MeshLab for iOS vs Magic Key
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MeshLab for iOS
View and inspect complex 3D models with ease. This advanced viewer supports numerous standard 3D file formats and offers intuitive navigation for detailed examination of scanned objects.
- Advanced 3D model viewer
- Supports standard 3D formats (PLY, STL, OFF, OBJ, CTM, ZIP)
- Intuitive 3D model navigation
- Efficiently displays complex models (up to 2M faces)
- Opens models from web, email, Dropbox, iTunes
- Ideal for scanned cultural heritage objects
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MeshLab for iOs is an advanced 3D model viewer. MeshLab for iOs has been designed to be able to display complex 3D models in a simple and intuitive way, allowing the accurate inspection of a 3D model through a precise yet straightforward navigation. MeshLab for iOS can: * Read models from a variety of standard 3D formats (PLY, STL, OFF, OBJ, CTM, ZIP) * Open model directly from web pages, email attachments, DropBox or through classical iTunes file sharing * Navigate the model in a very intuitive way. * Efficiently show highly complex models up to 2,000,000 of triangular faces. MeshLab for iOS is particularly well suited for the visualization and inspection of complex 3D scanned models. It is tailored to efficiently show complex with the typical high complexity (in terms of triangle number) resulting from the scanning of Cultural Heritage objects.
Magic Key
Personalize your mobile typing experience with a vast array of themes, skins, and fonts. Choose from over 100 pre-made designs or create your own using photos from your gallery or camera. Customize key colors, borders, transparency, and even add unique sound effects.
- Over 100 themes and skins
- Use gallery photos or camera for skins
- Customize key designs, borders, and transparency
- Over 40 built-in fonts
- Over 30 sound effects
- Create and switch between multiple keyboard styles
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Magic Keyboard is one of the most customizable keyboard theme maker and editor that you can find on the app store, with over 100 beautiful themes and skins, all the color varieties plus you can choose a picture from your gallery and add it as a skin or take a photo at the moment and add it. Choose from our key designs, add five types of borders and set the transparency and color of the keys. We have over 40 cool fonts built in the app and the font color can be changed too. Also we have over amazing 30 sound effects to choose from. Oh so you want more than one keyboard skin ? Well you can make many keyboards styles and change them when ever you want in the app just open the app swipe to choose your wanted custom design press the ok button and you are ready. We guarantee that you will love our wonderful app.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: MeshLab for iOS at 76% against Magic Key's 41%. MeshLab for iOS also leads on rating (3.7 vs 3.3) and monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). Magic Key's advantage is update cadence (every 4 months vs every 17 months). On price, ratings volume, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
MeshLab for iOS holds the better App Store score, 3.7 against 3.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 45 and 29 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 76% of MeshLab for iOS's written reviews are positive against 41% of Magic Key's.
MeshLab for iOS ships an update every 17 months, Magic Key every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MeshLab for iOS | Magic Key |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (45 ratings) — better | 3.3 (29 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 75.8% of reviews — better | 40.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 45 — better | 29 |
| Update frequency | Every 17 months | Every 4 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 5.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 21 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Visual Computing Lab - ISTI - CNR | Biser Markov |
Customer experience
MeshLab for iOS
Magic Key
Bugs and requests
MeshLab for iOS
Reported bugs
5 issues- Does not work with iOS 11
- Issues displaying OBJ textures
- Cannot load files
- STL files do not display properly anymore
- Crashed at 800k verts
Requested features
17 requests- Update for iOS 11
- Turn off perspective
- Set default view mode
- More numerical/metered control options
- Set a chroma key background
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- Export image as PNG
- Allow opening multiple files
- Wireframe view
- Front face wireframe
- More views
- Hybrid interface with mini-animation
- Preserve visual modes between sessions
- Email files from the app
- FBX format support
- More features like changing background color and sectional views or assemblies
- Better instruction on texture import
- Full MeshLab desktop like functions
Magic Key
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
MeshLab for iOS
No in-app purchases
Magic Key
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is MeshLab for iOS free?
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