Glow Draw. vs Model View 3D
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Glow Draw.
Unleash your inner artist with a digital canvas that brings your creations to life with vibrant glowing effects. Explore a wide array of brushes and colors to express your unique style. Save your masterpieces as photos and share them with friends on social media.
- Create glowing art
- Variety of brushes
- Multiple color options
- Save creations as photos
- Share on social media
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Create beautiful glowing art! Tons of brushes and colors to express your creativity! Save your creations as photos! Share your art on Facebook and Twitter! Wanna learn to make this app? Check out www.iphonecodeprojects.com
Model View 3D
View 3D models, including textured OBJ files, with adjustable camera controls. Load your own models via iTunes File Sharing and customize backgrounds for presentations or sharing.
- View built-in 3D models
- Load custom OBJ files via iTunes
- Toggle diffuse, normal, and specular textures
- Adjust camera distance and angles
- View textured or wire-frame models
- Import custom backgrounds
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Model View 3D is a fast, simple viewer for textured 3D models on iPhone and iPad. Turn, tilt and zoom around a model, let it spin, move the light, switch rooms, and see exactly how its color, normal and specular maps shape the final look. TEN BUILT-IN MODELS Start right away with a photogrammetry head scan, a modern arm chair, a potted plant, a pocket watch with a glass crystal and a polished case, a vintage camera, a normal-mapped cyborg, and more. BRING YOUR OWN MODELS • Import OBJ models (with their MTL and textures) and glTF or GLB models from Files, iCloud Drive, AirDrop, Mail or any app that can share a file. • Zip a model together with its textures and import everything in one step. • Sixteen slots: six free for your models, and any built-in can be replaced or restored. • Supply your own button icon, or let the app render one for you. REAL MATERIALS • Metal renderer with per-pixel lighting, normal maps and specular maps. • Room reflections on glass and metal, driven by glTF metallic and roughness maps. • Transparent glass, double-sided foliage and alpha-masked leaves. • Smooth or flat shading per model, and a wireframe view with a live triangle count. SIMPLE CONTROLS • One finger to orbit, pinch to zoom, two fingers to raise or lower the view, triple tap to reset. • Spin the model, step through four rooms, and open the Settings card to move the light, change its brightness, and switch texture maps and reflections on or off. Built-in help explains every control and how to prepare models on your Mac or PC. No account needed. Model View 3D is free and supported by a small banner ad that appears only while the model menu is showing; a one-time Remove Ads purchase takes it away for good.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Glow Draw. at none against Model View 3D's 1. Glow Draw. also leads on review sentiment (65% vs 33%) and ratings volume (52 vs 12). Model View 3D's advantage is update cadence (every 4 weeks vs every 4 months). On price, rating, ads and monetization model 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
Both are free to download. Model View 3D sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Glow Draw. asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 3.4 for Glow Draw. against 3.5 for Model View 3D. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 52 and 12 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 65% of Glow Draw.'s written reviews are positive against 33% of Model View 3D's.
Glow Draw. ships an update every 4 months, Model View 3D every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Glow Draw. | Model View 3D |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.4 (52 ratings) | 3.5 (12 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 64.6% of reviews — better | 33.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 52 — better | 12 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 4 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 5.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 32 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Limit Point Software | Graphics Software Labs |
Customer experience
Glow Draw.
Model View 3D
Bugs and requests
Glow Draw.
Reported bugs
2 issues- Drawing colors turning white when overlaid
- Inability to select certain brush tools
Requested features
4 requests- Add undo/redo functionality
- More color options and customization
- Optimize for iOS 11 and newer
- Reduce in-app ads
Model View 3D
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Glow Draw.
No in-app purchases
Model View 3D
- Remove Ads$1.99
Questions
Is Glow Draw. free?
Is Model View 3D free?
Which has better reviews, Glow Draw. or Model View 3D?
Do Glow Draw. or Model View 3D have ads?
Which is updated more often, Glow Draw. or Model View 3D?
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