Comparison

3dMaster vs Solid Engineer

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

Head to head
About

3dMaster

Visualize 3D scenes and animations with support for over 25 3D formats and various texture types. This tool utilizes advanced rendering techniques for improved quality and performance, allowing artists to preview skeletal animations on mobile devices.

Highlights
  • Supports 25+ 3D formats
  • PBR material system
  • CSM shadow technology
  • Order-independent transparency
  • Full skeletal animation support
  • Import and switch animations freely
  • Supports various texture formats
Features
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The 3dMaster is a 3d scene visualization tools that supports 25+ 3d formats. It is built using a modern render pipeline with the Vulkan API, based on the PBR (Physics-Based Rendering) material system, supports CSM (Cascaded Shadow Maps) shadow technology, uses OIT (Order-independent transparency) technology to optimize the sorting of transparent objects, both improved rendering quality and performance. In particular, 3dMaster fully supports the skeletal animation system. after opening the main scene, animations can be imported in separate and switched freely. animation artists can preview their works on the iPhone. The supported 3d scene formats include the following: • obj • fbx • gltf • stl • collada • ply • blend • 3ds • lwo • lws • m3d • md2 • md3 • mdl • x3d • x • bvh • ac • b3d • opengex • dxf • xgl • usd • usda • usdc • usdz The supported texture formats include the following: • ktx • pvr • dds • jpeg • png • tga • pcx • psd • gif • bmp • ppm • pgm • hdr

About

Solid Engineer

This app teaches programming through visual 3D model creation. It offers modes for beginners to advanced users, including JavaScript support. Models can be printed or shared.

Highlights
  • Visual programming interface
  • 3D model creation
  • Printable model export
  • Beginner to advanced modes
  • JavaScript integration
  • Keyframe animation
Features
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Learn programming and create 3D models that can be printed or shared with other users. The 'basic' mode helps students to learn the basics of programming by dragging and dropping programming statements. The 'advanced' mode supports subtracting and intersecting volumes, profiles, parameters, part libraries and keyframe animation. In the 'programmer' mode you can use the power of modern JavaScript such as arrow functions, maps and filters.

Screenshots

3dMaster4 screens
Solid Engineer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Solid Engineer at none against 3dMaster's 1. Solid Engineer also leads on ads (none vs shown). 3dMaster's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 5 months). On price, rating, ratings volume 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. 3dMaster sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Solid Engineer asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for 3dMaster against 5.0 for Solid Engineer. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

3dMaster ships an update every 2 months, Solid Engineer every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
3dMaster versus Solid Engineer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter3dMasterSolid Engineer
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 5 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size112 MB16 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer海宁 徐Axxem B.V.

Customer experience

3dMaster

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Solid Engineer

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

3dMaster

One-time1
  • Unlock Advanced Functions$2.99
None

Solid Engineer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is 3dMaster free?
3dMaster is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Solid Engineer free?
Solid Engineer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, 3dMaster or Solid Engineer?
3dMaster and Solid Engineer are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do 3dMaster or Solid Engineer have ads?
3dMaster shows ads; Solid Engineer does not.
Which is updated more often, 3dMaster or Solid Engineer?
3dMaster ships an update every 2 months, and Solid Engineer every 5 months. Most recently, 3dMaster was updated on October 1, 2026 and Solid Engineer on October 6, 2026.

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