Comparison

Spatial Shader vs Sketcha

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

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Spatial Shader

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Transform Stereoscopic Shaders into Stunning High-Res Spatial 3D Videos Unlock the next dimension of visual storytelling with our cutting-edge technology that converts dynamic shaders into breathtaking high-resolution spatial 3D videos. Perfect for immersive experiences, futuristic digital art installations, and next-level advertising, our solution brings depth, realism, and cinematic quality to every frame. Elevate your creative projects with fluid, lifelike motion and unparalleled detailβ€”seamlessly rendered for Vision Pro. Step into the future of 3D content creation today! This is where code meets cinematic immersion. Background Spatial Shader is a shader engine that creates stereosopic, immersive, and 3D spatial shader experiences. The engine achieves the stereosopic effect, by rendering two shader images, one for each eye, taking into account the positional differences between the device anchor and the position of the person’s eyes. A shader is a small program that determines how pixels and vertices are rendered on screen, creating realistic lighting, shading, and effects in 3D graphics. It's the key to making objects in a scene look lifelike and visually appealing. A spatial shader, similar to a spatial photo or spatial video, will appear in 3D when viewed on Apple Vision Pro. Spatial Shader uses Apple's low-overhead 3D hardware-accelerated Metal API 3D to draw everything a user sees. Spatial Shaders Mandelbulb Voyage A mandelbulb is a 3 dimensional fractal, widely recognized for its intricate and visually stunning structures. It is an extension of the Mandelbrot Set (2D fractal) into three dimensions. It is created in 2009 by Daniel White and Paul Nylander and uses a novel formula involving spherical coordinates. Red vs Blue Gyroid A blue vs red irregular gyroid. Apollonian Glow Gnarly Colorful Apollonian Cloudy Crystal Marble Glow Cloudy Crystal inspired by 3D marble texture Ocean Wave The ocean shader uses weighted normals to give a cartoon style shading effect Terrain Sculpt This shader shows a randomly generated Terrain using mathematics. Other Spatial Shaders Cosmic Pulse Spiral, Aetheric Flame, Spiral Cube Vortex, Stereo String Spiral, Spatial Tunnelwisp Gyroid, Canyon Light, Alien Ridge, Smoke Twist, Pulse Wave, Vivid Turbulence

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Sketcha

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Sketcha is a complete drawing and animation studio for iPhone and iPad, and the first one with a real third dimension built into it. SKETCHA SPACE: DRAW INTO DEPTH Give your layers depth and tilt, then orbit around your own drawing. This is genuine 3D, not a parallax trick. The page opens into a 3D scene, a perspective ground grid sweeps beneath you, planes foreshorten as you turn, and foregrounds grow as they pass the camera. - One tap stages your whole layer stack in depth. No numbers to work out, just named shelves from Very near to Horizon. - One finger orbits, a pinch dollies, two fingers pan and roll. - Fly to layer lands you exactly 1:1 on any plane, so you keep drawing on it, even a tilted one. - Save viewpoints as bookmarks, name them, jump between them. - Turn those views into a cinematic flythrough. Drawing in Space, orbiting, depth, tilt and bookmark jumps are part of the core app. A BRUSH ENGINE THAT FEELS RIGHT Pressure, tilt and velocity drive size, opacity and taper. Adjustable stabilisation and StreamLine smooth your line without lag. QuickShape snaps a held stroke into a clean shape. Touch and hold to sample a colour with a live loupe. Seven hand-tuned presets and an eraser to start, then Brush Studio to build your own: grain, dual texture, scatter, jitter, colour dynamics, pressure and tilt response graphs, and four render modes. LAYERS WITHOUT LIMITS Raster and vector layers, groups, symbols, text and shapes. 27 blend modes, layer masks, clipping masks, alpha lock. Select by rectangle, lasso or magic wand, then move, scale, rotate or reshape. Blend, push and duplicate tools. Adjustments for curves, colour balance, gradient map, motion blur, sharpen, noise, chromatic aberration and halftone. Symmetry, drawing guides and perspective assist. Import photos, SVG and layered PSD. ANIMATION, TWO WAYS Draw frame by frame with onion skin, a light table, per-frame hold and adjustable FPS. Or keyframe everything: position, scale, rotation, opacity and effects, with a bezier easing editor. Add skeleton rigging with IK and smooth weights, shape-tween layers, dialogue sync keys, motion paths, a keyframed camera, an audio track to sync to, and scenes to hold a whole film. EXPORT PNG, PNG sequence, GIF, MP4, sprite sheet, time-lapse, and a rendered Sketcha Space flythrough. .SKETCHAKIT: AN OPEN KIT ECOSYSTEM Brushes and their textures pack into a plain .sketchakit file that anyone can build, share or sell. Import a kit in one tap, export your own from the brush library. No walled garden and no in-app store taking a cut. YOURS, OFFLINE No account. No sign-in. No ads. No cloud. Your work is saved on your device, autosaved as you go, and never uploaded anywhere. The only thing that ever leaves is anonymous usage and crash data, and you can turn it off in Settings. Made by Gambit in Turkiye. SKETCHA PRO Sketcha Pro is an optional subscription that unlocks multiple scenes per project, skeleton rigging with IK, shape-tween and dialogue-sync animation, authoring Space flythroughs, and MP4, sprite sheet and time-lapse export. Everything else is included in the core app. We never limit your layers, your canvas or your frames, and we never watermark your work. - Sketcha Pro Monthly: $4.99 per month - Sketcha Pro Yearly: $14.99 per year Payment is charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. A subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period, at the price of the plan you chose. You can manage your subscriptions and turn off auto-renewal in your Account Settings after purchase. Prices are in USD and may vary by region. Terms of Use: https://getsketcha.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://getsketcha.com/privacy

Screenshots

Spatial Shader4 screens
Sketcha4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Spatial Shader at none against Sketcha's 2. Sketcha's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18.0). On price, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. Sketcha sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Spatial Shader asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences Β· 4 level
Spatial Shader versus Sketcha: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSpatial ShaderSketcha
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyβ€”Fortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo β€” betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Vision Pro β€” betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS18.013.0 β€” better
Further details β€” not scored
Size751 MB42 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperConnectCode Pte LtdGambit Global LTD

In-app purchases

None

Spatial Shader

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Sketcha

Subscriptions2
  • Sketcha Pro Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Sketcha Pro Yearly$14.991 Year

Questions

Is Spatial Shader free?
Spatial Shader is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Sketcha free?
Sketcha is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Spatial Shader or Sketcha have ads?
Neither Spatial Shader nor Sketcha shows ads.

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