Comparison

Gradient Wallpapers 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

Gradient Wallpapers

Easily transform your ideas into stunning colour gradients using AI. Create custom wallpapers, backgrounds, and design elements with intuitive tools and real-time previews. Turn photos into unique colour schemes or describe your vision to generate one-of-a-kind designs.

Highlights
  • AI-powered gradient generation
  • Photo to gradient conversion
  • Intuitive tap and swipe controls
  • Real-time preview and editing
  • Blur effects and wireframe view
  • Export gradients as images and code
  • Pre-made templates and favorites
Features
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Meshing lets you quickly and easily transform your ideas into beautiful colour gradients. Perfect for creating wallpapers, designing websites and app backgrounds, or just playing with colours. What makes Meshing special: INTUITIVE DESIGN - Tap and swipe to craft amazing gradients - Choose from 2x2 to 4x4 grids for precise control - See your changes in real-time as you create DESCRIBE AND CREATE - Tell what you want, and make it happen with Meshing AI - Get unique gradients based on your descriptions - No design skills needed; just your imagination PHOTO TO GRADIENT - Turn any image into a unique gradient - Extract colour schemes from your favourite photos - Instantly create gradients that match your style STUNNING VISUALS - Add blur effects for a dreamy look - Switch to the wireframe view for a unique, structural perspective - Bring your gradients to life with smooth animations - Experiment with gradients on text, images, and buttons TEMPLATES AND FAVORITES • Get inspired with pre-made designs • Save your favourite gradients for future use • Build a personal library of inspiring colour schemes EXPORT AND SHARE • Save your work as high-quality images • Export gradients as ready-to-use code • Use your creations in any project I made Meshing because I believe everyone should be able to create beautiful designs, even if you are not a professional artist. Give the magic of Meshing a try and create amazing gradients! Meshing AI and saving or exporting images and videos require Meshing Pro, available as an in-app purchase. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

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

Gradient Wallpapers4 screens
3D Text Viewer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Gradient Wallpapers at Free against 3D Text Viewer's $0.99. Gradient Wallpapers also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks). 3D Text Viewer's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.5) and in-app purchases (none vs 4). On review sentiment, ratings volume, ads 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

Gradient Wallpapers is free to download; 3D Text Viewer costs $0.99 up front. Gradient Wallpapers sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. 3D Text Viewer asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

3D Text Viewer holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 5 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Gradient Wallpapers ships an update weekly, 3D Text Viewer every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Gradient Wallpapers versus 3D Text Viewer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGradient Wallpapers3D Text Viewer
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating4.5 (4 ratings)5.0 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings45 — better
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, MaciPhone, iPad, Mac, Vision Pro — better
Requires iOS26.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size21 MB18 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRudrank RiyamLino Bailey

Customer experience

Gradient Wallpapers

All ratings4 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

3D Text Viewer

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

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Gradient Wallpapers

Subscriptions3
  • Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Weekly$1.997 Days
  • Annual$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime$29.99
None

3D Text Viewer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Gradient Wallpapers free?
Gradient Wallpapers is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is 3D Text Viewer free?
3D Text Viewer costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Gradient Wallpapers or 3D Text Viewer?
3D Text Viewer is rated higher. Gradient Wallpapers averages 4.5 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while 3D Text Viewer averages 5.0 from 5 ratings.
Do Gradient Wallpapers or 3D Text Viewer have ads?
Neither Gradient Wallpapers nor 3D Text Viewer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Gradient Wallpapers or 3D Text Viewer?
Gradient Wallpapers ships an update weekly, and 3D Text Viewer every 3 weeks. Most recently, Gradient Wallpapers was updated on October 30, 2026 and 3D Text Viewer on November 4, 2026.

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