Comparison

3dMaster vs Sketcha

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

Sketcha

Features
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Sketcha is a complete drawing and animation studio for iPhone and iPad, and the first one with a real third dimension built into it. SKETCHA SPACE: DRAW INTO DEPTH Give your layers depth and tilt, then orbit around your own drawing. This is genuine 3D, not a parallax trick. The page dissolves into open space, a perspective ground grid sweeps beneath you, planes foreshorten as you turn, and foregrounds swell past the camera. - One tap stages your whole layer stack in depth. No numbers to work out, just named shelves from Very near to Horizon. - One finger orbits, a pinch dollies, two fingers pan and roll. - Fly to layer lands you exactly 1:1 on any plane, so you keep drawing on it, even a tilted one. - Save viewpoints as bookmarks, name them, jump between them. - Turn those views into a cinematic flythrough. Drawing in Space, orbiting, depth, tilt and bookmark jumps are part of the core app. A BRUSH ENGINE THAT FEELS RIGHT Pressure, tilt and velocity drive size, opacity and taper. Adjustable stabilisation and StreamLine smooth your line without lag. QuickShape snaps a held stroke into a clean shape. Touch and hold to sample a colour with a live loupe. Seven hand-tuned presets and an eraser to start, then Brush Studio to build your own: grain, dual texture, scatter, jitter, colour dynamics, pressure and tilt response graphs, and four render modes. LAYERS WITHOUT LIMITS Raster and vector layers, groups, symbols, text and shapes. 27 blend modes, layer masks, clipping masks, alpha lock. Select by rectangle, lasso or magic wand, then move, scale, rotate or warp. Smudge, liquify and clone. Adjustments for curves, colour balance, gradient map, motion blur, sharpen, noise, chromatic aberration and halftone. Symmetry, drawing guides and perspective assist. Import photos, SVG and layered PSD. ANIMATION, TWO WAYS Draw frame by frame with onion skin, a light table, per-frame hold and adjustable FPS. Or keyframe everything: position, scale, rotation, opacity and effects, with a bezier easing editor. Add bone rigging with IK and smooth weights, morph layers, lip-sync mouth keys, motion paths, a keyframed camera, an audio track to sync to, and scenes to hold a whole film. EXPORT PNG, PNG sequence, GIF, MP4, sprite sheet, time-lapse, and a rendered Sketcha Space flythrough. .SKETCHAKIT: AN OPEN KIT ECOSYSTEM Brushes and their textures pack into a plain .sketchakit file that anyone can build, share or sell. Import a kit in one tap, export your own from the brush library. No walled garden and no in-app store taking a cut. YOURS, OFFLINE No account. No sign-in. No ads. No cloud. Your work is saved on your device, autosaved as you go, and never uploaded anywhere. The only thing that ever leaves is anonymous usage and crash data, and you can turn it off in Settings. Made by Gambit in Turkiye. SKETCHA PRO Sketcha Pro is an optional subscription that unlocks multiple scenes per project, bone rigging with IK, morph and lip-sync animation, authoring Space flythroughs, and MP4, sprite sheet and time-lapse export. Everything else is included in the core app. We never limit your layers, your canvas or your frames, and we never watermark your work. - Sketcha Pro Monthly: $4.99 per month - Sketcha Pro Yearly: $14.99 per year Payment is charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. A subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period, at the price of the plan you chose. You can manage your subscriptions and turn off auto-renewal in your Account Settings after purchase. Prices are in USD and may vary by region. Terms of Use: https://getsketcha.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://getsketcha.com/privacy

Screenshots

3dMaster4 screens
Sketcha4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Sketcha at none against 3dMaster's shown. Sketcha also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. 3dMaster sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Sketcha sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
3dMaster versus Sketcha: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter3dMasterSketcha
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size112 MB33 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer海宁 徐Gambit Global LTD

In-app purchases

1 purchases

3dMaster

One-time1
  • Unlock Advanced Functions$2.99
2 purchases

Sketcha

Subscriptions2
  • Sketcha Pro Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Sketcha Pro Yearly$14.991 Year

Questions

Is 3dMaster free?
3dMaster is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Sketcha free?
Sketcha is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do 3dMaster or Sketcha have ads?
3dMaster shows ads; Sketcha does not.

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