3dMaster vs ModelPlay
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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
ModelPlay
Easily view and customize 3D models without needing professional knowledge. Import, export, and categorize various file formats, then personalize lighting, backgrounds, materials, and animations for stunning visual effects.
- Import/export GLB, FBX, OBJ, STL, PLY, 3MF
- Categorize models with folders
- Customize lighting and backgrounds
- Adjust model materials and textures
- Play and control 3D animations
- Set model position and camera angles
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ModelPlay supports 3D model classification and viewing, 3D model import and export, and users can personalize each 3D model and save the settings. When using ModelPlay, users don't need to have professional 3D knowledge, just through simple operation, you can get very stunning 3D effects. -3D Model Import and Export Supports import and export of many common 3D format files such as GLB, FBX, OBJ, STL, PLY, 3MF, and so on. -3D Model Categorization Categorize 3D models through folders, support both list and grid display, sorting and editing, and setting image size. -3D Model Lighting Settings Support to set the lighting of the scene where the 3D model is located: support preset lighting combination settings, light color, light intensity, light shadow settings, ambient light color settings, and halo intensity settings. You can create colorful lighting effects through multiple combination settings. 3D Model Background Settings Supports setting the background of the scene where the 3D model is located: supports solid color background and sky box background. You can set “whether to show the ground” to get different scene atmosphere effects. 3D Model Material Settings Support to set the material of 3D model: support default texture material, line material, metal material, transparent material and other material switching. Support to view the original material and texture. -3D Model Animation Settings Support 3D model skeleton display, support animation play and pause, support auto rotate, support dynamic skeleton, support multiple animation clips switch play. -3D Model Position Setting Support 3D model position offset and rotation setting. Support camera view angle setting, you can set different optimal display view angles for different 3D models. -3D Model Mesh Settings Count the number of sub-mesh and mesh vertices of the 3D model, support whether the sub-mesh is visible or not setting, support component separation, and support putting the sub-mesh as the center. -3D Model Cover Settings The 3D model cover will be automatically generated when the 3D model is opened for the first time, support to modify the cover. Note: Updates and Feedback ModelPlay will make continuous updates to provide more 3D setting effects in the subsequent releases. Feel free to provide suggestions to ModelPlay via comments!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: 3dMaster at 5.0 against ModelPlay's 3.5. ModelPlay's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). On price, in-app purchases 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. 3dMaster sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and ModelPlay sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
3dMaster holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ModelPlay has 6 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
3dMaster ships an update every 2 months, ModelPlay every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 13, 2026 and August 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | 3dMaster | ModelPlay |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 3.5 (6 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 37.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 6 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 112 MB | 254 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | 海宁 徐 | 俊卿 吴 |
Customer experience
3dMaster
ModelPlay
In-app purchases
3dMaster
- Unlock Advanced Functions$2.99
ModelPlay
- ModelPlay Pro$9.99








