Comparison

Lua vs 3D Text Viewer

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

Head to head
About

Lua

This AI-powered app offers creative visual editing with advanced tools for photo manipulation and image generation. Explore various styles and modules to bring your imagination to life, including background removal and 3D transformations.

Highlights
  • AI-powered visual creation
  • Background removal
  • 3D character transformation
  • Colorization
  • Advanced editing modules
  • Continuous updates
Features
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Lua AI: Creative Visual Editing Lua AI is a mobile application powered by artificial intelligence. It offers limitless possibilities for photo editing and visual creation. Users can utilize different styles and modules to create the images they desire. Try Lua AI now for features like background removal, 3D character transformation, colorization and more! Features: - AI-powered visual creation - Advanced editing modules like background removal, 3D character transformation, colorization, and more - Continuous updates with new features and modules Download Lua AI to bring your imagination to life!

About

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.

Highlights
  • 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.

Screenshots

Lua4 screens
3D Text Viewer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: 3D Text Viewer at 100% against Lua's 25%. 3D Text Viewer also leads on rating (5.0 vs 1.7) and ads (none vs shown). Lua's advantage is price (Free vs $0.99) and update cadence (every 8 days vs every 3 weeks). On ratings volume 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

Lua is free to download; 3D Text Viewer costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

3D Text Viewer holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 5 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 25% of Lua's written reviews are positive against 100% of 3D Text Viewer's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Lua ships an update every 8 days, 3D Text Viewer every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on June 5, 2026 and July 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard9 real differences · 2 level
Lua versus 3D Text Viewer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLua3D Text Viewer
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating1.7 (3 ratings)5.0 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews25.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings35 — better
Update frequencyEvery 8 days — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supported — betterPaid
Best chart rank—#199 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac, Vision Pro — better
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size18 MB18 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSalih KAHRIMANLino Bailey

Customer experience

Lua

All ratings3 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral33.3%
Negative66.7%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive25.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative50.0%

3D Text Viewer

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Lua

No in-app purchases

None

3D Text Viewer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Lua free?
Lua is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is 3D Text Viewer free?
3D Text Viewer costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Lua or 3D Text Viewer?
3D Text Viewer is rated higher. Lua averages 1.7 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while 3D Text Viewer averages 5.0 from 5 ratings.
Do Lua or 3D Text Viewer have ads?
Lua shows ads; 3D Text Viewer does not.
Which is updated more often, Lua or 3D Text Viewer?
Lua ships an update every 8 days, and 3D Text Viewer every 3 weeks. Most recently, Lua was updated on June 5, 2026 and 3D Text Viewer on July 30, 2026.

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