Comparison

Strip Designer vs Reforge 3D

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

Head to head
About

Strip Designer

Create your own comic books using photos, text, stickers, and drawings. Design custom layouts, add speech balloons, and apply filters to tell your stories. Export your creations as high-quality PDFs or share them directly with friends.

Highlights
  • 100+ page templates
  • Custom panel layouts
  • Customizable speech balloons
  • 3D warped text
  • 150+ stickers
  • Photo filters and effects
  • Drawing and masking tools
  • PDF export
Features
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Create amazing comic books with your photos and share with friends and family. Tell exciting stories with balloons, stickers, drawings, and warped 3D lettering. Strip Designer offers the complete comic creation experience on iOS and macOS. And no in-app purchases -- Everything is included! You'll begin by selecting one of the many included comic book page templates or create your own custom layout. Next, you'll add photos from the camera, your album, or create a drawing. Apply filters, or even paint on and mask your photos for atmosphere, style and retouching. Add balloons and text anywhere you want and in any direction and size. Play with the colors and fonts until you get the perfect look. Add stickers like "Boom", "Splash", or "Bang" to spice up the action -- Even create your own library using photos from your photo-album and the built-in masking and drawing tools. Use 3D warped text with thick borders and gradient color-fill to give your comic the extra super-hero feel. Download and add additional free fonts easily within the app, to give your text a unique look! While you work, you can freely pan and zoom to control even tiny details. Once you have finished your masterpiece you can save it to your photo album or share it with your friends. Use PDF to share entire comic books in high-quality. -- All from within Strip Designer. Key Features: • More than a 100 page templates with 1 to 9 photo cells • Multipage books • Create your own panel layout with up-to 12 cells or use one of the standard layouts • Many balloon types with customizable tails and heads • Balloons can have multiple tails and be combined • Flexible text options with per-letter colors and fonts • Adjust ballon size, rotation, color, and transparency • Add text (3D, warped, and perspective) for a superhero vibe • Use any iOS font or install additional fonts for unique touch • More than 150 stickers to insert for additional impact • Page effects to give your pages old look • Dropbox and WebDAV download/upload support • Export to PDF to create real comic books • Import PDFs (for both cells and custom stickers) • Control scale, position, and rotation of photos • Integrated drawing and masking tools to create your own drawings, paint on photos, or make your own stickers • Auto mask and feather photos (to remove background) • Many different cell styles • Photo filters • Fluidly pan and zoom to manage even the smallest details • Insert maps for additional context • iCloud sync across devices • Support for iOS's third party document providers • Layers view to lock or reorder layers • Shared iPad (for education) setup through MDM configuration No in-app purchases -- Everything is included! - What the reviewers say - "Strip Designer is worth every penny it costs, and then some. I would pay a couple more bucks for Lifestrips. It's stable, it's easy, it's fun, and for all that I couldn't come up with anything witty for my comic text, I love the look of my comics. Someone with a better imagination than I apparently have could really do fabulous things with this app. I rate it a solid five stars out of five.", Pamela Flora, iPhoneography - - - - - - - - - - - - - - "We were simply blown away by this application and the detail that has gone into the editing options and templates. We enjoyed the fact that a comic can be created very easily with photos and simple text effects, however there is real opportunities to really drill down into the editing options where the user can explore the apps true potential. There are many comic strip applications available on the Appstore but this is by far one of the best and great value for money. This app comes highly recommended by The Educational Appstore.", - See more at: http://www.educationalappstore.com/app/strip-designer#sthash.2KqjbU5Q.dpuf" --------------------------

About

Reforge 3D

Features
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Reforge turns real-world objects into 3D models. Capture an object with your iPhone, your Mac reconstructs it, and a USDZ model lands back on your phone — ready for AR Quick Look. HOW IT WORKS 1. Walk around an object with your iPhone, tapping to capture photos from every angle (50+ for clean results). 2. Photos transfer to your Mac over your local Wi-Fi, or via a temporary cloud relay when the two devices aren't on the same network. 3. Your Mac runs the reconstruction locally and hands the model back to your iPhone. WHAT YOU GET • USDZ output, natively supported by iOS, macOS, and AR Quick Look • Optional OBJ export other 3D pipelines • Local-first by default — disable cloud sync to keep every photo on your devices • No account, no login, no subscription, no advertising, no tracking REQUIREMENTS • iPhone on iOS 18+ with a rear camera • Mac on macOS 15+ for the companion processor • LiDAR-equipped iPhones (Pro models) give noticeably cleaner results

Screenshots

Strip Designer4 screens
Reforge 3D3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Reforge 3D at Free against Strip Designer's $3.99. Strip Designer's advantage is device support (4 vs 2) and iOS requirement (15 vs 18.0). On ads and in-app purchases 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

Reforge 3D is free to download; Strip Designer costs $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Strip Designer versus Reforge 3D: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStrip DesignerReforge 3D
Price$3.99Free — better
Rating4.9 (73 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews87.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings73 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size97 MB1 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperVivid AppsVariable Technologies Corp

Bugs and requests

Strip Designer

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Crashes when trying to change comic name
  • Issues with photo import and orientation
  • Problems with text resizing in speech bubbles

Requested features

5 requests
  • Ability to create and save custom templates
  • Option to organize projects into folders
  • More advanced drawing/editing tools
  • Improved navigation for browsing past projects
  • Wireless printing or export options

Reforge 3D

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Strip Designer

No in-app purchases

None

Reforge 3D

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Strip Designer free?
Strip Designer costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Reforge 3D free?
Reforge 3D is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Strip Designer or Reforge 3D have ads?
Neither Strip Designer nor Reforge 3D shows ads.

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