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Blockbench

A free low-poly 3D model editor with texturing and animation.

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  • Rating

    4.5 / 5

  • Pricing

    Free

  • Difficulty

    Intermediate

  • Works on

    Web, Windows, macOS

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What is Blockbench?

Blockbench is a low-poly 3D model editor. Its site says it is free to use for any type of project, forever, and open source under the GPL. It supports cuboid and mesh modelling, automatic UV maps, painting directly on the model in 3D, a 2D texture editor, and keyframe animation with a graph editor. It has a built-in plugin store, and there is an option to open the web app.

Pros: what Blockbench does well

  • Free for any type of project
  • Model, texture and animate in one place
  • Plugin store adds extra tools

Cons: where it falls short

  • Focused on low-poly work rather than realistic 3D
  • Animation takes practice to learn

Who Blockbench is for

Game makers and 3D hobbyists who want to build low-poly models and animations.

Who can skip it

People who need photorealistic rendering.

Blockbench alternatives

Not sold on Blockbench? These do a similar job, and each card says what it has in common.

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Piskel

Focus: pixel art, sprites and game art. Shares animation with Blockbench. Rated 4.6 (Blockbench: 4.5).

Web AppFreeWeb, Windows
4.6Visit

Spline

Focus: 3d design, collaboration and web. Shares 3d modeling and animation with Blockbench. Freemium (Blockbench: Free). Rated 4.7 (Blockbench: 4.5).

Web AppFree planWeb
4.7Visit

DialKit

Focus: ui tuning, developer tools and design engineering. Shares animation with Blockbench. A template, not a web app. Rated 4.4 (Blockbench: 4.5).

TemplateFreeWeb
4.4Visit

Coolors

Focus: colour palettes, design tools and branding. Also in Brainstorming and Workflows, like Blockbench. Freemium (Blockbench: Free). Adds iOS and Android. Rated 4.7 (Blockbench: 4.5).

Web AppFree planWeb, iOS
4.7Visit

draw.io

Focus: diagrams, flowcharts and uml. Also in Brainstorming and Workflows, like Blockbench. Rated 4.7 (Blockbench: 4.5).

Web AppFreeWeb, Windows
4.7Visit

Animista

Focus: css animations, web design and front-end. Also in Brainstorming and Workflows, like Blockbench. Rated 4.6 (Blockbench: 4.5).

Web AppFreeWeb
4.6Visit

Free alternatives to Blockbench

Want to spend nothing? These free picks cover similar ground.

Haikei

Focus: svg generator, backgrounds and shapes. Also in Workflows and Brainstorming, like Blockbench. Rated 4.6 (Blockbench: 4.5).

Web AppFreeWeb
4.6Visit

Leonardo

Focus: colour palettes, accessibility and contrast. Also in Brainstorming and Workflows, like Blockbench. Rated 4.6 (Blockbench: 4.5).

Web AppFreeWeb
4.6Visit

Realtime Colors

Focus: colour palettes, typography and web design. Also in Brainstorming and Workflows, like Blockbench. Rated 4.6 (Blockbench: 4.5).

Web AppFreeWeb
4.6Visit

Paletton

Focus: colour palettes, colour wheel and colour schemes. Also in Brainstorming and Workflows, like Blockbench. Same 4.5 rating.

Web AppFreeWeb
4.5Visit

ASCII Magic

Focus: ascii art, image effects and video effects. Also in Workflows and Brainstorming, like Blockbench. Rated 4.4 (Blockbench: 4.5).

Web AppFreeWeb
4.4Visit

ASCIInator

Focus: ascii art, generator and images. Also in Workflows and Brainstorming, like Blockbench. Rated 4.4 (Blockbench: 4.5).

Web AppFreeWeb
4.4Visit
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