MKSmart vs OpenShape3D
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side ā with what reviewers say about each.
MKSmart
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MKSmart provides IoT solutions for various inverters, related equipment, sensors, and circuit breakers. Our solutions feature all-time stability, convenience, and efficiency. Thank you for choosing us!
OpenShape3D
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openshape3d is a direct-modeling CAD app built for touch. Sketch a profile, pull it into a solid, and keep cutting, blending and patterning until the part is done ā no desktop, no subscription server, no file conversion dance. Geometry is computed by OpenCASCADE, the same open-source B-rep kernel used in professional CAD. Extrudes, primitives and booleans produce exact analytic surfaces, so a cylinder stays a true cylinder instead of a faceted approximation. SKETCHING ⢠Sketch on a world plane, on any flat body face, or on an offset construction plane pulled off a face ⢠Line, rectangle, circle, arc, ellipse, polygon and text-as-outline tools ⢠Endpoint, midpoint, centre, vertex and grid snapping ā draw with Apple Pencil ⢠Trim, move/rotate gizmo, construction geometry, and reusable symbols ⢠A full 2D constraint solver: coincident, parallel, perpendicular, tangent, equal, concentric, symmetric and more ⢠Driving dimensions with inline arithmetic (type 25.4/2) pull geometry to value ⢠The sketch tells you where it stands ā fully defined, or how many degrees of freedom remain SOLIDS ⢠Extrude a profile, or push and pull a face directly with automatic booleans: pull to add material, push to cut ⢠Revolve, sweep along a chained path, loft through sections, and helix ⢠Fillet and chamfer edges with live preview and drag-to-size ⢠Shell a body hollow, with optional open faces ⢠Union, subtract and intersect between bodies, computed off the main thread ⢠Split a body with a plane or a sketch profile ⢠Linear and circular patterns with ghost previews ⢠Move, scale, rotate, mirror, translate point-to-point and align VIEWING ⢠Orientation cube, six standard views, isometric and orthographic toggle ⢠One finger orbits, two pan, pinch zooms ā the camera never locks up ⢠Section view that clips live against a plane, with a drag arrow and flip ⢠Shaded, shaded without edges, wireframe with proper hidden-line removal, and X-ray ⢠Marquee select with window/crossing semantics, and Select Through to reach a body buried behind others ⢠Isolate to hide everything but the selection MATERIALS AND REFERENCE ⢠Material presets ā steel, aluminium, brass, plastics, rubber, wood ā plus custom colour with metallic and roughness ⢠Drop PNG or JPEG reference images onto any plane and trace over them MEASURE ⢠Face area, body volume and bounding box on selection ⢠Two-point distance with X, Y and Z deltas over snap points IMPORT AND EXPORT ⢠Import STL and DXF ⢠Export STL, OBJ, 3MF, GLB, USDZ and sketch DXF ⢠Preview your model in AR with Quick Look
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: MKSmart at 15.0 against OpenShape3D's 17.0. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
MKSmart ships an update every 4 days, OpenShape3D every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MKSmart | OpenShape3D |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days ā better | Every 5 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 ā better | 17.0 |
| Further details ā not scored | ||
| Size | 36 MB | 46 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Beijing Meike Smart Technology Co., Ltd | Laan Labs |
In-app purchases
MKSmart
No in-app purchases
OpenShape3D
No in-app purchases









