Comparison

ZBrush vs Super Mouth Paint 2000

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

Head to head
About

ZBrush

Create detailed 3D models and digital sculptures on your iPad. This app offers industry-leading sculpting tools, advanced detailing, and seamless integration with desktop versions for professionals and hobbyists alike.

Highlights
  • Digital sculpting and 3D painting
  • 200+ pressure-sensitive brushes
  • Sculptris Pro & Dynamic Tessellation
  • Live Boolean modeling
  • 3D Layers for non-destructive editing
  • Seamless desktop interoperability
  • Direct export for 3D printing
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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).

About

Super Mouth Paint 2000

Create and animate characters by drawing faces and custom mouth poses. Build scenes, import backgrounds, and bring your creations to life with voice-reactive animation. Record performances and utilize various tools for a playful animation experience.

Highlights
  • Step-by-step character drawing
  • Custom mouth poses for talking
  • Scene building and saving
  • Voice-reactive animation
  • Performance recording
  • Import background photos
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super mouth paint 2000 is a playful iPad app for drawing faces, building characters, and making them perform. Create a character step by step, draw custom mouth poses, add a body, build a scene, and then bring everything to life with voice-reactive animation. features: • draw a character one step at a time • create custom mouth poses for talking animation • build and save custom scenes • import background photos • perform with voice-reactive animation • record takes and save them • use sound effects, music, undo/redo, recolor, and more super mouth paint 2000 is made for playful drawing, silly characters, and handmade animation.

Screenshots

Super Mouth Paint 20004 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: ZBrush at Free against Super Mouth Paint 2000's $2.99. ZBrush also leads on ratings volume (265 vs 12) and review sentiment (81% vs 67%). Super Mouth Paint 2000's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and chart position (#9 vs unranked). On rating, update cadence, 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

ZBrush is free to download; Super Mouth Paint 2000 costs $2.99 up front. ZBrush sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Super Mouth Paint 2000 asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.1 for ZBrush against 4.1 for Super Mouth Paint 2000. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ZBrush has 265 ratings behind it against 12, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 81% of ZBrush's written reviews are positive against 67% of Super Mouth Paint 2000's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ZBrush ships an update monthly, Super Mouth Paint 2000 every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
ZBrush versus Super Mouth Paint 2000: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterZBrushSuper Mouth Paint 2000
PriceFree — better$2.99
Rating4.1 (265 ratings) — better4.1 (12 ratings)
Positive reviews81.0% of reviews — better66.7% of reviews
Number of ratings265 — better12
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium — betterPaid
Best chart rank—#9 — better
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size1.1 GB32 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMAXON Computer GmbHRyan Sonderegger

Customer experience

ZBrush

All ratings262 ratings
Positive77.1%
Neutral4.2%
Negative18.7%
Written reviews21 reviews
Positive81.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative19.0%

Super Mouth Paint 2000

All ratings12 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral25.0%
Negative8.3%
Written reviews12 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral16.7%
Negative16.7%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

ZBrush

Subscriptions2
  • ZBrush Monthly$9.991 Month
  • ZBrush Annual$89.991 Year
None

Super Mouth Paint 2000

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ZBrush free?
ZBrush is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Super Mouth Paint 2000 free?
Super Mouth Paint 2000 costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, ZBrush or Super Mouth Paint 2000?
ZBrush is rated higher. ZBrush averages 4.1 out of 5 from 265 ratings, while Super Mouth Paint 2000 averages 4.1 from 12 ratings.
Do ZBrush or Super Mouth Paint 2000 have ads?
Neither ZBrush nor Super Mouth Paint 2000 shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ZBrush or Super Mouth Paint 2000?
ZBrush ships an update monthly, and Super Mouth Paint 2000 every 3 weeks. Most recently, ZBrush was updated on November 4, 2026 and Super Mouth Paint 2000 on October 31, 2026.

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