Comparison

TopMod 3D vs Marea Type

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

Head to head
About

TopMod 3D

Sculpt intricate 3D surfaces with topological modeling on your mobile device. Create complex geometry, including handles and holes, and export your designs as OBJ files for use in other 3D software. Ideal for artists and designers interested in the mathematics of form.

Highlights
  • Topological mesh modeling
  • Sculpt intricate 3D surfaces
  • Create handles and holes
  • Real-time geometry building
  • Export as OBJ files
Features
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Works best for Ipad. TopMod is a topological mesh modeler for sculpting intricate, high-genus 3D surfaces right on your iPhone and iPad. Build handles, holes, and complex manifold geometry in real time, then export your creations as OBJ files to use in any 3D pipeline. A focused, self-contained tool for artists, designers, and anyone who loves the mathematics of form.

About

Marea Type

Features
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Marea Type is a space for typography. Create posters, quotes, covers, and expressive type compositions with precise tools built specifically around text — without the clutter of a general-purpose graphics editor. Work across multiple artboards in one workspace, build visual series, and compare different composition ideas. Fine-tune font size, tracking, leading, alignment, and other type settings, explore variable fonts, and shape each text layer with precision. Marea Type is built around type itself: its form, rhythm, scale, and space. Features: multiple artboards in a single project; precise font size, tracking, and leading controls; variable fonts and supported axis controls; alignment and rich text formatting; text layer rotation, horizontal scaling, and opacity; a curated bundled font library; PNG export for selected or all artboards; light and dark appearance. Typography Lab Typography Lab is an integrated space for learning and exploring typography. Learn foundational ideas, experiment with real type controls, explore variable font behavior, and work through practical typography challenges. Selected exercises can be carried directly into the editor and continued as normal compositions. Learn → Try → Explore → Apply

Screenshots

TopMod 3D4 screens
Marea Type4 screens

Verdict

The call

TopMod 3D and Marea Type are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
TopMod 3D versus Marea Type: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTopMod 3DMarea Type
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.2
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB70 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJohn BriscellaNikita Titov

In-app purchases

None

TopMod 3D

No in-app purchases

None

Marea Type

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is TopMod 3D free?
TopMod 3D is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Marea Type free?
Marea Type is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do TopMod 3D or Marea Type have ads?
Neither TopMod 3D nor Marea Type shows ads.

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