Comparison

ArtiMesh vs Maya Viewer

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

Head to head
About

ArtiMesh

Create, edit, and export 3D models on your iPhone or iPad. This app offers intuitive gesture-based controls and advanced sculpting tools for both beginners and professionals. Seamlessly import and export OBJ files for compatibility with desktop software.

Highlights
  • Gesture-based navigation and editing
  • Advanced vertex, edge, and face tools
  • Sculpting brushes with adjustable settings
  • Texture painting and UV map generation
  • OBJ file import and export
  • Real-time visualization with shadows and lighting
Features
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Build real 3D models on your iPhone or iPad, then take them straight into Blender, Unreal Engine, Unity or a 3D printer workflow. One-time purchase, no subscription. ArtiMesh is a box modeler built for touch. Use gestures to move, rotate and scale. Select vertices, edges and faces with a tap or a rectangle. Undo anything. No Apple Pencil required, but it's supported, along with keyboard shortcuts on iPad. MODELING • Extrude, bevel, subdivide, merge, detach and delete faces • Insert edge loops, extrude edges and bridge borders into new faces • Merge and connect vertices • Mirror, combine, separate and boolean objects • Smooth or flat shading SCULPTING • Raise, lower, grab, smooth and noise brushes • Adjustable radius and strength MATERIALS, PAINT & UVs • Metallic and smoothness materials with image textures • Paint textures directly on the model • Smart UV unwrap plus a full UV editor RENDERING • Real-time shadows, adjustable lighting and skyboxes • Bloom, ambient occlusion, depth of field, color grading and more • Save renders as PNG IMPORT & EXPORT • Import and export OBJ, with or without materials • Works with Blender, Unreal Engine, Unity, Maya and other 3D tools • Export low-poly game assets or high-poly models for 3D printing Made by an independent developer. Feature requests from reviews regularly make it into updates.

About

Maya Viewer

Features
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Maya Viewer is a companion app for Autodesk Maya that lets 3D artists review Maya scenes on iPhone and iPad, including AR placement. Connect to Maya over your local network using the free Maya Viewer Python plugin, then inspect scene geometry, materials, textures, cameras, lights, object statistics, and transforms from a clean mobile viewer. Features include live scene preview, AR placement, wireframe and texture viewing, Maya camera support, light controls, selected object review, mesh statistics, snapshots, demo mode, and basic transform controls for move, rotate, and scale. Maya Viewer is built by Amar Shinde at Reimagine Fx to help artists review scenes faster, cleaner, and closer to the way they actually work.

Screenshots

ArtiMesh4 screens
Maya Viewer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Maya Viewer at Free against ArtiMesh's $12.99. ArtiMesh's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs monthly) and chart position (#160 vs unranked). On ads, in-app purchases and device support 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

Maya Viewer is free to download; ArtiMesh costs $12.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ArtiMesh ships an update every 5 days, Maya Viewer monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
ArtiMesh versus Maya Viewer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterArtiMeshMaya Viewer
Price$12.99Free — better
Rating4.9 (7 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews80.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings7 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
Best chart rank#160 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size159 MB43 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperWhite Bread GamesAmar Shinde

In-app purchases

None

ArtiMesh

No in-app purchases

None

Maya Viewer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ArtiMesh free?
ArtiMesh costs $12.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Maya Viewer free?
Maya Viewer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do ArtiMesh or Maya Viewer have ads?
Neither ArtiMesh nor Maya Viewer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ArtiMesh or Maya Viewer?
ArtiMesh ships an update every 5 days, and Maya Viewer monthly. Most recently, ArtiMesh was updated on November 4, 2026 and Maya Viewer on October 24, 2026.

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