Think 3D vs Mathematical Playground Lite
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Think 3D
Explore and manipulate 3D shapes on your screen with intuitive controls. Create unique, colorful combinations and save or share your designs. Perfect for anyone interested in 3D modeling and design.
- Explore and interact with 3D shapes
- Create unlimited combinations
- Add or remove shapes easily
- Rotate and zoom 3D creations
- Save and share designs
- Print 3D creations
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Explore and interact with 3D shapes on a screen like you never have before. Fun for 3D fans of any age. Features: • Choose from of a variety of 3D shapes • Create unlimited combinations with colorful shapes • Add or remove shapes with a single tap • Drag one finger to rotate 3D creation in any direction • Zoom in and out for a better view • Swipe to spin in any direction • 3D creations are saved on your device • Share documents with your friends over email • Save images of your creations • Print creations
Mathematical Playground Lite
Explore three-dimensional shapes with this educational application. It aids in understanding and visualizing complex geometric forms, offering tools to manipulate and study them. This lite version provides access to all shapes and core functionalities.
- Explore 3D shapes
- Visualize geometric forms
- Cut and expand shapes
- Receive shape data from full version
- All shapes available
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This is an educational app that is useful for exploring three dimensional shapes. Have you ever had difficulty drawing three dimensional shapes? This app may help you study about shapes. Since this app is the lite version, less features are available than the full-version. But all shapes are available. And you can cut, expand shapes, and also receive shape data from the full-version of this app. --- This app runs on… [iPhone] iPhone 4s or newer. [iPad] iPad 2, iPad 3rd generation or newer, iPad mini series, iPad Air series, iPad Pro series. [iPod touch] iPod touch (5th generation or newer). [OS] iOS12.0 or elder.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Think 3D at 80% against Mathematical Playground Lite's 41%. Think 3D also leads on rating (4.5 vs 4.0) and ratings volume (45 vs 3). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Think 3D holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Think 3D has 45 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 80% of Think 3D's written reviews are positive against 41% of Mathematical Playground Lite's.
Think 3D ships an update monthly, Mathematical Playground Lite every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Think 3D | Mathematical Playground Lite |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (45 ratings) — better | 4.0 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 80.5% of reviews — better | 40.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 45 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 53 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Paul Hangas | Jun Nakashima |
Customer experience
Think 3D
Mathematical Playground Lite
In-app purchases
Think 3D
No in-app purchases
Mathematical Playground Lite
No in-app purchases
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