a wide range of 2D and 3D model formats. Explore models, play animations, and save screenshots. Supports various file types including glTF, X3D, and OBJ, with options to open ZIP archives containing models and textures.

Highlights
  • Supports glTF, X3D, VRML, IFC, Spine JSON, and more
  • Open ZIP files with models and textures
  • Change navigation types (walk, fly, examine, 2D)
  • Play animations
  • Save screenshots
  • Display scene statistics
Features
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Viewer for 3D and 2D model formats supported by the Castle Game Engine: - glTF - X3D - VRML - IFC - Spine JSON - sprite sheets (in Castle Game Engine, Cocos2D and Starling XML formats) - MD3 - Wavefront OBJ - 3DS - STL - Collada - and more. In addition to the above formats, it also allows to open a ZIP file that contains a single model and associated media (like textures, sounds etc.). You can change navigation type (walk, fly, examine, 2D), jump between viewpoints, play chosen animations, save a screenshot, display scene statistics (triangle, vertex count) and more. The application comes with a few sample files, and naturally you can open your own 3D and 2D model files. The models must be self-contained, e.g. you have to - use GLB with all the textures packed in one file, - or X3D with all textures expressed as PixelTexture or data URI, - or just put your model with data (like textures) inside a zip. - We have documented how to make your models self-contained here: https://castle-engine.io/castle-model-viewer-mobile This is an open-source software, available to you for free. There are no ads or tracking. We appreciate if you can support us: https://www.patreon.com/castleengine !

Screenshots

instant3Dhub4 screens
Castle Model Viewer4 screens

Verdict

The call

instant3Dhub and Castle Model Viewer are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
instant3Dhub versus Castle Model Viewer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameterinstant3DhubCastle Model Viewer
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS14.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB72 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperThreedy GmbHMICHALIS KAMBURELIS

Customer experience

instant3Dhub

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

Castle Model Viewer

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

instant3Dhub

No in-app purchases

None

Castle Model Viewer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is instant3Dhub free?
instant3Dhub is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Castle Model Viewer free?
Castle Model Viewer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do instant3Dhub or Castle Model Viewer have ads?
Neither instant3Dhub nor Castle Model Viewer shows ads.

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