Solid Engineer vs ISD Studio 3D
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Visual programming interface
- 3D model creation
- Printable model export
- Beginner to advanced modes
- JavaScript integration
- Keyframe animation
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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.
ISD Studio 3D
Design and animate 3D characters with this tool. Create custom models by manipulating surfaces, then rig them with skeletons to add motion and export as glTF animations or VRM avatars.
- Create 3D character models
- Deform and combine surfaces
- Rig models with skeletons
- Add motion for animation
- Export glTF animations
- Export VRM avatars
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This is a tool to create glTF 3D animation and VRM avatar. You can: Create character models by deforming and combining surfaces, Bind (rig) models with skeletons and add motion to create animation, and Export glTF realtime 3D animation, Play and view it from different angles. You can also export VRM avatar.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Solid Engineer at 5.0 against ISD Studio 3D's 2.5. Solid Engineer also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1). ISD Studio 3D's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 5 months) and iOS requirement (12.2 vs 15.6). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and ads 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. ISD Studio 3D sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Solid Engineer asks for nothing beyond the download.
Solid Engineer holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Solid Engineer ships an update every 5 months, ISD Studio 3D every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on June 11, 2026 and August 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Solid Engineer | ISD Studio 3D |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 2.5 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 12.2 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 16 MB | 62 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Axxem B.V. | Lilysoft LLC |
Customer experience
Solid Engineer
ISD Studio 3D
In-app purchases
Solid Engineer
No in-app purchases
ISD Studio 3D
- Full version$2.99
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