Makers Empire 3D vs Ludenso Create
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Makers Empire 3D
Design and create anything you can imagine in 3D. This app offers tools for both beginners and advanced users, with tutorials and challenges to enhance your skills. Share your creations with a global community and even design mazes to play with friends.
- 3D design with Shaper and Blocker modules
- Interactive tutorials in Training Lab
- Daily Design Challenges and competitions
- Share designs in a global gallery
- Build and play 3D mazes
- Avatar creation
- Level-up system with new tools
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Create whatever you can imagine in 3D. Design solutions to real-world problems. Unlock more features and tools as you level up. Share your 3D designs with 2.2+ million makers in 50 countries. APP FEATURES Learn how to design in 3D with basic, pro and video tutorials in the Training Lab. Create 3D designs using Shaper, a traditional free-form 3D modelling module, or Blocker, a voxel editor. Create a unique avatar to represent you in the Makers Empire world. Share your designs in the Gallery, alongside 100,000+ other new designs every single day, so fellow designers can like and comment on your designs. Test your skills by completing daily Design Challenges and entering monthly Design Thinking competitions. Build and play 3D mazes with your friends in Maze Mania. Level up as you design and unlock new design tools. MAKERS EMPIRE FOR TEACHERS Makers Empire helps primary, elementary and middle school educators cover international Design & Technology curriculum, teach Design Thinking and STEM and embrace maker pedagogy using 3D design and 3D printing. Makers Empire is backed by Macquarie University research, certified by Education Alliance Finland for pedagogical quality, and endorsed by Common Sense Education. Makers Empire’s subscriptions for schools include Makers Empire 3D software, in-app, curriculum-aligned challenge courses, 150+ curriculum-aligned lesson plans, professional development, class management tools, student assessment tools, resources, training, ongoing support and analytics. MAKERS EMPIRE FOR PARENTS & GUARDIANS Encourage your child’s creativity and help them develop important Design Thinking, critical thinking and problem-solving skills with Makers Empire 3D. Makers Empire is certified by the Education Alliance Finland for pedagogical quality, backed by Macquarie University research and endorsed by Common Sense Education.
Ludenso Create
Design and build 3D models with an intuitive drag-and-drop interface. Collaborate with others in a shared gallery and view your creations in augmented reality.
- 3D modeling
- Drag-and-drop interface
- Gallery Mode for collaboration
- Augmented Reality viewing
- Creative building tools
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Ludenso Create is an easy-to-use 3D modelling app. Drag objects to the creation board and start modelling! - Be creative by building in 3D - Build together in Gallery Mode - View the creations of you and your friends in Augmented Reality
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Makers Empire 3D at 75% against Ludenso Create's 0%. Makers Empire 3D also leads on rating (4.5 vs 3.0) and ratings volume (394 vs 1). Ludenso Create's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 13.0). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Makers Empire 3D holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Makers Empire 3D has 394 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of Makers Empire 3D's written reviews are positive against 0% of Ludenso Create's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Makers Empire 3D | Ludenso Create |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (394 ratings) — better | 3.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 74.6% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 394 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 435 MB | 104 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Makers Empire Pty Ltd | Ludenso AS |
Customer experience
Makers Empire 3D
Ludenso Create
Bugs and requests
Makers Empire 3D
Reported bugs
4 issues- Maze maker tool issues
- Disappearing designs and lost progress
- Trouble accessing and using premium features
- Compatibility problems on older devices
Requested features
5 requests- Add more games and activities
- Improve camera controls and navigation
- Implement better sharing and collaboration features
- Add animation and physics capabilities
- Provide more customization options
Ludenso Create
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Makers Empire 3D
No in-app purchases
Ludenso Create
No in-app purchases
Questions
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