Origami 3D Crafts vs Folded BY
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Origami 3D Crafts
Explore the art of Japanese paper folding with animated, 3D instructions. Learn to create a variety of figures, from simple to complex, with clear, step-by-step guidance suitable for all ages. Includes integrated video tutorials for an enhanced learning experience.
- Over 100 animated origami instructions
- Clear 3D step-by-step directions
- Suitable for kids and beginners
- Multiple difficulty levels
- Integrated video tutorials
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Discover the ancient art of Origami. Learn how to fold amazing things in a few simple steps. Impress your friends, surprise your kids, make a gift to your parents with just a piece of paper and your skill. • Here you will find over a HUNDRED animated origami instructions. • Clear step-by-step 3D directions are so simple even KIDS will make beautiful origami. • There are different levels of difficulty. You can advance from simple to complex figures at your own pace. No need to look for video instructions elsewhere. We provide you with the top Origami videos, and it’s included in the app. Watch and learn with the Origami World!
Folded BY
Explore origami through video tutorials that teach you how to create figures and understand the underlying mathematical principles. This app is designed to help K-12 students develop abstract thinking, problem-solving skills, and an interest in engineering.
- Origami figure tutorials
- Origami math principles
- Abstract thinking development
- Problem-solving confidence
- Engineering concepts
- Video guidance
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Learn to make origami figures and understand origami math principles through easy video tutorials. The Folded BY-U application aims to reach and engage K-12 students, their parents and educators. The goal of this application is to be an excellent tool to help these groups to practice abstract thinking skills, develop problem solving confidence and broaden their ideas of what engineering is about. It builds on the familiarity and low barriers of entry of origami, in that it uses simple materials, is tactile, artistic and fun , as a means to move from elementary shapes and geometry, to more complex movements, materials, and mathematics as tools for engineering problem solving. This application has been created in collaboration with Brigham Young University's Museum of Art and Compliant Mechanisms Research for the Folding Paper: The Infinite Possibilities of Origami exhibit. This application focuses on three primary groups: 1) those preparing to attend the Museum Exhibit, 2) those that are at the Museum Exhibit or as a take-home activity after the exhibit, and 3) a separate experience for those students that will not have the opportunity to attend the exhibit.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Folded BY at none against Origami 3D Crafts's 2. Folded BY also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (100% vs 66%). Origami 3D Crafts's advantage is ratings volume (53 vs 3). On price 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
Both are free to download. Origami 3D Crafts sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Folded BY asks for nothing beyond the download.
Folded BY holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Origami 3D Crafts has 53 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 66% of Origami 3D Crafts's written reviews are positive against 100% of Folded BY's.
Origami 3D Crafts ships an update every 4 months, Folded BY every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Origami 3D Crafts | Folded BY |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (53 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 65.8% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 53 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 7.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 53 MB | 167 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Damir Nigomedyanov | Brigham Young University |
Customer experience
Origami 3D Crafts
Folded BY
Bugs and requests
Origami 3D Crafts
Reported bugs
2 issues- Glitches and crashes on some devices
- Difficulty navigating and accessing content
Requested features
3 requests- More free origami projects
- Ability to slow down animation speed
- Step-by-step video guides
Folded BY
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Origami 3D Crafts
- Origami Unlock2 variants$1.99
Folded BY
No in-app purchases
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