Comparison

CozyBlanket vs Valence 3D

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

Head to head
About

CozyBlanket

Prepare and optimize 3D models for animation, games, and rendering directly on your iPad. This app offers manual retopology, UV unwrapping, and baking of normal maps and vertex colors with an intuitive, puzzle-like interface. It's designed to be beginner-friendly yet powerful, integrating seamlessly with desktop pipelines.

Highlights
  • Manual retopology
  • Seam-based UV unwrapping
  • Normal maps and vertex colors baking
  • High-poly mesh import
  • Game-ready asset export
  • Network streaming for desktop integration
  • Apple Pencil optimized tools
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CozyBlanket includes in-app purchases to fully unlock its import/export options and advanced features. For the best experience, Apple Pencil is recommended, but not required. ## A complete suite for model preparation and optimization CozyBlanket can perform manual retopology, seam-based UV unwrapping, manual packing, normal maps and vertex colors baking. With CozyBlanket you can take your high poly models and manually prepare them for animation, video games, real-time rendering and surfacing. All with a single app. With CozyBlanket you can move the technical, manual work of creating 3D assets from your desktop to your iPad. By using a minimal UI and its innovative UX you can perform retopology, uv and baking as an enjoyable, game-like process similar to solving a puzzle, from the comfort of your sofa, on the train or while enjoying a hot chocolate at your favorite cafe. CozyBlanket was designed to be able to handle high resolution meshes coming from scans and desktop DCCs in mobile devices. Its performance is mostly limited by the iPad available memory. CozyBlanket allows you to import a high-poly sculpt and export a game-ready asset that looks the same, all without common pipeline issues such as scale mismatches, tangent space errors and snapping artifacts. ## A different approach to retopology, UV and baking CozyBlanket was designed to be beginner friendly and approachable, but very powerful. You can learn CozyBlanket's fundamentals and start working with it just by seeing it in action. From there, you can start digging into the included instructive tutorial slides and Action Gallery to discover its advanced features. All tooling was designed to take the most advantage of Apple Pencil and multitouch screens. When doing retopology, you create new quads, patches and grids by directly drawing on the high poly mesh. You can also transform the UV coordinates and texture position by using multitouch over the 3D mesh. CozyBlanket actions are also coherent between different tasks. Fox example, its Relax action behaves identically when using it for smoothing topology positions, UV coordinates or the baking cage's shape. ## Integrates with desktop software and pipelines CozyBlanket Standard version supports network functionality, This way it can be integrated with desktop software and pipelines by streaming geometry over the local network. No exporting and transferring files between devices is needed. CozyBlanket provides a network protocol that can be fully scripted to fit the requirements of your studio pipelines and custom tooling.

About

Valence 3D

This app is a powerful yet user-friendly 3D modeling and design tool for iPad and iPhone. It offers a comprehensive set of tools for creating, importing, editing, and exporting 3D models, suitable for both beginners and professionals across various industries.

Highlights
  • Extensive primitive shapes library
  • Import and export various 3D file formats
  • Advanced modeling and mesh operations
  • Non-destructive mesh modifiers
  • Intuitive navigation and context-aware tools
  • Automatic saving and iCloud syncing
Features
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Valence 3D is a powerful, beautiful & easy-to-use 3D polygon modeling design tool built from the ground up for iPad & iPhone. No matter whether you're learning 3D modeling for the first time or a professional working in design, construction, gaming, web dev, digital fabrication, architecture, or spatial computing, Valence 3D has what you need to get started! CREATE, IMPORT, EDIT & EXPORT 3D MODELS • 25 primitive shapes are built-in & ready to help you start modeling: plane, box, sphere, squircle, rounded box, arc, circle, cylinder, tube, cone, capsule, torus, icosphere, pipe, revolve, helix, voronoi, text, super shape, noise surfaces, torus knot, faceted gem & tube. • Import existing models, reference images, lidar scans and room plans • Imports: OBJ, STL, USD, USDZ • Exports: PNG, SVG, OBJ, STL, USD, USDZ, GLTF, GLB • Knife tool to create complex and detailed geometry • Move, Rotate, & Scale gizmos make it easy to transform nodes, faces, edges & vertices • Powerful modeling gizmos for extruding, insetting, beveling, poking, creasing & cutting • Multiple selection & automatic loop selection help accelerate your modeling • Tap on one of the gizmo handles to bring up an input field for precise transformations & mesh operations • Robust snapping & alignment commands • Selection operations: grow, shrink, select shell & deselect • Mesh operations: duplicate, instance, set / center pivot, trim by plane, boolean, apply transform & subdivide • Face operations: separate, combine, bridge, extract, poke, collapse, delete, dissolve, harden & soften • Edge operations: extrude, insert vertex, collapse, dissolve, bridge, harden & soften • Vertex operations: insert edge, dissolve, delete & merge • Non-destructive & configurable mesh modifiers: mirror & subdivision • Apply complex transformations using different gizmo pivot points & orientations EASILY NAVIGATE & STAY IN FLOW WHILE DESIGNING • Carefully crafted & fully optimized for iPhone & iPad • Designed to minimize cognitive overload by only showing tools & commands that are contextually relevant • Easily navigate to any part of your model by dragging and pinching: two finger pinch to zoom and roll, and one finger drag to rotate • Pop into the standard orthographic views by tapping one of the handles of the orientation gizmo • Use two & three finger tap gestures to undo & redo • Select components by dragging or using the rectangular selection mode • Your work is saved automatically every two minutes and every time you go back to the gallery • Get an overview of your scene’s structure from the Outliner • Long press on a node in the Outliner to easily rename, duplicate, instance, delete, parent & reorder any object in your scene • Precisely adjust any node’s position, rotation & scale with the Inspector • Adjust material properties, display & modifier options with the Inspector STAY ORGANIZED ACROSS ALL YOUR DEVICES • Preview, share, duplicate, delete & rename your models from the gallery • iCloud syncing keeps all your models up to date, private & accessible across all your devices PREVIEW, MEASURE, & RENDER YOUR CREATIONS • 6 powerful rendering modes: Matcap, Modeling, Wireframe, Physically Based, X-Ray & Path Traced • Export renders in any aspect ratio & scale • Preview your model in AR in two taps • Export your scene as a USDZ & be confident it’ll look consistent on all Apple devices • Tweak your model’s material & see changes in real-time • Tweak-able scene settings: camera field of view, background type, blurriness, intensity & rotation • Get model measurements in one click • Add persistent dimensions between any two surfaces in your scene PURCHASE & COMPATIBILITY • One time purchase unlocks both iPhone & iPad versions • Apple Pencil supported on select iPads • 120 FPS supported on devices with ProMotion displays • Path Tracing is supported on iPads with M series chips & iPhones with A15 Bionic & later • Lidar Scan & Room Plan is supported on devices with a lidar sensor

Screenshots

Valence 3D4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: CozyBlanket at Free against Valence 3D's $19.99. CozyBlanket also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). Valence 3D's advantage is rating (4.2 vs 3.5) and in-app purchases (none vs 3). On ratings volume, ads 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

CozyBlanket is free to download; Valence 3D costs $19.99 up front. CozyBlanket sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Valence 3D asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Valence 3D holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 3.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 71 and 116 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 41% of CozyBlanket's written reviews are positive against 60% of Valence 3D's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

CozyBlanket ships an update every 3 weeks, Valence 3D every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 3 level
CozyBlanket versus Valence 3D: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCozyBlanketValence 3D
PriceFree — better$19.99
Rating3.5 (71 ratings)4.2 (116 ratings) — better
Positive reviews40.7% of reviews60.4% of reviews — better
Number of ratings71116 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 11 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
Best chart rank#47 — better
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS15.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size377 MB195 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSparseal SLHi-Rez, LLC

Customer experience

CozyBlanket

All ratings71 ratings
Positive54.9%
Neutral15.5%
Negative29.6%
Written reviews123 reviews
Positive40.7%
Neutral16.3%
Negative43.1%

Valence 3D

All ratings116 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral13.8%
Negative11.2%
Written reviews154 reviews
Positive60.4%
Neutral16.2%
Negative23.4%

User reviews

CozyBlanket

From 71 App Store ratings

What we love

  • ✨ Great for retopology
  • 📱 iPad workflow enabled
  • 💡 Intuitive tools
  • 🎨 UV unwrapping is fantastic
  • 🚀 Fast workflow

Room to improve

  • 💰 Overpriced
  • 💸 Expensive lite version
  • 🔒 Basic features locked
  • 📉 Price not worth it
  • 🤔 Expensive full version

Valence 3D

From 116 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Great start
  • 👍 Intuitive UI
  • 💡 Powerful features
  • 🚀 Frequent updates
  • 👍 Clean and easy to use

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Crashes and stability issues
  • 🐛 File loading/saving problems
  • 🐛 Unreliable selection and navigation
  • 🐛 Mesh corruption and data loss
  • 🐛 Lack of key modeling tools (boolean, curve, etc.)

Bugs and requests

CozyBlanket

Reported bugs

87 issues
  • Mesh covers topology
  • Camera freaks out
  • Denser topology areas not showing
  • Touch controls not working
  • Undo/redo buttons unreliable
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  • Deleted project without warning
  • No way to save or export
  • In-app purchases not applied
  • UI clunky
  • Modifier buttons not sticky
  • Touch/pencil gestures hard to remember
  • Saving files clunky/unclear
  • Buggy with iPad multitasking
  • Undo button placement issue
  • Mixing models
  • App breaking bugs
  • Not precise with pen
  • Tools incomplete
  • Doesn't utilize Apple Pencil features
  • No palm detection
  • Purchase not restored
  • App crashes
  • Crashes with import
  • Crashes when importing
  • Weird input registration
  • Tools not performing actions
  • Input registration issues
  • Gestures iffy
  • Settings don't save well
  • Toolset removing erase tool
  • File management clunky
  • Cannot import/export FBX
  • App crashes on open
  • Camera erratic zooming/panning
  • Camera stuck inside model
  • App reset loses work
  • Zoom and move tool not working
  • Retopology works inconsistently
  • Doesn't weld fine details
  • Camera pivot out of whack
  • Clone tool crashes program
  • Camera trouble with small decals
  • Merge UVs gesture not working
  • Basic function broken
  • Handling of scale issues
  • Camera snaps and goes wacky
  • Double tap to re-center issues
  • Texture preview doesn't work
  • UV unwrapping requires repacking islands
  • UV maps export mirrored
  • Tools do too many things
  • Gestures work less off target mesh
  • Cannot adjust camera orbit speed
  • Cannot transition target mesh verts to flat surface
  • Cannot add vertex to existing triangle
  • App reads gestures on back of mesh
  • Unwanted actions from gestures
  • App consistently adds tri instead of quad
  • Cannot isolate sections of meshes
  • App crashes when opening
  • Zoom and move tool issues
  • Retopology works inconsistently
  • Cannot weld fine details
  • Camera erratic zooming
  • Cannot pan/orbit
  • Camera stuck inside model
  • App reset loses work
  • Save locked behind license
  • No redo gesture
  • Poly strokes, patches, knife tools missing
  • Cannot slide edge loops
  • Difficult to retopo fingers/cylinders
  • Limited finger gestures
  • No 3-finger redo
  • No updates for months
  • Cannot sub-D surface
  • Cannot do loop extrude
  • Manual retopo needs work
  • Pivot camera out of whack
  • Finger gestures don't work well
  • Double tap to pull verts counterintuitive
  • Auto-merged polys
  • Vertices/edges count unclear
  • Tri count vs poly count unclear
  • Cannot isolate meshes
  • Cannot retopo tight areas
  • Cannot work with thin areas

Requested features

29 requests
  • Import Lo poly to rework
  • Add more to $20 version
  • Sticky modifier buttons
  • Improve touch/pencil gestures
  • Save/export functionality
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  • Web app for UV unwrapping
  • Better palm rejection
  • Adjust camera orbit speed
  • Flat surface transition for UVs
  • Hide sub-models
  • Object manager
  • UV seam tool
  • Layer system
  • Better mirroring system
  • Unsubdivide button
  • Sliding edge loops
  • Knife cut tool
  • Poly strokes, patches, knife tools
  • Subdivision
  • Import texture for reference
  • Apply mirror for asymmetrical objects
  • X-ray underlying mesh
  • Extruding edges
  • More undo history steps
  • Redo gesture
  • Support for FBX with multi-object meshes
  • More file type support
  • Dark mode option
  • Advanced analytics dashboard

Valence 3D

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Crashes on launch
  • Saved files not loading properly
  • Unreliable vertex/edge/face selection
  • Mesh corruption and data loss
  • Gizmo and navigation issues

Requested features

8 requests
  • Add boolean operations
  • Improve selection and navigation tools
  • Implement curve/spline primitives
  • Add more modeling modifiers (bevel, subdivision, etc.)
  • Provide more detailed documentation and tutorials
Show 3 more
  • Improve performance and stability
  • Add UV editing and texture support
  • Implement keyboard shortcuts and power user features

In-app purchases

3 purchases

CozyBlanket

One-time3
  • Lite$19.99
  • Standard Upgrade$69.99
  • Standard$89.99
None

Valence 3D

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is CozyBlanket free?
CozyBlanket is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Valence 3D free?
Valence 3D costs $19.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, CozyBlanket or Valence 3D?
Valence 3D is rated higher. CozyBlanket averages 3.5 out of 5 from 71 ratings, while Valence 3D averages 4.2 from 116 ratings.
Do CozyBlanket or Valence 3D have ads?
Neither CozyBlanket nor Valence 3D shows ads.
Which is updated more often, CozyBlanket or Valence 3D?
CozyBlanket ships an update every 3 weeks, and Valence 3D every 11 days. Most recently, CozyBlanket was updated on September 21, 2026 and Valence 3D on September 24, 2026.

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