Show3D vs Dot
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Show3D
Create and edit 3D content with professional tools and AI generation. This app offers modeling, sculpting, and rendering features, allowing users to bring their ideas to life without prior experience. Supports various import and export formats.
- AI 3D Generation (Text, Image, Multi-View)
- Professional 3D Editor (Modeling, Sculpting, Rigging, Animation, Render)
- PBR Material Support
- Scene Hierarchy Management
- HDR Environment Presets
- Full Undo/Redo History
- Multiple Import/Export Formats (GLB, FBX, OBJ, STL)
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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
Dot
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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。
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Verdict
Show3D and Dot are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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.
Show3D ships an update every 2 months, Dot every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Show3D | Dot |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 4 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 178 MB | 69 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 飞翔 任 | 合肥芯明智能科技有限公司 |
In-app purchases
Show3D
No in-app purchases
Dot
No in-app purchases









