Comparison

Bentos vs BuildingShift

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

Head to head
About

Bentos

Design and visualize retail display bays in 3D. Effortlessly create, test, and share product arrangements using customizable fixtures and realistic store environments. Preview designs in augmented reality.

Highlights
  • 3D bay visualization
  • Fixture and product placement
  • Realistic store environments
  • Augmented reality preview
  • Customizable templates
  • Shareable design exports
Features
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Bentos is a merchandising playground that helps you quickly visualize virtually any bay for use in an Avenue. Effortlessly design, test, and share endless displays in minutes, all in 3D. Bay Builder: Choose a 5-foot or 10-foot bay. Select a backdrop or make your bay a Graphic Panel. Add fixtures like counters, shelves, and drawers. Add products like phones, trays, and tablets. Adjust the position, rotation, stock, and style of items in your bay. Store Environments: Choose between five realistic environments to see how your bay will look in a real store. Toggle between day and night mode. AR Preview & Sharing: Preview your designs in augmented reality and share AR Quick Look files, ZIP archives, video tours, and snapshots with friends and colleagues. Customizable Templates: Start with a built-in template and rearrange fixtures or add new products. Asset Library: Extend your bay with custom artwork and 3D models. Bentos is available on iOS and iPadOS.

About

BuildingShift

Features
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BuildingShift is an iPhone camera for architectural photography. It shows a perspective-corrected, safely cropped final composition in the viewfinder, so you can see the result before you press the shutter. Features: • Live correction for perspective changes caused by roll and pitch • Motion-based leveling assistance • A final-aspect corrected viewfinder with safe cropping • Lens and focal presets discovered from the device’s actual camera capabilities • The original photo and corrected result saved together • Fully on-device operation with no account or cloud service BuildingShift follows a what-you-see-is-what-you-get workflow: the shutter freezes the correction already presented on screen; the app does not silently re-estimate perspective or cropping afterward. When device capability, motion data, or geometry is limited, it shows a warning and falls back safely. Designed for high-rise buildings, interiors, street facades, and city photography. Automated line refinement, post-capture editing, manual four-corner correction, and video correction are not included in this version.

Screenshots

Bentos4 screens
BuildingShift3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Bentos at none against BuildingShift's 1. BuildingShift's advantage is update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 7 months). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. BuildingShift sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Bentos asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Bentos ships an update every 7 months, BuildingShift every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Bentos versus BuildingShift: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBentosBuildingShift
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (7 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings7 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsEvery 5 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS16.015.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size85 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMichael Steeber磊 高

In-app purchases

None

Bentos

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

BuildingShift

One-time1
  • Unlock Saving$0.99

Questions

Is Bentos free?
Bentos is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is BuildingShift free?
BuildingShift is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Bentos or BuildingShift have ads?
Neither Bentos nor BuildingShift shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Bentos or BuildingShift?
Bentos ships an update every 7 months, and BuildingShift every 5 weeks. Most recently, Bentos was updated on October 9, 2026 and BuildingShift on October 10, 2026.

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