Explorer for Sketchfab vs 3D Text Viewer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Explorer for Sketchfab
Explore a vast collection of 3D models with interactive previews and augmented reality capabilities. Discover, sort, and experience detailed creations from a large community.
- Explore 3D model collection
- Interactive previews
- Augmented Reality (AR) mode
- Sort by category, popularity, views, likes
- Unofficial Sketchfab client
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Discover the world of 3D models with Explorer for Sketchfab, an unofficial Sketchfab app from Sozzled. Explore a vast collection, sorted by category, popularity, views, likes, and more. Experience detailed models with interactive previews and go even further with Augmented Reality.
3D Text Viewer
Create personalized 3D text for photos and projects. Manipulate text into any orientation, choose from millions of characters, and customize facets with colors or textures. Save creations as screenshots or 3D files.
- Convert text to 3D objects
- Manipulate 3D text orientation
- Access millions of characters and shapes
- Color and texture 3D facets
- Map images onto 3D surfaces
- Save creations as screenshots or USDZ files
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*** NEW! Long-press the snapshot button to save your creation as a 3D file (USDZ). This app allows you to accent your creativity with 3D text. You can wish someone a happy birthday, happy anniversary, congratulations, or add flare to any event or creative project. When you enter text in the text field, it is converted into a 3D object which you can manipulate around into any orientation. Not just letters and numbers, but any of the vast range of characters (glyphs) - you have millions of characters and shapes to choose from - make a photo frame from a rectangle character and pick your photo to put in it! The 3D text has 3 primary facets (unique faces) - the face surface, which is the normal face you see whenever you look at 2D text on the screen or in print; the extrusion surface, which make up the sides of the face as it is extruded into 3-dimensions, much like toothpaste squeezing out of it’s tube; and the chamfered edge, which is the corners where the face and it’s extrusion connect. The chamfered edge is also loosely known as a beveled edge, edge, rim, corner, lip, and by a few more terms. The face and chamfer facets are also mirrored on the back side of the 3D text. Each of the facets can be colored with any color, or mapped with a texture/shader (an image). You can select any color imaginable, and this app also allows for the colors to have opacity (transparency) for other advanced uses. You can also ‘color’ the facets with an image from the Photos app. Much like a blanket, an image is wrapped against the 3D facets where every 3D point adopts a 2D pixel from your image. The background can also be colored or textured. There are nearly unlimited uses for 3D text in the world of graphic design, movies/entertainment, marketing, signage, advertisements, … the list goes on. The app tries to simplify the complex processes and calculations involved by handling the math behind the art. Fonts are notoriously complex and extremely intricate - things don’t always work well together in this field, but the app does it best to allow you to do so much with only a few clicks, taps, or swipes. While this area of graphics has uncountable commercial applications, the intent here is to allow you to create beautiful, unique, and personal greetings for your friends and loved ones. You can always snap a screenshot to Photos as usual, but the app also has a built-in snapshot button to only capture the 3D view (without having to later crop out all the controls, etc.). You can also save the 3D objects you create as a 3D file (USDZ) to view|share later. The USDZ object file can also be opened|imported-into many other 3D programs. Pricing: it was decided to make the app available at the lowest conventional base price, rather than wear you down with a subscription, or drive you mad with advertisements or in-app upgrade purchases. Surely you have this little under your car seats. Pay a few pennies once… use and enjoy it everyday after. AND, it will also available for you on your iPhone, iPad, Vision Pro, and your Mac. Give it a try, and in a short time, you will be creating very unique works of art to enjoy and share. Please enjoy! Developer Note: This app was coded using the SceneKit API Framework exclusively, with special thanks and appreciation to all who have contributed, and will contribute, to the development of SceneKit.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: 3D Text Viewer at 100% against Explorer for Sketchfab's 8%. 3D Text Viewer also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.4) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). Explorer for Sketchfab's advantage is chart position (#96 vs unranked). On price, ratings volume, 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
Explorer for Sketchfab costs $0.99 and 3D Text Viewer $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
3D Text Viewer holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 5 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 8% of Explorer for Sketchfab's written reviews are positive against 100% of 3D Text Viewer's.
Explorer for Sketchfab ships an update every 2 months, 3D Text Viewer every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on November 4, 2026.
| Parameter | Explorer for Sketchfab | 3D Text Viewer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | $0.99 |
| Rating | 2.4 (7 ratings) | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 8.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 7 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Best chart rank | #96 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Vision Pro | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Vision Pro — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 18 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sozzled LLC | Lino Bailey |
Customer experience
Explorer for Sketchfab
3D Text Viewer
In-app purchases
Explorer for Sketchfab
No in-app purchases
3D Text Viewer
No in-app purchases
Questions
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