Comparison

EchoOrb vs FormWright 3D

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

Head to head
About

EchoOrb

Features
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EchoOrb transforms audio, video, and recordings into 3D sound signatures. Each sound becomes an orb-shaped trace of its texture, rhythm, and energy, combining generative visuals with haptic feedback. Explore built-in bird sounds for free, then unlock EchoOrb+ to record from the microphone, import audio or video, and export image or video versions of your sound orbs. Designed by Manu.Vision at the intersection of art, technology, nature, and the senses.

About

FormWright 3D

Create 3D models, sculpt, paint, and animate characters and props on your iPad or iPhone. Bring your ideas to life with a comprehensive toolset for design and animation, all within a single local project.

Highlights
  • 3D modeling with points, edges, and faces
  • Sculpting with clay sphere and organic forms
  • Direct painting on models with texture layers
  • Rigging and animation with keyframes and motion capture
  • Lighting, shadows, and photo-based environments
  • Local project saving and export in various formats
  • Full-screen iPad controls and compact iPhone panels
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Make a character. Build a precise prop. Bring it to life. FormWright 3D brings modeling, sculpting, painting and animation together on iPad and iPhone. Move from an idea to a textured model, a performance or a camera take in one local project. One purchase, with no subscription or in-app purchases. MAKE: SHAPE YOUR IDEA Model with points, edges and faces, modifiers, instances and symmetry. Sculpt a clay sphere or grow organic forms with Branch Forms. Paint directly on models with texture layers and symmetry, then explore live procedural materials. Retopo Draw on regular iPad layouts helps you lay out loops and strips and refine topology. MAKE: WORK WITH DIMENSIONS Use Solid for sketches, circular-arc paths, extrusions, cuts, fillets, chamfers, insets, pockets and repeated patterns. Create Flat, Rounded or Tapered ring blanks with an exact inside diameter, wall thickness and band width in millimeters. Inspect details with close-up navigation. Export exact Solid geometry as STEP, or bake a mesh for Sculpt and Paint while retaining the Solid source. MOVE: RIG AND ANIMATE Start with guided Auto Rig, adjust landmarks and weights, and test a pose. Face Auto Rig offers expression starting points for suitable meshes. Use keyframes, curves, ghosts and trails, or record movement in Perform and layer it into your animation. Preview supported rigid-body reactions and bake them to editable keys. Auto rigs and face shapes are editable starting points; results depend on your model and topology. SHOOT: LIGHT AND SHARE Set lights, shadows and photo-based environments. Frame camera takes, add imported audio or optional voice recordings, and export video. On supported hardware, explore handheld camera control, mixed reality and body, hand or face motion capture. Footage tracking estimates camera movement and may drift with blur, occlusion or low detail. A WORKSPACE THAT FITS Use full-screen iPad controls or compact iPhone panels. Arrange and pin supported panels on regular iPad layouts. Keep photo references nearby. Optional time-lapse captures silent editing snapshots after you start it; recordings stay on this device and can be exported separately. YOUR PROJECTS, YOUR FILES Save locally and share editable .da3 projects with referenced assets. Open older .fw3d and .formwright projects as separate copies. Exchange supported geometry, materials and animation through USDZ, GLB, OBJ and FBX; export STL or 3MF for printing. Formats preserve different parts of a scene, with guidance for baking or simplified output. ONE PURCHASE No FormWright account, subscription, ads or tracking SDKs. Creative processing stays on your device. Existing owners receive version 1.3 as an update. Your original work can be used in personal or commercial projects; imported assets retain their owners' terms. BEFORE YOU START Apple Pencil is optional; hover needs compatible hardware. Retopo Draw needs a regular iPad layout. AR and capture features depend on device capabilities; room scanning needs supported LiDAR hardware. The optional Watch companion provides lightweight previews and orientation control through a paired iPhone; direct Watch-to-iPad control is not included. Solid uses direct modeling with a read-only feature record. Changing an earlier sketch does not rebuild an extrusion. Ring dimensions remain editable until another Solid operation changes the shape. Full sketch constraints, automatic tangency, revolve and shell are not included. Keep backups before updating important projects; earlier app versions may not open newer project data. Complex geometry and exports can take longer. Privacy, support and open-source acknowledgments are available in Settings and on the developer website.

Screenshots

EchoOrb3 screens
FormWright 3D1 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: EchoOrb at Free against FormWright 3D's $19.99. FormWright 3D's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and chart position (#74 vs unranked). On ads, device support and iOS requirement 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

EchoOrb is free to download; FormWright 3D costs $19.99 up front. EchoOrb sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. FormWright 3D asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 8 level
EchoOrb versus FormWright 3D: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEchoOrbFormWright 3D
PriceFree — better$19.99
Rating—5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequency—Every 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
Monetization—Paid
Best chart rank—#74 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS18.018.0
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB209 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperManuel SainsilyDon Stevenson

In-app purchases

1 purchases

EchoOrb

One-time1
  • EchoOrb+$7.99
None

FormWright 3D

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is EchoOrb free?
EchoOrb is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is FormWright 3D free?
FormWright 3D costs $19.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do EchoOrb or FormWright 3D have ads?
Neither EchoOrb nor FormWright 3D shows ads.

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