Comparison

Onshape 3D CAD vs Crosspace

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

Head to head
About

Onshape 3D CAD

A cloud-based 3D CAD platform for professional users to create, edit, and collaborate on designs in real-time from any device. It offers robust parametric modeling tools and seamless data management for teams.

Highlights
  • Real-time collaboration
  • Parametric modeling tools
  • Cloud-based data management
  • Cross-device accessibility
  • Integrated commenting
  • Version control
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Onshape is a full mechanical CAD platform designed for professional users and extended teams. Create, edit, collaborate, and comment in real time with others from any computer or mobile device with an internet connection (free sign-up required). With Onshape’s secure cloud workspace teams can work together from anywhere on any device without the hassles of file management, IT overhead, and license key distribution, helping engineers focus more on doing their best work. Parametric CAD: • Design parts together in Part Studios with a full suite of parametric modeling tools • Create mechanical Assemblies to capture complex motion Ease of Access: • Create, edit, and view from any computer or mobile device (internet connection required) • Begin a project from one device and seamlessly continue from another Collaboration: • Instantly share your CAD data with your teams and partners. Monitor, change, and revoke permissions at any time • Work together with other users and view changes in real-time as they are made • Use Follow mode to see exactly what your teammate sees and add suggestions using Onshape’s built-in commenting tools Data Management: • Maintain a single source of truth for your data, no more sending around or checking in and out of files • Never worry about losing your work, all of your changes are saved automatically • Explore multiple design ideas in parallel and create professional release and approval processes for your designs Onshape for iOS also features Apple Pencil support for more intuitive sketching, navigation, and precise selection. Onshape proudly supports students and educators free of charge and is available free for non-commercial projects in an open-source public work space. Since Onshape is updated every few weeks with dozens of new features and user-requested enhancements, keep an eye out for update notifications from the Apple App Store.

About

Crosspace

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Crosspace turns the cloud accounts you already own into one Drive. Connect Google Drive, Dropbox, Box, and any S3-compatible bucket - Amazon S3, Cloudflare R2, Backblaze B2, Wasabi, MinIO. Crosspace pools them into a single Library and routes each upload to whichever account has room, so you stop keeping track of which drive a file landed on. CLIENT-ONLY BY DESIGN Crosspace has no file backend. Your credentials stay on your device in the iOS Keychain, and files move directly between your phone and your own accounts. Nothing is hosted, proxied, or seen by us. WHAT IT DOES - Unified Library across every connected account - Smart routing - uploads go to the drive with the most free space - Spanned files - split a large file across several accounts when no single one has room - Background uploads that survive leaving the app - Share sheet - send files to Crosspace from anywhere in iOS - Vault - a passphrase-encrypted .cpvault file backs up your account logins, so a new phone is a restore instead of a re-setup - 13 languages, including Arabic and Hebrew with full right-to-left layout CROSSPACE PLUS - Up to 25 connected accounts, instead of 3 - Unlimited spanned files - Priority and round-robin upload routing - Shrink photos and videos before uploading - Zip and unzip inside your Library - LAN Host - browse your pool from another device on the same Wi-Fi - Photo Backup - copy your Camera Roll into your own cloud accounts Plus is available monthly, yearly, or as a one-time lifetime purchase. Crosspace does not sell storage. It makes better use of the storage you already pay for. Terms of Use (EULA): https://waelmakh.github.io/crosspace-legal/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://waelmakh.github.io/crosspace-legal/privacy.html

Screenshots

Onshape 3D CAD4 screens
Crosspace3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Onshape 3D CAD at none against Crosspace's 3. Onshape 3D CAD also leads on device support. Crosspace's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). On price 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. Crosspace sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.89 per month. Onshape 3D CAD asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Onshape 3D CAD versus Crosspace: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOnshape 3D CADCrosspace
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.5 (418 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews47.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings418 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks—
AdsNo—
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — better—
Requires iOS18.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size77 MB39 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPTC Inc.wael makhoul

Bugs and requests

Onshape 3D CAD

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Frequent crashes and freezes
  • Dimensions not visible/editable
  • Rotation/view controls unreliable
  • Unable to create account
  • Incompatible with older devices

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add keyboard shortcuts
  • Improve dimensioning tools
  • Allow private file storage
  • Optimize for iPad/Apple Pencil
  • Provide better documentation/tutorials

Crosspace

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Onshape 3D CAD

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Crosspace

Subscriptions2
  • Crosspace Plus Monthly$4.891 Month
  • Crosspace Plus Yearly$39.951 Year
One-time1
  • Crosspace Plus Lifetime$124.99

Questions

Is Onshape 3D CAD free?
Onshape 3D CAD is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Crosspace free?
Crosspace is free to download, with in-app purchases available.

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