Grafika vs Preview3D
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Grafika
Create unlimited handwritten notes and detailed sketches with a variety of tools. This digital notebook allows for canvas layers, changeable backgrounds, and image imports, making it a versatile replacement for traditional notebooks.
- Unlimited canvas size
- Drawing and writing tools
- Canvas layers
- Changeable backgrounds
- Import images
- Export as image
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Grafika is an electronic notebook application. Grafika allow you to make handwritten notes of unlimited size, as well as draw sketches. The application is very easy to use. It is supposed to use the Apple Pencil stylus. Application features: - unlimited canvas size; - a set of ready-to-use drawing and writing tools; - canvas layers; - changeable backgrounds; - import images; - export as an image. The application was created as a replacement of an ordinary notebook with an electronic one.
Preview3D
View and inspect a wide range of 3D file formats natively on your iPhone and iPad. Supports CAD, mesh, and 3D printing files with detailed information and AR capabilities. Offline functionality ensures privacy and speed.
- Native viewer for STEP, STL, 3MF, G-code, and more
- Detailed model inspection (dimensions, volume, surface area)
- Full-color 3MF rendering
- Augmented Reality (AR) Quick Look integration
- Offline functionality, no account or web uploads
- Quick Look and 3D thumbnail support in Files app
- Universal purchase for iPhone, iPad, and Mac
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Preview3D is a fast, native iPhone and iPad viewer for the 3D formats you actually use — from CAD to mesh to 3D printing — in one clean window. Open a STEP file from a vendor, a painted 3MF from your slicer, or an STL someone sent you, and see it instantly — in the app, or right in the Files app with Quick Look and 3D thumbnails. No web uploads, no account, no clutter. SUPPORTED FORMATS • STEP / STP, STL, OBJ, PLY • glTF / GLB, USDZ / USD, COLLADA (DAE) • 3MF — including painted multi-material prints • FBX, 3DS, X3D, LWO, MS3D, AC, AMF, OFF and more (via Assimp) • G-code and PrusaSlicer binary G-code (.bgcode) REAL STEP SUPPORT Preview3D reads STEP with a pure-Swift B-rep kernel: watertight tessellation and crease-aware normals straight from the exact geometry, so cylinders stay smooth and edges stay crisp. Files that carry colors (STYLED_ITEM) render each part in its assigned color. INSPECT Open the info panel for bounding-box dimensions, volume, surface area, watertightness and structure — solids, faces, edges, triangles and vertices. 3D-PRINTING FILES Open your slicer's G-code or PrusaSlicer .bgcode, orbit the print toolpath in 3D, flip to the embedded preview image, and read the print stats — time, filament, weight, layer height and material. 3MF, IN FULL COLOR Multi-material painting from PrusaSlicer and Bambu Studio is decoded and rendered in its filament colors — including fine sub-facet brush detail — so you can preview a finished multi-color print before it leaves the slicer. Colors written into a 3MF by CAD tools and converters show too. SEE IT IN YOUR ROOM View any model in AR with AR Quick Look — place it on your desk or the floor and walk around it. SCAN A CODE, SEE THE MODEL A Preview3D QR code next to a printed model opens it in 3D and AR — even for someone who hasn't installed the app, through an App Clip. Make codes for your own Printables models, free, at preview3d.xfanta.com/qr. QUICK LOOK & THUMBNAILS Preview supported files right in the Files app, and get real 3D thumbnails — including STEP, painted 3MF, COLLADA (DAE), FBX and 3DS that iOS can't render on its own. Keep your models in the Preview3D folder in Files and reopen them anytime. SHARE Send a PNG snapshot of the current view to any app. Placing a model in AR? Share it as USDZ right from there. BUILT FOR IPHONE AND IPAD A real native app built on SceneKit and Metal — quick to launch, quick to orbit. Fully offline: everything runs on your device, no account, no network. iOS and iPadOS 17 or later. BUY ONCE, USE EVERYWHERE Preview3D is a universal purchase: one purchase covers the iPhone, iPad and Mac apps. The Mac version adds PMI / GD&T (AP242) reading, assembly trees with per-part isolation, and one-click conversion to STL, OBJ, GLB and USDZ. Note: measurements are produced by automated tessellation and are provided for convenience — always verify against your authoritative CAD source for manufacturing-critical work.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Grafika at Free against Preview3D's $9.99. Grafika also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). Preview3D's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and review sentiment (100% vs 67%). On 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
Grafika is free to download; Preview3D costs $9.99 up front. Grafika sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Preview3D asks for nothing beyond the download.
Grafika ships an update fortnightly, Preview3D weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Grafika | Preview3D |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $9.99 |
| Rating | 2.5 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Best chart rank | — | #36 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Vision Pro — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 14 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Nikolay Denislamov | Michal Fanta |
Customer experience
Grafika
Preview3D
In-app purchases
Grafika
- Purchase full version$3.99
Preview3D
No in-app purchases
Questions
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