3D Modeling vs Clay Shaper
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
3D Modeling
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3D Modelling – Professional 3D Design Studio Create professional-quality 3D models anywhere with 3D Modelling, a powerful mobile CAD and 3D design studio built for iPhone and iPad. Whether you're designing products, creating game assets, sculpting characters, preparing models for 3D printing, or visualizing architectural concepts, 3D Modelling delivers a complete workflow optimized for touch, Apple Pencil, and Metal-powered performance. Designed for professionals, students, makers, and hobbyists alike, the app combines precision modelling tools with an intuitive interface to help you turn ideas into high-quality 3D models. Professional 3D Modelling Build models from scratch using a complete set of polygon modelling tools. Vertex, edge, and face editing Extrude, inset, bevel, bridge, weld, and merge Boolean operations Symmetry modelling Mirror and array modifiers Subdivision surfaces Precision transform tools Object hierarchy and layers Unlimited undo and redo Digital Sculpting Shape detailed organic models with responsive sculpting brushes. Clay, draw, smooth, crease, inflate, flatten Dynamic topology Multiresolution sculpting Symmetry sculpting Pressure-sensitive Apple Pencil support Custom brush settings Masking tools Pose and deformation brushes Precision CAD Tools Design with engineering accuracy. Measurement tools Grid and object snapping Numeric input Construction guides Coordinate systems Angle and distance constraints Accurate scaling UV Mapping & Texturing Prepare models for rendering and game development. Automatic UV unwrap Manual UV editing UV island packing Texture painting Material painting Layer-based editing PBR workflow Professional Materials Create realistic surfaces with physically based rendering materials. Metal Glass Plastic Wood Fabric Stone Concrete Leather Rubber Custom material library Real-Time Rendering Preview your models with high-quality graphics powered by Metal. Physically based rendering (PBR) HDR lighting Shadows Ambient occlusion Bloom Depth of field Reflection probes Transparent background rendering 4K and 8K image export Animation & Rigging Bring your models to life. Timeline editor Keyframe animation Camera animation Skeleton rigging Weight painting Inverse kinematics (IK) Animation curves Animation export 3D Printing Prepare printable models with built-in analysis tools. STL repair Mesh validation Wall thickness analysis Hollowing Scale adjustment Print-ready export AR Visualization View your creations in the real world. Place models in augmented reality True-to-scale visualization USDZ support Surface detection Real-world lighting AI-Powered Tools Speed up your workflow with intelligent assistance. AI mesh cleanup AI texture generation AI material suggestions AI retopology assistance AI UV optimization AI model optimization Import & Export Work with industry-standard formats. Import: OBJ FBX STL STEP IGES USD USDZ GLTF GLB PLY DAE SVG DXF 3MF Export: OBJ FBX STL USDZ GLTF GLB PLY PNG JPEG PDF MP4 #3D Modelling offers auto-renewing subscription options: •$7.99 per month •$34.99 per year • You can subscribe for unlimited access to all features and content offered for purchases within Video Stabilizer • Subscriptions are billed weekly/yearly on the subscription plan • Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase • Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period • Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal • Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user’s Account Settings after purchase • Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable Terms of Use: https://tos.asiancomputingapps.com Privacy Policy: https://privacy.asiancomputingapps.com
Clay Shaper
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Clay Shaper is a sculpting app where the clay is actually clay. Most 3D apps hand you a mesh — a fixed cage of triangles that stretches, tangles and tears when you push it too far. Clay Shaper does not. Your sculpture is a volume, the way a real lump of clay is a volume. Push a thumb into it and it dents. Pull a limb out and material follows. Punch a hole straight through and the hole is simply there. Nothing to retopologise, nothing to break. SCULPT WITH FOURTEEN TOOLS Build, carve, smooth, move, inflate, flatten, pinch, crease, smear and roughen. Twist, bend and grow are brushes too — you do them by hand, on the spot, not through a dialog. Mirror across the centre line, or work in radial symmetry up to twelvefold for ornament and rosettes. PAINT INTO THE MATERIAL Colour lives inside the clay, not on a skin stretched over it. Brush, spray or stamp it on, polish it back, pick a colour off the surface. Keep sculpting afterwards and the paint stays where it belongs — carve deep enough and you cut back to bare material, exactly as you would through a glaze. TWELVE FINISHED PIECES TO TAKE APART Open a scanned marble bust, a bronze lion, a rearing horse, a bull's head, procedural coral, a lotus, a Solomonic column and a rose window. Every one arrives as ordinary clay from the first second. Recut the features. Break the nose. Ruin it happily. STAND IT IN YOUR ROOM See any sculpture in AR at real size, on a real floor, through AR Quick Look. Choose 10 cm, 30 cm, a metre or life size, then walk around it. TAKE IT ANYWHERE Export watertight GLB, STL, OBJ or USDZ — ready for a printer, a render, or another tool. Hollow the sculpture out to a set wall thickness first and a resin print costs a fraction of what a solid one would. Render a PNG. Save a .clay project file that stores the field itself, so you can pick the work back up later or move it to another device. BUILT FOR TOUCH One finger sculpts. Two orbit and zoom. Three pan. Apple Pencil pressure where you have it. A landscape layout that keeps the interface out of the way when you turn the phone on its side, and a full-screen mode for when you just want to look at the thing. FREE, AND PRO The sculpting is all free — every tool, every paint mode, every material, every light. Free includes three of the featured pieces, three saved sculptures, resolutions up to 160³, AR, and watermarked renders. Clay Shaper Pro is one payment, not a subscription. It adds: • 192³ and 224³ working resolution • GLB, STL, OBJ and USDZ export • Hollow out for printing • Import your own .glb and .obj models and voxelise them into clay • Import your own textures and bake them in as real relief • All twelve featured pieces • Unlimited saves • Renders without a watermark Nothing you make leaves your device. There is no account, no cloud, no tracking and no advertising.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Clay Shaper at 16.4 against 3D Modeling's 18.0. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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
Both are free to download. 3D Modeling sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month and Clay Shaper sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
| Parameter | 3D Modeling | Clay Shaper |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 16.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 29 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Do Anh | MAKEEN TECHNOLOGY |
In-app purchases
3D Modeling
- 3D Modelling Pro Monthly$7.991 Month
- 3D Modelling Pro Yearly$34.991 Year
- 3D Modelling Pro Lifetime$49.99
Clay Shaper
- Clay Shaper Pro$9.99







