3dMaster vs Castle Model Viewer
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
Castle Model Viewer
View and interact with a wide range of 2D and 3D model formats. Explore models, play animations, and save screenshots. Supports various file types including glTF, X3D, and OBJ, with options to open ZIP archives containing models and textures.
- Supports glTF, X3D, VRML, IFC, Spine JSON, and more
- Open ZIP files with models and textures
- Change navigation types (walk, fly, examine, 2D)
- Play animations
- Save screenshots
- Display scene statistics
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Viewer for 3D and 2D model formats supported by the Castle Game Engine: - glTF - X3D - VRML - IFC - Spine JSON - sprite sheets (in Castle Game Engine, Cocos2D and Starling XML formats) - MD3 - Wavefront OBJ - 3DS - STL - Collada - and more. In addition to the above formats, it also allows to open a ZIP file that contains a single model and associated media (like textures, sounds etc.). You can change navigation type (walk, fly, examine, 2D), jump between viewpoints, play chosen animations, save a screenshot, display scene statistics (triangle, vertex count) and more. The application comes with a few sample files, and naturally you can open your own 3D and 2D model files. The models must be self-contained, e.g. you have to - use GLB with all the textures packed in one file, - or X3D with all textures expressed as PixelTexture or data URI, - or just put your model with data (like textures) inside a zip. - We have documented how to make your models self-contained here: https://castle-engine.io/castle-model-viewer-mobile This is an open-source software, available to you for free. There are no ads or tracking. We appreciate if you can support us: https://www.patreon.com/castleengine !
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Castle Model Viewer at none against 3dMaster's 1. Castle Model Viewer also leads on ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). 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
Both are free to download. 3dMaster sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Castle Model Viewer asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for 3dMaster against 5.0 for Castle Model Viewer. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively.
| Parameter | 3dMaster | Castle Model Viewer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | — |
| 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 | 15.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 112 MB | 72 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 海宁 徐 | MICHALIS KAMBURELIS |
Customer experience
3dMaster
Castle Model Viewer
In-app purchases
3dMaster
- Unlock Advanced Functions$2.99
Castle Model Viewer
No in-app purchases









