Solid Engineer vs Pocket 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.
Pocket 3D
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Pocket 3D turns your iPhone into a proper STL viewer. Open a model, turn it over in your hand, and find out the things you actually need to know before you print it. MEASURE YOUR MODEL Bounding size on every axis, plus volume, surface area and triangle count. Everything is measured in the file's own coordinate frame, so the axes match your CAD software or slicer. Sizes are shown in millimetres, the standard convention for 3D printing. CHECK IF IT WILL PRINT In a closed mesh, every edge is shared by exactly two faces. Pocket 3D verifies that and reports the result. When a mesh is not watertight, the app withholds the volume figure rather than showing one, because on an open surface that number has no meaning. VIEW FROM ANY ANGLE One finger orbits, pinch zooms, two fingers pan. Snap to isometric, top, bottom, front, back, left or right, and re-frame at any time. MAKE IT READABLE Six model colours, four backdrops, and four shading modes: flat, smooth, wireframe and x-ray. X-ray fades the near surfaces so interior structure becomes visible. OPEN FILES FROM ANYWHERE Binary and ASCII STL with automatic format detection. Open from the file picker, your recents, or share a file straight into Pocket 3D from another app. A sample model is bundled so you can try it immediately. PRIVATE BY DEFAULT No servers, no account, no sign-up. Files are read on your device and never leave it. No analytics, no advertising, no tracking. Works with no internet connection.
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Verdict
Solid Engineer and Pocket 3D are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | Solid Engineer | Pocket 3D |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 16 MB | 36 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Axxem B.V. | Jay Movaliya |
In-app purchases
Solid Engineer
No in-app purchases
Pocket 3D
No in-app purchases
Questions
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