ZBrush vs VirtuCamera 2
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ZBrush
Create professional 3D models and digital sculptures on your iPad. This app offers advanced sculpting, painting, and modeling tools with desktop-quality performance, ideal for artists on the go. Seamlessly integrate with desktop workflows for a complete creative experience.
- Pressure-sensitive sculpting with Apple Pencil
- 200+ digital sculpting brushes
- Advanced 3D modeling tools
- Seamless desktop-iPad workflow
- High-resolution polygon support
- 3D painting without UV setup
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ZBrush for iPad. Create stunning 3D models, digital sculptures, concept art, and detailed characters with ZBrush for iPad—the award-winning, industry-leading digital sculpting app trusted by professional artists across film, AAA games, collectibles, toy design, jewelry, illustration, and 3D design. ZBrush for iPad brings unrivaled desktop-grade digital sculpting and 3D painting power into an intuitive, touch-first mobile environment optimized for Apple Pencil. Take complete creative freedom on the go with high-poly mesh density, proprietary digital clay brushes, procedural detailing, and seamless cross-platform interoperability. Subscribers to Maxon One or ZBrush desktop can download the iPad app and sign in to activate full access instantly. A comprehensive free tier is also available to start sculpting immediately. NEW FOR IPAD • Spotlight Integration: Seamlessly load reference images directly onto the canvas, apply projection painting and texture mapping across complex mesh surfaces, and extract custom 3D geometry from 2D source imagery. • 3D Layers: Store high-resolution sculpting details, PolyPaint color channels, and masking non-destructively. Effortlessly toggle layer visibility, blend sculpt deformations, and refine feature intensity with precise slider controls. CORE SCULPTING & MODELING FEATURES • 200+ Sculpting Brushes: Pressure-sensitive digital brushes engineered for Apple Pencil and Apple Pencil Pro, supporting squeeze, roll, hover, double-tap gestures, and haptic feedback. • Sculptris Pro & Dynamic Tessellation: Add local mesh detail on the fly without manual topology management. • DynaMesh Digital Clay: Re-topologize mesh density evenly during early concept exploration. • ZRemesher: Industry-standard automatic retopology for clean, optimized edge flow. • Live Boolean: Non-destructive real-time union, subtraction, and intersection modeling. • PolyPaint: High-resolution 3D painting directly on vertex geometry without preliminary UV unwrapping. • Advanced Detailing: VDM Brushes, Surface Noise, Retopo Brush, Subdivision Modeling, NanoMesh, and ArrayMesh. DESKTOP INTEROPERABILITY & EXPORT • One-Click GoZ: Seamless transfer of ZTool and ZProject files between iPad and desktop ZBrush. • 3D Print Hub: Direct export for additive manufacturing and 3D printing workflows. HIGH-PERFORMANCE HARDWARE OPTIMIZATION Handles up to 90+ million polygons per mesh on M4 iPad hardware. Optimized for multi-touch gestures, custom hotkey bars, rapid undo/redo touch shortcuts, and real-world photogrammetry base mesh imports for high-end digital asset creation. TARGET CREATIVE USE CASES 1. Game Developers: Hero character modeling, creature design, and environment asset creation. 2. Collectibles & Toy Designers: High-detail prototyping and precise 3D print preparation. 3. Film & VFX Artists: Production-grade concept sculpting and digital asset creation. 4. Industrial & Jewelry Designers: Precision organic detailing for consumer products, apparel, and hardware. 5. 2D Illustrators & Concept Artists: Fast 3D block-outs and visual design expansion. LANGUAGE SUPPORT English, Japanese, Korean, Chinese, Spanish, German, French, and Portuguese (BR).
VirtuCamera 2
This tool captures device motion and streams it in real-time to your favorite 3D software. Animate cameras with smooth motion and control playback directly from your device. Ideal for previs, layout, and animation tasks.
- Real-time viewport streaming
- Device motion capture
- Remote scene control
- Up to 60 FPS capture
- Camera animation smoothing
- Encrypted Wi-Fi connection
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An essential tool for Previs and Layout Artists, Animators and any 3D Artist that needs to animate a camera. Move your device in any direction, VirtuCamera will capture the motion and instantly send it over Wi-Fi to the camera in your favorite DCC. - Live Viewport Streaming See your scene through the App in real time. VirtuCamera streams the viewport over Wi-Fi so you don’t miss any detail. - Control the scene from the App Control the playback, choose from your scene cameras, animate the focal length or scale camera movements to travel long distances. - Up to 60 FPS Device motion and viewport streaming are captured and sent at up to 60 frames per second. You can configure this parameter at your needs. - Camera Smoothing Remove unwanted hand noise and create smooth camera animations. - Encrypted Connection Ensures modern, industry-standard encryption for maximum protection. Keeps your video streams fully private between the server (DCC plugin), and app. Specially created for Movies, Series, Games and any other IP protected project. Because your privacy is important to us. - New Pro features! - on Screen joysticks, support for bluetooth gamepads, slider presets, custom scripts, custom sliders, dolly zoom mode, extra camera controls and rule of thirds grid overlay. This app requires an external 3D content creation software to work, please take a look at the following minimum system requirements: - A computer powerful enough to play your 3D scenes. - A recent version of Windows®, MacOS® or Linux® operating system. - A stable network connection. - The latest version of the plug-in provided in our webpage. - One of the following DCC softwares: Blender®: 4.5 LTS, 5.0, 5.1, 5.2 LTS Autodesk® Maya®: 2026, 2027 SideFX® Houdini®: 20.5(QT6), 21.0, 22.0 Maxon® Cinema4D®: 2026 Autodesk® 3dsMax®: 2026, 2027 Foundry® Nuke®: 16, 17 Here you can find the installation guide for the plugin: https://virtucamera.com/how-tos/ Terms And Conditions: https://virtucamera.com/terms-and-conditions
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: ZBrush at Free against VirtuCamera 2's $19.99. ZBrush also leads on rating (4.1 vs 3.3) and review sentiment (85% vs 56%). VirtuCamera 2's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs monthly) and chart position (#31 vs unranked). On ads, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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
ZBrush is free to download; VirtuCamera 2 costs $19.99 up front. ZBrush sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month and VirtuCamera 2 sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
ZBrush holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ZBrush has 254 ratings behind it against 13, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 85% of ZBrush's written reviews are positive against 56% of VirtuCamera 2's.
ZBrush ships an update monthly, VirtuCamera 2 every 3 days. Both last shipped on October 17, 2026.
| Parameter | ZBrush | VirtuCamera 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $19.99 |
| Rating | 4.1 (254 ratings) — better | 3.3 (13 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 85.0% of reviews — better | 56.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 254 — better | 13 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium — better | Paid |
| Best chart rank | — | #31 — better |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1.1 GB | 25 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | MAXON Computer GmbH | The Weird Byte SL |
Customer experience
ZBrush
VirtuCamera 2
In-app purchases
ZBrush
- ZBrush Monthly$9.991 Month
- ZBrush Annual$89.991 Year
VirtuCamera 2
- Pro Indie Monthly$9.991 Month
- Pro Indie Yearly$99.001 Year
- Pro Business Yearly$990.001 Year









