Comparison

Show3D vs Dot

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Show3D

Create and edit 3D content with a professional studio suite. Features AI generation from text or images, advanced modeling, sculpting, and rendering tools. Supports various import/export formats and offers a complete history tracking system.

Highlights
  • AI 3D Generation (Text/Image to 3D)
  • Professional Modeling & Sculpting Tools
  • Cinematic Rendering with 4K Export
  • PBR Material & HDR Environment Support
  • Full Undo/Redo History Tracking
  • Multiple Import/Export Formats (GLB, FBX, OBJ, STL)
Features
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Show3D is a complete 3D creation studio with professional modeling, sculpting, and rendering tools — plus built-in AI generation. Create, edit, and share 3D content with no experience required. AI 3D GENERATION • Text to 3D, Image to 3D, and Multi-View to 3D generation • AI post-processing: auto-texture, retopology, UV unwrap, part decomposition, format conversion PROFESSIONAL 3D EDITOR Six modes: Modeling, Sculpting, Rigging, Animation, Render, and View. • Modeling — Primitives, lights, booleans, sub-object editing (vertex/edge/face), transform snap • Sculpting — Clay, Normal, and Flatten brushes with adjustable size and intensity • Render — Cinematic post-processing (AO, Bloom, DOF, Vignette, Color Grading) with up to 4K export CREATION TOOLS • 5 PBR material types with full texture map support (albedo, normal, roughness, metalness, emissive, AO) • Scene hierarchy with drag-and-drop, group/ungroup, multi-select, and search • 7 HDR environment presets plus custom HDR/EXR upload • Full undo/redo with complete history tracking IMPORT & EXPORT • GLB, GLTF, FBX, OBJ, STL with DRACO compression support • Dark/Light themes • English & Chinese • Optimized for iPad • Keyboard shortcuts Show3D 是一款完整的 3D 创作工作室,提供专业的建模、雕刻和渲染工具,并内置 AI 生成能力。无需经验,即可创建、编辑和分享 3D 内容。 AI 3D 生成 • 文字生成 3D、图片生成 3D、多视角生成 3D • AI 后处理:自动贴图、拓扑优化、UV 展开、部件分解、格式转换 专业 3D 编辑器 六大模式:建模、雕刻、绑定、动画、渲染、查看。 • 建模 — 基础几何体、灯光、布尔运算、子对象编辑(顶点/边/面)、变换吸附 • 雕刻 — 粘土、标准、平滑笔刷,支持大小与力度调节 • 渲染 — 电影级后处理(AO、辉光、景深、暗角、色彩调整),最高 4K 导出 创作工具 • 5 种 PBR 材质类型,完整纹理贴图支持(漫反射、法线、粗糙度、金属度、自发光、AO) • 场景层级树,拖拽、编组/解组、多选、搜索 • 7 种 HDR 环境预设 + 自定义 HDR/EXR 上传 • 完整撤销/重做历史记录 导入与导出 • GLB、GLTF、FBX、OBJ、STL,支持 DRACO 压缩 • 深色/浅色主题 • 中英双语 • iPad 优化 • 键盘快捷键

About

Dot

Features
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将您的设备变成一台强大的3D扫描仪, 能够轻松捕捉空间和物体的3D模型。 并轻松分享您的3D扫描。

Screenshots

Show3D3 screens
Dot3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Dot at 15.6 against Show3D's 17.0. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Show3D ships an update monthly, Dot every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
Show3D versus Dot: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterShow3DDot
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 4 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size208 MB69 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer飞翔 任合肥芯明智能科技有限公司

In-app purchases

None

Show3D

No in-app purchases

None

Dot

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Show3D free?
Show3D is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Dot free?
Dot is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Show3D or Dot have ads?
Neither Show3D nor Dot shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Show3D or Dot?
Show3D ships an update monthly, and Dot every 4 weeks. Most recently, Show3D was updated on November 4, 2026 and Dot on November 5, 2026.

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