Creo View Mobile vs 3D PDF Viewer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Creo View Mobile
Instantly view 3D CAD models on your mobile device. Access product designs from various CAD tools, explore exploded views, and identify components. Improve collaboration and product visibility on the go.
- Visualize 3D Creo View models
- Open files from iTunes File Sharing or Cloud Storage
- View Creo View email attachments
- Interrogate models with multi-touch gestures
- See exploded views and components
- Use view sets for multiple perspectives
- Identify component names
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Instantly visualize 3D Creo View models on your iPad or iPhone. This includes models developed in most CAD tools and then published in the Creo View format. Wherever you are, Creo View Mobile gives you up-to-date product visibility. Key capabilities • Open and visualize Creo View files that are stored on iTunes File Sharing or Cloud Storage apps • Automatically view Creo View email attachments • Use familiar multi-touch gestures to interrogate 3D models • Visually see exploded views and related components in 3D • Use view sets to see multiple perspectives of a model • Identify individual component names within a model • Simple, intuitive user interface Benefits • Instantly view CAD models from wherever you are located • Quickly look at the latest product designs before important calls or meetings • Improve collaboration between vendors, partners and customers as well as disparate team members located around the world • Expand access to product information
3D PDF Viewer
View and interact with 3D models embedded in PDF files on your mobile device. Easily zoom, pan, and rotate models using intuitive multi-touch gestures. Load files directly from cloud storage services like Dropbox and Google Drive.
- 3D PDF model rendering (.prc)
- Multi-touch gestures (zoom, pan, rotate)
- Import from cloud storage
- Open password-protected PDFs
- Integrated Box and Dropbox browsing
- Supports meshes and colors
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3D PDF Viewer is a lightweight 3D PDF document viewer with powerful capabilities. 3D PDF Viewer extends the use of 3D PDF to mobile devices by providing the user ability to view and interact with 3D models stored in 3D PDF files. User can easily zoom, pan and rotate 3D model with multi-touch gestures. The application recognises .pdf file extension and user can choose to load .pdf files into this application directly from other applications like email client, web downloads, FTP, Dropbox, Google Drive, Box and any other cloud storage applications. 3D PDF Viewer is integrated with Box and Dropbox cloud storage allowing user to directly browse files on Box.com and Dropbox.com storage in the application itself. Three sample 3D PDFs are bundled with the application. 3D PDF Viewer current version contains following features: - 3D PDF model rendering (.prc files) - Multi-touch gestures like zoom, pan, rotate and fit to screen - Import models from email attachment, Dropbox, Google Drive, Box or any other cloud storage application. - Open password protected pdf files. - Easy file browsing for Box and Dropbox user (Box and Dropbox cloud storage is natively integrated with the application). - Supports meshes and colors. Please do send your feedback to us 3DPDFViewer.iOS@ProtoTechSolutions.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Creo View Mobile at 24% against 3D PDF Viewer's 0%. Creo View Mobile also leads on rating (1.8 vs 1.5) and ratings volume (11 vs 2). On price, update cadence, 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.
Creo View Mobile holds the better App Store score, 1.8 against 1.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Creo View Mobile has 11 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 24% of Creo View Mobile's written reviews are positive against 0% of 3D PDF Viewer's.
Creo View Mobile ships an update every 7 months, 3D PDF Viewer every 10 months. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Creo View Mobile | 3D PDF Viewer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.8 (11 ratings) — better | 1.5 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 24.3% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 11 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months — better | Every 10 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 7.1 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 20 MB | 21 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | PTC Inc. | ProtoTech Solutions and Services Pvt. Ltd. |
Customer experience
Creo View Mobile
3D PDF Viewer
In-app purchases
Creo View Mobile
No in-app purchases
3D PDF Viewer
No in-app purchases


