Comparison

3D File Viewer vs OpenShape3D

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

Head to head
About

3D File Viewer

Quickly view and inspect 3D model files like STL, OBJ, and PLY. Offers a clean preview with gesture controls and detailed model information. Export images or different mesh formats for sharing.

Highlights
  • Preview STL, OBJ, 3MF, PLY, and ZIP files
  • Rotate, move, and scale models
  • Solid, edge, and transparent display modes
  • View presets (front, top, side, isometric)
  • Check model details (bounds, face count, volume)
  • Export PNG, OBJ, DAE, and DXF files
Features
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PrintPeek is a fast, private viewer for STL, OBJ, 3MF, PLY, and ZIP 3D model files. Open a model from Files, Mail, Safari, AirDrop, or the share sheet, then inspect it with a clean 3D preview. PrintPeek is designed for short maker workflows: preview the model, check the basic details, export a clean image or mesh format, and move on. Main features: - Preview STL, OBJ, 3MF, PLY, and supported models inside ZIP files - Rotate, move, and scale models with simple gestures - Switch between solid, edge, and transparent display modes - Use front, top, side, and isometric view presets - Check bounds, file size, face count, surface area, and volume - Export PNG previews, OBJ, DAE, and DXF files - Save PNG previews to Photos - Works locally with no account, ads, or cloud upload PrintPeek is intentionally focused. It is not a CAD editor, slicer, mesh repair tool, or printer control app. It is built for quickly checking and sharing 3D model files on iPhone and iPad. The free version opens smaller files. PrintPeek Pro is a one-time unlock for larger files and export features. ----- Terms of service: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

OpenShape3D

Create precise 3D models directly on your mobile device using intuitive touch controls. This app offers robust sketching tools, advanced solid modeling operations, and various viewing modes, all powered by a professional-grade geometry kernel.

Highlights
  • Direct-modeling CAD for touch
  • Professional-grade B-rep kernel
  • Advanced 2D sketching with constraints
  • Extrude, revolve, sweep, and loft operations
  • Live preview for fillets and chamfers
  • Import/export STL, OBJ, DXF, and more
  • AR preview with Quick Look
Features
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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 — 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 — 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 — 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 — 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 — steel, aluminium, brass, plastics, rubber, wood — 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

Screenshots

3D File Viewer4 screens
OpenShape3D4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: OpenShape3D at none against 3D File Viewer's 1. 3D File Viewer's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.8). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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

Both are free to download. 3D File Viewer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. OpenShape3D asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

3D File Viewer holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 4 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

3D File Viewer ships an update every 5 weeks, OpenShape3D every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
3D File Viewer versus OpenShape3D: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter3D File ViewerOpenShape3D
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better4.8 (4 ratings)
Positive reviews—75.0% of reviews
Number of ratings24 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemiumFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size11 MB51 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJean PapkeLaan Labs

Customer experience

3D File Viewer

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

OpenShape3D

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

3D File Viewer

One-time1
  • PrintPeek Pro$3.99
None

OpenShape3D

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is 3D File Viewer free?
3D File Viewer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is OpenShape3D free?
OpenShape3D is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, 3D File Viewer or OpenShape3D?
3D File Viewer is rated higher. 3D File Viewer averages 5.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while OpenShape3D averages 4.8 from 4 ratings.
Do 3D File Viewer or OpenShape3D have ads?
Neither 3D File Viewer nor OpenShape3D shows ads.
Which is updated more often, 3D File Viewer or OpenShape3D?
3D File Viewer ships an update every 5 weeks, and OpenShape3D every 3 weeks. Most recently, 3D File Viewer was updated on October 29, 2026 and OpenShape3D on October 31, 2026.

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