Name: Nomad Sculpt
Rating: 4.81412 (1926 reviews)

User Reviews for Nomad Sculpt

4.81 out of 5

1.9K Ratings

3 years ago, MantacidTech

Overall Amazing and intuitive, but lacks a few key features.

Let me start with the positives. This software has so many capabilities that other similar softwares don’t. It is easy to work with, very customizable, and produces great quality renders at high numbers of faces. Easily the best software out there for the IPad Pro. One minor issue is that the software lacks the ability to more finely control the topology of models. Often i will find formations of quads that are unnecessary, or that meet in weird ways and create visible seams on my models upon smoothing. However, using dynamic topology is an easy workaround if the character you’re sculpting doesn’t need to be animated. Materials could also use more customization options, and UVs would also be nice, but the main issue i have with this software is how much battery it drains. It drains battery so fast that even when plugged into the wall, the charging cannot keep up with the power demands. Overall an amazing software (nearly on par with some professional sculpting softwares ive worked with before) but is not very optimized in terms of power usage.

5 days ago, wolf33n

Great aoftware, with some issues

First of all, I’ll start positives. I have been bouncing around on 3-D software for a few months now, and I’ve found all of them very difficult to learn or they just simply don’t have the features I’m looking for. Blender Is great but it requires too much time and focused to learn for me, fusion 360 is decent, but it doesn’t have a sculpt feature, ect. Nomad has made the process of learning 3-D design, super easy and I’ve already made a few decent pieces! The interface is simple yet it has a lot of really good tools and functions. Now for the improvements that could be made. There are definitely some bugs in this app, including ones that occasionally affect the sculpting tools. They will either indent or add texture when they are supposed to do the opposite, etc. these bugs often require me to save the design and then restart the whole app. Also, occasionally, when I add an object, it just glitches out and I don’t have access to the. “Gizmo” feature, which basically allows me to edit and alter the shape entirely. I am also forced to restart for this glitch. Other than being buggy occasionally, I’m really love this software, and if you are a beginner or just looking for something more simple to use, I definitely recommend this.

2 years ago, Dheugjejdfjriggjsbf

Incredible. Auto-save could be better.

Really well done. I find it much more approachable than ZBrush when I tried it way back when. This app is quite powerful with what it can do, and isn’t a massive overload of complexity. Only one thing that bothers me is when dealing with primitives, before ‘validate’ (strange word to use but ok), my tendency is to try to scroll the toolbar on the right vertically as I would scroll the usual modeling toolbar. Unfortunately this drags & rearranges the tools without any long press/jiggle or anything. I’d prefer long press to rearrange as is pretty standard UI design practice (and as is also the case for entries the Scene panel in Nomad). Update: auto-save should just happen silently without a popup by default. Save a recoverable file that can be reloaded on launch if a crash was detected, like how MS Excel might do it, for example. If a crash was detected, prompt the user, explain that the app didn’t close properly; show a preview of the last auto-save and ask if they want to reload it. Unfortunately one of my kids was getting into Nomad, but found auto-save annoying & disabled it (not knowing you could just silence the popup), and lost her work due to a crash… so now she “hates” it. Ugh.

2 years ago, ^-^ OuO ~(°-°~)

Traveling artists dream come true

I held off on writing a review for awhile. Wanted to get the full experience of Nomad Sculpt. I’ve worked with Zbrush before so I came in with some sculpting experience. I have to say, I am in awe of this app. The power this program has to exist on an IPad is insane. I don’t get to sit down and work a lot, so I’m a big fan of procreate and the likes. This app is exactly what I’ve been dreaming of. Now of course there are it’s bugs and glitches and sometimes it’ll crash. But it’s running on an iPad, and that is a truly impressive feat. I work zbrush on my custom built computer, and after an hour it sounds like its going to take off. I can work hours on this app and the only thing stopping me is the iPad battery life. The app is gigantic, and needs a fair amount of storage but honestly, not as much as I thought for an app this powerful. If you’re a experienced sculptor or just wanting to start out, spend the money. Seriously, it’s worth it. I am excited to see how Nomad grows in the next few months. Seriously impressive, I cannot rave enough.

3 years ago, Yuantian Mai

People said the iPad isn’t a pro device, this app proved that they’re wrong

This app needs more attention, it is such a pro level app that I actually wish I have more performance in my M1 iPad Pro, it utilize the chip so well it maxed out the M1’s thermal design limit, the way you know is by how it drains the battery even when you’re plugged in to a 20W charger, this means that this app is pushing the chip as high or higher than 20W just like on the M1 Macs, and this doesn’t mean that this app is poorly optimized, this just mean you need a bigger charger, the charging port on the iPad Pro can reach 33W, if you have a 30W charger it should keep the iPad Pro running without draining the battery while charging. It’s not the apps fault for being such a power hog, and it is certainly not that it is poorly optimized, because to maintain good battery life at this point is to sacrifice performance, and I’ll rather have the app not lagging when I sculpt than good battery life, you just can’t have both people.

4 years ago, CapitanCrunches4Days...aYear

One of the most exciting apps ever for iPad

Within the first 10 mins of downloading and playing around with this app, I new I had found something truly amazing. Coming from a few years of a zbrush experience on the Mac, this gives me everything I use regularly in zbrush, in a buttery smooth package. Not to mention a far better UI and enjoyable experience than zbrush. All for 15 bucks!? That right there is a steal of a deal my friends. Truly incredible app. Thank you so much to the wonderful developers that spent their time to polish and create such an amazing app for us to enjoy. Truly hats off to you! Such a joy to use. Update: I’ve been using this app nonstop since it came out, and I love it more and more the more I use it. On top of that, the newest update is INCREDIBLE! The post processing controls, render options, camera updates, lighting updates, etc. Are all truly mind blowing. That you so much for creating this app! It really is something special.

4 years ago, GaladanWolf

The app I've been looking for

Before now I've struggled to find a sculpting app that I enjoy using, but after using this one for a couple of hours I'm glad to say that that's changed. The UI is simple and intuitive, especially if you're at all familiar with desktop sculpting applications. I never spent more than a minute figuring out how to do anything I wanted to, and usually the tool or option I was looking for was either right in front of me or a tap away. Even more important than that, the sculpting simply feels good. It's quick and responsive. All the basic brushes you might expect are present, and at least for me they cover 99% of my needs. I have yet to dive into the brush options, but they seem quite in depth. I obviously have not fully explored the limits of the app, but I know that I'm going to spend some time with it over the next couple of weeks and figure out how best to use it. I can easily see myself using this app for basic work to export and finish in Zbrush.

3 months ago, NeilSenn

Professional Option

I have been using ZBrush professionally for well over a decade. Much like all software from "my time" it has become bloated because new features (not refinement) sells units. One could say the Z-planes for hard surface modeling make ZBrush necessary.... In Nomad, I just modify primitives then use smooth, flatten, pinch and planar to refine. This is also what I do in ZBrush because it lends itself better to design than technical layout. There were some slight growing pains getting my workflow down to intuition. It's not complicated, I just tended to click the wrong tab at times due to vague icons. That has passed. If you're serious about modeling, everything you need is here, capable, refined, stable and smooth. If you just want to click on value sliders to make cool stuff happen (I do it too. Not knocking it) you won't find much shallow functionality. Truly great software on the best platform for working with a stylus. What's not to love.

4 years ago, NTAppReviews

The best organic sculpting on iOS

This app is great! It has almost all the core features I love using in ZBrush with really nice responsiveness (I’m on the Gen 1 iPad Pro, even). It has a clean UI/UX that gets out of your way but is there when you look for it (no small feat!) The pro features like the ability to remesh/dynamesh and the masking (including tapping off the mask to invert) are really great if you are familiar with ZBrush. Having animatable layers was kind of mind-blowing as I didn’t expect that feature to be in an iOS app. I have tried some of the other sculpting programs, but they always had some strange quirks that made them feel slightly less than professional. In contrast, I can easily see myself using this to sculpt a base mesh as a starting point, then finishing it up in ZBrush. The fact that it gives you OBJ and STL export as part of the purchase makes it worth the price. There are a couple of features that would be nice to have, like: - Boolean subtraction of layers (for example, to make the mouth areas). Maybe I’ve missed this because I am new to the app, as there does seem to be a merge layers. - Grouping of masks/selections to use them later (poly groups in ZBrush parlance) -FBX export (not necessary since there is OBJ, but nice! :) ) Overall, bravo to the developer! I am looking forward to seem what other updates come down the line. Thanks for a great app!

1 year ago, Sable Blade

Best 3D Sculpting App...period

Nomad is hands down the easiest and most intuitive 3D sculpting app... hard stop. The ability to use the apple pencil to directly interact with your mesh surface on the screen of your IPad already makes the UI far better than anything with a mouse or drawing tablet. Combine that with its ability to handle a large number of vertices in a model (depending upon how much memory you have) and its already far ahead of most tools. But the one-man-show that is the developer has consistently continued to improve the product every couple of months, releasing significant updates that expand the capabilities of this tool with regularity. Make no mistake this is not a tool for all things 3D, but as a digital sculpting tool for sculpting meshes and creating your base 3D models it stands above all the rest as the premier tool in the category. (In my opinion)

3 years ago, Rinibeans

Best $15 I’ve ever spent

I’m a 2D illustrator dipping my toes into the world of 3D. Drawing with a pencil/stylus feels most natural to me but I’ve always longed to recreate my characters in a 3 dimensional space. For weeks I watched tutorials on other programs, learning about topology, planes and vertices, jotting down a million hotkeys, and while that research was rewarding, it still felt like there were too many cumbersome steps just to do one action. Nomad took a little getting used to, and after playing around with it for a few days and watching a handful of tutorials, I was able to sculpt a bust of one of my characters! The tools honestly feel so good that they bridge the gap between a flat illustration and a dimensional model. I can literally chisel away at flowing shapes as if I’m drawing. This has been a godsend for my desire to use custom 3D models as reference for my illustrations!

4 years ago, Enrique Raphaël Page Pérez

Okay... 20 stars.

The mad lad behind Nomad fulfilled one of my long time dreams of being able to work just as well as I do on my computer but on the go. I can use a stylus with my IPHONE and it will recognize pressure FROM 3D TOUCH?! What a BLESSING! Sir, you have no idea just how amazing you are. I really appreciate the wonderful reply you gave my review the last time and even more that you actually implemented that 3D Touch pressure sensitivity! I think Nomad (for non ipad users) just became like, easily twice as good. If not even more. I’m loving it!! Ps: did I mention I’ve had meshes of 6-7 million polys on Nomad on my iPhone XS Max? It wouldn’t let me save without crashing at that point but maybe at around 5 I still will be able to. Still, forger won’t let me go past 1.5 millions on a phone, which is ridiculous and really simply not enough to get the job done. It’s also worth mentioning this happened to me on Nomad’s previous update. So perhaps it has been fixed on this one. Nomad is just simply a beast. It is such a beast that I’ve decided I am going to buy an iPad Pro just cause music production and sculpting on iOS have become around 100 times more enjoyable than their PC-based counter parts. Thank you sir, you are a legend 🙏🏻

2 years ago, Blast Hooligan

Incredible versatility, power, and value

Anytime I speak to other artists or hobbyists about Nomad Sculpt I end up sounding like a salesperson. If you have previous experience with sculpting software Nomad Sculpt is incredibly easy to pick up and experiment with. If you do not have said experience however, there are plenty of easy-to-follow tutorials out there to get you started. Of course Nomad Sculpt is not as robust as your expensive full-blown sculpting programs but for the price you pay you're getting an incredible value and I've personally made and seen pieces that rival anything made on your typical PC/laptop software. The versatility and power of what Nomad Sculpt can do are the highlights for me (on a recent iPad Pro.) Currently I'd say the material painting would be the least intuitive part of this lovely program. Recent updates to other features are encouraging that hopefully soon smarter methods of material painting will come online. The absolute best reason to love Nomad Sculpt is that it allows me to casually create art on my couch while passively watching stuff. That kind of convenience simply cannot be beat and has exponentially increased my personal art production and creativity.

3 years ago, DedicatedGhost

It’s a no-brainer for sculptors with iPads

I got this expecting it to only be a travel companion when I’m away from my computer. BUT OH it’s way more than that! It’s very similar to Zbrush in a lot of ways, but it also contains many features I never knew I even wanted until now. It has layer based sculpting, kind of like Photoshop layers, but for sculpting. And you can adjust the opacity of each layer even, or use layers for vertex painting. This is only one example out of the many in this app that’s blown me away. THIS APP NEEDS MORE USERS! I can also easily export sculpts with color data to Blender for finalizing assets. I can’t think of a single reason to sculpt in Blender instead now. It’s an amazingly capable professional piece of software that you can take wherever you go.

3 years ago, Disastrous Doodles

The best app ever

I have learned so much and came from the bottom of knowing nothing, it unlocked a whole community of interest I had no idea of. I am building a portfolio for my local digital media institute and I’ve already piqued the interest of the admissions folks and how little time it took for me to get a hang of this sculpting stuff, and all on this app. Just as features I hope to see in the future, I think it would be neat to be able to rig models in app instead of having to export and go into Adobe mixamo, and then go to blender, just to get a certain pose. Another would be the addition of photoshop brush support possibly? I honestly am not a developer and don’t know if any of what I’m saying is possible in the specs of an iPad but I’m just wishful thinking. Have a great day!

2 months ago, SomeoneNamedCarlButNotReally

Fantastic iPad sculpting app

This is coming from someone who has never written a review before: this app is amazing! I usually sculpt in zBrush on my computer, but I really wanted something that could work on the iPad. I bought this app (a few years back) and was pleasantly surprised with how much it could do. Well, I just updated it today and was amazed at how many more features the developers added. It is really fantastic. I love that the price is a cheap, one-time purchase and that the only in-app purchase is for the quad remesher extension (which I am seriously considering buying). So I’m writing this review as a thank-you to the dev team and to let anyone that wants a really solid option for sculpting on the go know: Nomad is great, I highly recommend it!

11 months ago, seonghwas_legos

👍

This app is nice. I’ve been making a HiveWing model on it and I’d say it’s going decently? The app itself is great, my skills are just kind of meh. Anyway, here’s what I have to say to people considering Nomad, or basically any other 3D modeling app. Don’t let the pictures pull you in. The models shown in the pictures are obviously done by professionals. Your skills will not magically become equivalent to a 3D-modeling version of Leonardo DaVinci. While the app is good, it doesn’t have some kind of ability to turn you into a master. If you just want a good 3D modeling app and don’t expect to become a genius just because of the pictures shown, then go ahead. But if you’re looking for a way to become famous using 3D modeling, go get lessons.

1 year ago, Korrrrrrl

Awesome Sculpting App!

I’ve been using Nomad Sculpt for a few weeks now and it’s amazing! The app runs smoothly and I’ve rarely had an issue. It’s very easy to use and learn. I would like to see an option added on the iPad that would set the Apple Pencil as the only way to manipulate an object, at times I try to rotate an object using my finger and end up alternating my design because I forget that my finger can also make changes. One issue that I rarely see is that actions may stop working and the app needs to be closed and reopened. For example; while painting the paint will stop being applied to the model, this is the same for any action. Saving my work and restarting the app resolves it every time. I have an M2 iPad Pro 12.9”.

3 years ago, AmazingEvieisnotonfire

AMAZING!!

seriously, i’ve never really done 3d modeling before but after the newest procreate update i figured i should give it a try, and oh my god this is so user friendly compared to many other sculpting programs! it took me maybe 5 minutes to get the hang of the tools, without even having to look up a tutorial or anything, and i’ve already made something i think looks pretty good for my first digital sculpture. some of the settings and stuff can be confusing, but that’s likely just cause i’m new at this. my only real complaint is that the app doesn’t do uv mapping, so things can’t be directly exported to apps that need that. (like procreate) honestly if the developer adds uv mapping the app will be perfect.

3 years ago, Dani 🐸

Worth every penny!!

Seriously. This app is very user-friendly, it’s pretty much like a procreate version of blender that fits on an ipad if you will. Feels almost criminal for how affordable this app is compared to other software I’ve seen that rival this app’s quality lol. I clay sculpt with polymer clay sometimes, and I wanted to give digital a whirl since I already illustrate digitally. I’ve researched quite a few programs while browsing on my laptop... Some were buggy, others were just way too complex for what I had wanted to use it for, and some were just straight up too expensive. Finally found this after I thought I’d give an ios app a try. So glad I found this. Hats off to the devs that made this godsend. <3

4 years ago, KrisKeekan

The Dynamesh + Voxel Ramesher makes it worth every cent and then some.

Honestly these two features make this zbrush level. I myself have been using forger before this app but Nomad’s simple interface, the ability to remesh at the click of a button and the fact Dynamesh can be switched on and off per tool makes this the most powerful 3D design tool for the iPad in my opinion. Base meshes are a breeze because of these features. Sculpts can be made from scratch as long as the Dynamesh and voxel Remesh are used correctly. This tool is of the same caliber as something like uMake yet it’s a one time purchase. Also the developers are abundant with updates and bug fixes. If you are looking for an industry level sculpting tool on the go Nomad is all you need.

3 months ago, bfygfhgfhg

This is a really good app but there are a couple of bugs.

After a while of creating some things, I realized that I couldn’t edit some things that I created a little while ago and it kept on happening over and over again with a bunch of different projects that I work on and so far, I can’t find anyway how to stop it. I can’t edit it. I can’t put clay over it brush or any of the other tools so far as I know it is very annoying although I believe that I will get the hang of things in this app in the future! (This app is really good You should definitely get it just know there are always ups and downs in a lot of apps)

10 months ago, giraffe kitty

Absolutely awesome! Except for one thing…

This app is absolutely everything I’ve needed or wanted in a sculpting app like this and I’m so pleased with everything about it except one thing… I had been working on one of my sculpts for around 2 hours and had finally finished it, I celebrated the result before turning off my iPad and leaving. I little while later I opened the app to show people the finished product only to find out that nothing had saved. And I guess technically that was user error, my fault, but when I told everyone about what had happened they thought there should’ve been an auto save or something. So I guess what I’m saying is you guys should add an auto save feature to save other people from this outcome.

4 years ago, Atanguay

This thing is not messing around.

Coupled with an iPad Pro, this app is seriously nipping at the heels of desktop packages. It’s really amazing and jumping by leaps and bounds. Is it a complete replacement for those? Not quite yet, but give it a little time. The value proposition here is that you could practically buy this app AND the hardware to run it for the price of a seat of the program that shall not be named. All while getting a ton of the same features. What a world. Compared to other stabs at this genre, this is the first one I’ve seen that’s not a toy or a tech demo. A lot of those apps seemed to be a proof of concept. “Hey, you CAN do a sculpting app on the iPad!” Well, someone did. If this type of tool even vaguely interests you, just buy it.

1 week ago, Bromez

Great program

No complaints so far. Minor bug: Combination of using trim, line and possibly symmetry. I found others commenting about it also. It seems to crash Nomad sculpt when trim is used with line and some symmetry settings. I’ve also had issues where it doesn’t draw the line where the white section is when I let go. Sometimes it moves in substantially. Other times it moves in more on the sides where symmetry is replicating the action. So I trim one corner, then 2 of the corners are trimmed the way I set them but the other two corners are much more aggressive in their resulting trim. I’m wondering if it has something to do with zoom

7 months ago, H11709

ZBrush/Blender Alternative for IOS On the Go💎💎💎

As an artist of 13 years of Blender 3D experience, I am so happy to have found this app. It doesn’t need a super powerful iPad, I’m working on an old 6th gen with just 32 GB, but I transfer all of my projects on an SD card to my PC to Blender. The same from PC to iPad. It’s apps like these that are just gems, and the one time payment is a blessing compared to Maxon Forger. I can’t imagine how much ZBrush is going to be on the iPad, (if Maxon even does a reasonable subscription.) So please keep supporting this app. It means a lot to smaller artists who can’t regularly buy more expensive apps like ZBrush every year/month. ❤️✨❤️✨💖✨💎💎💎

1 year ago, NLEGITN

Full screen

When in full screen model you can model without a lot of the background stuff. The only thing you can see is, The background, your model, and the little button at the top left to unhide everything. There also needs to be a small button on the top right to switch between add and subtract so you could comfortably move into sculpt mode and wouldn’t have to worry about having to constantly switch from hiding to showing all your menus just because you would need to switch to a subtractive brush or and additive brush. This is a must for this app. Then. Anything is possible:)

4 years ago, MaybeTinEar

Not zbrush or mudbox

But lots of cheap fun! The main negatives are a lack of “bones” to help control things like arms and have them come out right) and also certain faults can emerge, like really long polygons, and other little marks you can’t smooth out (i think some polygons get inverted). But there are ways in Nomad to deal with these limitations. One other issue is painting is kind of low resolution, and that’s an area where zbrush (obviously not on ipad) shines. But it took zbrush a massive amount of r&d to make that work right, which is why it is expensive. Nomad is fun! Nomad is fun! And it’s fun! So, buy it right now! I can spend hours and hours just messing around. It’s easy to start, hard to put down.

4 weeks ago, Bb44445555444

Unbelievable value

This is by far my killer app for the iPad Pro and pencil. The learning curve is a steep one, but after watching what others can create with it and how, you’ll be creating your own 3d art. Pros: - in spite of the app complaining about it, it can import, edit and create super high poly count renderings for detailed 3d printing. - tools are easy to easy to use - constantly adding new tools without… - no subscription! I loathe software that once upon a time you’d pay 1 price and use for 3-4 years now require subscriptions. - well integrated and built for iPad Pro Cons: - lots to learn - not a replacement for drafting tools like Fusion 360. I typically draft the structural elements - plate, cup, switchcover; and then import that into Nomad and add artwork to it. - getting back to a previous state can be tricky or impossible when you realize many steps later. A timeline of some sort that was saved with the project and not in volatile memory would be an awesome addition. Just let me know where to send the $ tip!

3 years ago, ibrahx

This app makes me happy!

As an animator looking to switch to character design, I struggled to express myself by just drawing , Nomad sculpt is helping me grow up as an artist. after so many years trying, I finally found my medium. I’ve been trying to learn zbrush for ages but couldn’t stand how unfriendly their UI is. This app is already very powerful for anyone trying to sculpt or model anything. Nomad has become a crucial part of my daily work. Technically the current version have everything you need but it could use a few extra features like a posing or rigging system, combined meshes UV creation, brushes library, vertex paint to UV transfer.

3 years ago, Discxnnect

Amazing

I'm finally getting back into 3D art now because of this app. It works really well and the interface is easy to understand if you've done 3D before. Sometimes it freezes my phone (iPhone 12) however it isn't often and I'm able to close my phone then swipe out of the app and go back in. I really love the autosave feature! I tend to forget to save digital art so it's great that it periodically saves for you. I have yet to have any issue with frames, crashing or lag. This is a great app! And so worth it for the reasonable pricing. Super fun! I find myself lost in sculpting for hours.

3 years ago, Topher_Farris

Great sculpting software for beginners and pros alike.

This app is incredible. The sculpting is fast and intuitive on my iPad Pro. The only thing I would wish for is an easier way to install large packs of brushes/materials. But I usually just install solo brushes as needed. Other than that the software is really fast. All the settings are in places where you would think to look(unlike Zbrush and blender). There hasn’t been any crashes or bugs for me, I’ve been able to sculpt from sphere to finish on every project so far. A retopo brush would be cool if I’m asking for it all. Love the software, huge thanks to the dev!

4 years ago, TFgeek

Perfect mobile substitute

I’m a cad modeler for the most part but I use Meshmixer everyday to set up other designers great sculpts for use with action figures. Downside to Meshmixer is its only available for laptops and desktop machines. It’s quite the memory hog as well. I have been looking for a sculpting and STL manipulation app for the iPad for a very long time. That said. This app does everything I need and does it better than Meshmixer. I’m blown away at how easily this app handles high poly meshes. My latest project ended up with over 8 million faces and Nomad Sculpt handled it perfectly! This program has almost replaced Meshmixer for me. I’m not a big fan of zbrush because the interface was just not user friendly but I feel that this app will doo just fine for that too. If the developer reads these there is one suggested tool I think should be added. When scaling and resizing to have the ability to put in X Y Z measurements would be fantastic. Or at least the ability to measure between faces.

4 years ago, anjani108

Amazing, easier than Zbrush

This app. Is incredible, I am a traditional clay artist and started using virtual clay last year, I bought all the small useless apps and some that are somehow so-so, like sculptura and forger, but nothing comes close to the beauty and easy of use of Nomad. I have been using Zbrush, which is a profesional program worth hundres of dollars and I keep coming back to Nomad, only use zbrush for the millions of poly that it allows and since memory is low on ipad compared to a Mac/Pc. I am even surprised at the low price, this app could easy sell for double or more. Thanks Stephane for the app and updates, best wishes for 2021 and beyond ! Att Anjani

3 years ago, CharlesGDM

Amazing

This app is just what I’ve been looking for. It seems like it took forever for someone to make a good sculpting app for iOS. Forger is a good sculpting app too, but Nomad’s interface is way more intuitive. I also appreciate the fact that the app is updated quite often even though it’s just one guy working on it! There’s still some features I’d like to see in future updates, but regardless, Nomad is a fully capable 3D sculpting tool. If you’re trying to decide between the two best sculpting applications for your iPad (Nomad or Forger,) I’d definitely recommend this one!

4 months ago, pggirvin

Fantastic functionality, always updating

I’ve used this app as a part of my professional workflow for a few years now, whenever I need to work with mesh models on mobile. It’s amazing how the capabilities continue to develop. Very solid app. I do wish the file-open method was a bit more “normal”, not very easy to stay organized. I’d also like better support for baking textures from one model to another (like from a scan to a rationalized model), but this is not the program’s core functionality. Pretty great to have this on an iPad. Thank you!

6 months ago, hope4kiren

Best sculpting app

I wouldn’t have gotten in to digital sculpting so much if it weren’t for this app. I can sculpt with my hands in an intuitive way, unlike pc programs which are not intuitive at all to use and require a mouse unless you have an expensive Wacom tablet that has windows. I feel like it changed my whole art career. I am in love with sculpting 😍thank you so much to stephomi for making such an amazing app that is easily accessible for a one time small payment and all of the people helping with bug fixes on the forum 🥰🤗🤗🤗 keep up the amazing work!

6 months ago, Ramdomizer925

Overall great, though

Bought this after viewing a few post on social media and thought I’d give it a try. After a day or so I got used to it. I like it a lot. Though, I won’t lie, I wish I discovered the autosave feature before encountering a bug that crashed the app and killed a project. Nothing too bad but yikes. Oh and the bug seamed quiet repeatable, all I did was attempt to delete a light instance from the … tab that shows up when you click the light object. Seams to happen to any of the three light types Aside that, very clean and fun to use

4 years ago, Shahar2k

A new gold standard, take it from a pro.

I’ve been a 3D artist for nearly 2 decades now, as well as a fine artist. Got the ipad pro to have a sketchbook, notepad on the side what I didnt expect is a sculpting app to blow my pants off nearly as much as Nomadsculpt has so far. The brush feel is at least as good as Zbrush, (which I’ve been teaching and using since practically the day it came out) with a lot of the history and cruft removed for ease of use. The 3d painting then once you subdivide to 1-2 million polygons (amazed that is even doable on a mobile device) is, with the addition of a few stamp textures I’ve used in other apps, at least as capable as anything in Substance painter. There are still features missing, and still a few quirks but it’s so clear that the base is here for an app I’d use for years. (Not to mention a very responsive developer who’se fixing and adding at a steady clip) I’m super excited to see what gets added as time goes on.

3 years ago, Lorca is Lorca

Incredible modeling app!

After a week of use I gotta say I’m very pleased with the app. The modeling is actually more advanced than it seems and more importantly the learning curve is minimal so it’s a plus for me. One thing I would love the dev to add is inferred constraints in order to align objects perfectly just like in a cad or vector software. I like to model furniture and having inferred constraints to align things like finding the exact middle and whatnot of an object is time saving and efficient. Hopefully this system of inferring comes soon to this wonderful powerful app!

5 months ago, Sneed3D

From Zbrush to here

I bought an iPad for the upcoming Zbrush release, but honestly I’m quite impressed with this program already. It’s a few key features off from being 1to1 but I’ve found workarounds for most things. A few gripes that don’t change the overall rating for me No extruding unmasked selections yet. With the new quad remesh, face tools are a really useful combo for good edge flow. I figured if I masked a section, the moved it with the gizmo and put my finger on the screen, it would extrude but alas. Brush scale is insanely off. I spend almost all of my time in the thinnest of slivers of brush size. _ The developer also thought only square brushes were needed for some reason. I get that we can control falloff in another menu, but seriously, Alpha 06 from Zbrush is a really good one! (Also, no .PSD import, so you’re going to have to convert your Zbrush brushes) Every brush comes with a tail that you need to go into the settings and remove, then re-save.

3 years ago, JWLKER93

Great for the most part but…

Something about the render feature is weird when it comes to rendering meshes that are painted with darker colors, I don’t know if it’s something I’m missing or if it’s a bug but when ever I render a mesh with a transparent background and the mesh has brighter colors the render comes out smooth but whenever the colors are darker it’s like a weird filtered image with colors in it that I never painting on the mesh, like I said I don’t know if it’s a bug or something I’m doing wrong but I do know this never used to happen with none of my earlier sculpts that I did when I first got that app.

3 years ago, Niki Fizz

Great app that I love using but

I really love the app so many features and just a great app in general! I really like making 3d models of certain designs I have ideas about and don’t have paper to draw it. Also it’s really good for using it as reference, I have a hard time with backgrounds in my art and this app really helps me with perspective and detail. But I really wish I was able to rig models, it’s really hard for me to pose 3d models of characters in the app because I have to move the model limb by limb and it’s just really hard to do.

7 months ago, TheRico91

Just Do It

I’ve wanted to learn 3D modeling/sculpting for years, but I never sat down and took the time to commit to learning - mostly because of the cost and needing a PC to have a robust sculpting program. I tried Nomad a few years ago and while it seemed good at the time, it felt like it wasn’t complete. Fast forward to today, I’m finishing my first tutorial and I’m loving it. Nomad has given me the inspiration to FINALLY learn sculpting. Just buy the app, start any tutorial from Dave Reed and go for it. You won’t be disappointed.

3 years ago, Passepartout

Incredibly powerful. Incredible value. Refined UI.

I’ve been periodically looking for some kind of 3d creative tool for the iPad since forever, and the choice has generally been between shoddy tech demos, clumsy unusable junk, and a couple of sophisticated CADish programs that have expensive subscription plans (and yet are still hard to use). I’m no 3/d newbie: i’m not a pro, but I’ve been doing 3D for 25 years, shipped games, written a book… and sculpting tools have always been too hard for me to get into. On the desktop there’s ZBrush, whose UI is arcane, and 3DCoat, which isn’t much better. Or Blender which as a sculpting tool… Anyway, while I wasn’t looking, this thing comes out. I found out via TikTok and have been playing with it for the last few days. It has an amazingly refined touch interface, performs insanely well on my (first gen) iPad Pro, and… Oh just buy it.

4 years ago, Gwin999

Best sculpting app on the go

I have used blender and zbrush to sculpt for 3D print and I have to say this app is just so freaking amazing!!! I mean you are able to create and sculpt out your imagination on the go at a professional level with this amazing sculpting app. This app is still very new and It still has way more room for better features in the future and the developer is working non stop to update the app. I am so impressed with what this app can do. Don’t take my words for it, try it yourself and you will love it.

1 year ago, _CJ___

Game changer

Can’t believe it took me so long to give this app a serious try. After the initial learning curve and feeling like I had no control in the app, something clicked and I fell in love. A serious companion to Zbrush, with many tools that are far superior (Tube brush for example, incredible). Having been using this at both work and at home lately, sometimes I just don’t want to go back to Zbrush. Really hopeful that the development continues and it starts to become even more feature rich

4 years ago, stuckyChubers

Initial impression: amazing

Been using blender for sculpting and modeling for a couple years now, and since starting in 3D I’ve always wanted a mobile option but didnt think it could happen till mobile chips matured. I was wrong. This app is pretty astonishing. I’m running it on a 2017 Ipad pro 12.9, so even on older hardware it’s still a joy to use. Sure there are things that can and will be improved, but while using this app I keep finding myself saying out loud “how is this possible?” Its great.

4 years ago, printpainter

Zbrush, move over... It’s nomad time.

I have made work for games, movies, and magazine covers. This software is amazing. Zbrush is pretentious, confusing and expensive. I have been using it for 12 years. I don’t understand why it never evolved it’s controls. Yes these are 2 different levels. Zbrush can and has made everything... But watch out Zbrush nomad is coming for you! I am 4 hours deep and blown away. My first 3D print was sent to tinker and and fit perfectly as a working part. I plan on using this for 50 hours and writing another review.

3 years ago, Filthy franks chromosome

This is a game changer

I’ve been doing 3D modeling for years and have always struggled with Zbrush as an industry standard. The bugs and glitches have always been a blocker. Oculus Medium was my go-to alternative sculpting tool for a long time, until they stopped supporting the ability to import base meshes. In less than a few minutes of playing with Nomad, I had a pretty well developed base shape. This tool is fast, intuitive, and has no import or export problems. I’m so relieved and grateful this app exists!

Description

• Sculpting tools Clay, flatten, smooth, mask and many other brushes will let you shape your creation. You can also use the trim boolean cutting tool with lasso, rectangle and other shapes, for hardsurface purposes. • Stroke customization Falloff, alphas, tilings, pencil pressure and other stroke parameters can be customized. You can save and load your tools preset as well. • Painting tools Vertex painting with color, roughness and metalness. You can easily manage all your material presets as well. • Layers Record your sculpting and painting operations in separate layers for easier iteration during the creation process. Both the sculpting and painting changes are recorded. • Multiresolution sculpting Go back and forth between multiple resolution of your mesh for a flexible workflow. • Voxel remeshing Remesh quickly your mesh to get a uniform level of detail. It can be used to quickly sketch a rough shape at the beginning of the creation process. • Dynamic topology Refine locally your mesh under your brush to get an automatic level of detail. You can even keep your layers, as they will be automatically updated! • Decimate Reduce the number of polygons by keeping as many details as possible. • Face Group Segment your mesh into subgroups with the face group tool. • Automatic UV unwrap The automatic UV unwrapper can use face groups to control the unwrapping process. • Baking You can transfer vertex data such as color, roughness, metalness and small scaled detail in to textures. You can also do the opposite, transfering textures data into vertex data or layers. • Primitive shape Cylinder, torus, tube, lathe and other primitives can be used to quickly start new shapes from scratch. • PBR rendering Beautiful PBR rendering by default, with lighting and shadows. You can always switch to matcap for a more standard shading for sculpting purposes. • Post processing Screen Space Reflection, Depth of Field, Ambient Occlusion, Tone mapping, etc • Export and Import Supported formats include glTF, OBJ, STL or PLY files. • Interface Easy-to-use interface, designed for mobile experience. Customization is possible as well! • Quad Remesher (separate in-app purchase only) Remesh your object automatically with a quad dominant mesh that follows the mesh curvatures. It supports guides, face groups and density painting.