Comparison

Model View 3D vs FrameAI

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

About

FrameAI

Features
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Give your photos a new look! Be creative, impress your friends and followers. Art has never been this easy — just pick a photo, choose your favorite style, and enjoy your new artwork. The AI does all the painting for you. AND IF YOUR STYLE ISN'T THERE YET — ADD IT This is the part no other app does. FrameAI's style library is open source, and anyone can extend it: Fork the repo on GitHub. Drop in your style — a trained model pack, or just a reference image. Open a pull request. We approve almost every one. Once merged, your style appears inside FrameAI for every user in the world — no app update needed, no partner program to apply to, no revenue share, no waiting on us. So if you didn't find your style: don't check back later. Make it. → github.com/argiad/frameai-packs EVERYTHING HAPPENS ON YOUR PHONE No account. No upload. No cloud. Your photos never leave your device — the models run on the Neural Engine, so it works offline, on a plane, anywhere. We couldn't look at your photos if we wanted to. There's nowhere for them to go. WHAT'S INSIDE Artistic and photorealistic engines — both built in, both always available Strength dial — blend from a subtle touch to a full transformation, live as you drag Turn any photo in your library into a style of its own, in seconds Style packs you can install and delete from inside the app Full-resolution export and share Zero telemetry, zero accounts, zero network calls to make art

Screenshots

Model View 3D4 screens
FrameAI4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: FrameAI at none against Model View 3D's 1. Model View 3D's advantage is iOS requirement (16.0 vs 26.0). On price, update cadence, 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

Both are free to download. Model View 3D sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. FrameAI asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Model View 3D ships an update every 4 weeks, FrameAI monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Model View 3D versus FrameAI: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterModel View 3DFrameAI
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.5 (12 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews33.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings12 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeks — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size32 MB33 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGraphics Software LabsArtem Mkrtchyan

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Model View 3D

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$1.99
None

FrameAI

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Model View 3D free?
Model View 3D is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is FrameAI free?
FrameAI is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Model View 3D or FrameAI have ads?
Neither Model View 3D nor FrameAI shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Model View 3D or FrameAI?
Model View 3D ships an update every 4 weeks, and FrameAI monthly. Most recently, Model View 3D was updated on November 1, 2026 and FrameAI on November 6, 2026.

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