Umake App Reviews

I love it, but the app sends me straight to google. I’d rather prefer a developer response. Thanks! Cherro!

It's my first time using the app, and I CAN'T play!

I am running this app on the 2017 iPad but I'm still having performance issues! What keeps happening is that my iPad CAN handle the polygons being rendered but the issue is when I go into 3-D flyover mode it has to load back in a bunch of shadows. That really bogs down my iPad and I have to wait a few seconds before I can do anything, and that's with small things! So maybe if you make it so that the shadows either or there, or they don't have to be loaded and unloaded constantly it would give the app better performance! Please reply.

This app is helpful and needed app, and if you add Arabic language it will be great

I am changing my one star to five stars because for the simple and uncommon customer service the folks at uMake provided me. To say I am an amateur when it comes 3D modeling would insult true amateurs. However, I am fascinated and curious about it. There were some issues but uMake helped make it right and for that, they are tops in my book. Now, if I can just figure out how the app works, it’ll be even better!

There’s no point in making it compatible for an iPhone if it’s utterly useless and is only for observatory purposes. Anyone who downloads the app has to be using a tablet that allows the software to work anyway so even making it compatible for the iPhone is a waste of time and is misleading because it is not previously specified that you aren’t able to actually use the program with a phone. Had an iPad in school and I loved using it for artwork then but I am not in school anymore nor do I have an iPad and therefore have no way of using the app

i would love to use this app but it is to much for me to just play arond. pleas make a modle that is free

So i have been looking for an app like this forever, and then I found this. So I downloaded it, only to find out none of the buttons do anything. For example when i click the pen, it dose nothing what so ever. Please fix. I play on iPad 5th gen

Cool rendering but as soon as you change the color, all of the original textures disappear. The fact that there’s so few choices for adding to the predrawn artwork only takes away from that. Then, being told that you are required to share it ... I’m sure you’ll get 5 stars from people who don’t know that there’s much better 3d art apps available, so no worries.

Was hoping to be able to use the model creation tools to model on my iPhone with the intention to export .objs to Autodesk Maya afterwards. Was disappointed when I discovered the iPhone version seems to be unable to access the creation tools. Unless I’ve missed something I unfortunately don’t have the budget for an iPad so I have to rate this tool 1 star for inaccessibility.

My objects keep getting assigned to the wrong layer or partway in several layers, I try fixing it and sometimes it works for a bit, but almost always gets messed up again. This is basically making using this app so frustrating I want to delete it, but it has so much potential...

I bought a iPad Pro just for UMAKE, it’s great to have a usable CAD software on the iPad Pro!THANK YOU and the developer team! The YouTube tutorials are very helpful!

You could have asked for support by a one time fee to purchase the app fully. If you want to have continuous support, then you should innovate new add-ons, tools, and other extra novelty that you could sell as in-app purchases. In this way, you could make more money and motivate your staff to continually try come up with new ideas worth adding and selling. Now, it seems that you are taking advantage of your loyal customer under the pretext of "we need your continuous support". People have more than enough bills and subscriptions that continuously drain their bank accounts. I don’t want another subscription, I want to be able to purchase a full version and pay for new add-ons and tools if I NEED them.

La mejor app que ví

App now requires a paid subscription.....would have been willing to pay a one time fee but as a casual user no way I’m paying every month, deleted the app already

Won’t let me do anything

I love this app, great for putting your ideas in 3d, but i would not use it for a professional project, because you can not see he dimensions for your project.

I tested all of the 3D modeling apps for iPad (except for Shapr 3D because I don't have an Apple Pencil) and uMake is the one that I stuck with. Previously, I had learned some 3D modeling in SketchUp. I had to learn some different ways of thinking about things, and there are some limitations, but I wanted to do my designing on my iPad so bad that I figured out how to make what I wanted to make. Now I am exporting my designs to use in other ways and it's very cool.

This app used to be free and now they’re wanting to charge you $10 per month just to use the app. I definitely do not recommend this app and there are many others that you can get for a one time fee.

You guys did amazing I can’t to keep playing ^^

I think it’s pretty good! I have a suggestion. I think you should put a filling tool for coloring the model.

I’ve been using UMake for a small number of drawings and I’m just starting to get the hang of it. Overall, it’s fun to use (especially the AR feature) even with some of its limitations compare to CAD programs. It seems like UMake is making progress in addressing these shortcoming. Unfortunately with their new subscription model, this may no longer be the right product for someone like me, which may be representative of a lot of UMake users. That is, I tend to dabble with the product. I would love to continue to get more into it and its advanced features, and maybe someday, use it on a very regular basis where the subscription model would make sense. But at this time and at the cost involved, UMake may not be the best choice for me. I’d be OK with something like a $1.99 per month subscription coupled with a limited number of drawings, but all the features enabled. That would encourage people like me to continue experimenting and learning and someday upgrading to a higher subscription level.

I’m having problems updating the app on my iPad Pro

New to this app. Still learning the basics and finding that the learning curve is a little higher on this than I have experienced with other like apps. Still, was happy to find this and sure I will get it after more use. 4 stars for now.

Dont want to go through all of them, but new one i got right now beats em all - was working on a project for couple of hours then suddenly got zoomed out lightyears away( like i cant see my project at all). Tried to zoom in through the white emptiness till i carefully aproach my objects but then any camera rotation would warp me back to initial state - when location of my model is indicated by a tiny circle and have to zoom in again. Just to repeat the sequence again. Yeah and its constantly crashing too.

There are successful business models that offer solutions acceptable to 99% of users. Demanding an account setup is privacy invasive, data harvesting model. Adding subscription without warning or choice is disrespectful. Perhaps this could be as popular as Sketchup one day, and have multiple income streams. Not with the current business approach. Moving on to other apps, sorry uMake. You blew it.

If there was a trail version that I could test it before I decided to invest. I do not like and am not willing to try a subscription even if there is a 14 day trial attached. I don’t like the concept at all to even try the app I must subscribe.

I have been using this app for sometime now and this last update, not only does it now cost money monthly to use, but the entire thing has gone mad. If you were use to it the way it was before then this new update will ruin your experience. I’m not really sure what happened. All I know is that now, through much frustration, I am having to relearn just about all of it. Not much of an update. I use to love this app. Now it must hit the shelf. Sorry guys. Please take this to consideration.

Not too bad, but a monthly or yearly subscription is a deal breaker. Not ever truly owning the app is a greedy idea. So nope, there are other less expensive.

Everyone wants a subscription and I’m fed up with that. Deleting this app.

I am running this app on the 2017 iPad but I'm still having performance issues! What keeps happening is that my iPad can handle the polygons being rendered, the issue is when I go into 3-D flyover mode it has to load back in a bunch of shadows. That really bugs my iPad down and I have to wait a few seconds before I can do anything, and that's with small things! So maybe if you make it so that the shadows either or there, or they don't have to be loaded and unloaded constantly it would give the app better performance!

This is just a toy to let you make "canned" models. I see why so many reviewers are confused with how to model, thinking it’s because they don’t have experience with modeling. That’s not the problem. Real modeling apps don’t work like this. This is fine as a kid’s toy and if you’re willing to spend a lot of money for a subscription, but like other reviewers have said, just get Blender for the PC or Mac for free. Blender is easy and awesome; professional grade. Also, the developer’s justification for needing to sign up seems bogus; there are plenty of professional, pay-once apps with good tech support that don’t require sign-up

Will probably give a better review if I can figure out how to work this program.

Good app but could be more user friendly with a visible axis

This app is so bad I couldn’t even make an account and when it let me make one I couldn’t even make what I wanted to make

If it cost...say so up front...I would have bought it...as is I deleted it...I don’t do business like that

In just trying to make a 30 cm x 22 cm x 7 cm box I had to go to the forums (no help), watch YouTube, and spend 1 hour trying to make it happen. I finally figured out how to see measurements but half the time they wouldn’t show up. And nothing ever happens the way you want it to happen. I couldn’t even figure out how to draw a line from corner to corner that was a straight edge. I even used the in app tutorials.

Hello! I am Josiah and I love uMake! It is a great graphic design app and I think you did a great job!!! Love, Josiah

This was my favourite app in App Store, in the past you could use it anytime, but now you just have to subscribe just for using the app, the only thing you can do is importing a object and changing camera angles. That annoys me.

So basically you have 14 days to try out the app, then it becomes a monthly subscription. In addition, to use the app, you have to open an account with them and provide your applied, email address and much more. Droids have much better apps.

I spend a significant amount of time discussing aerodynamics/fluid dynamics. One of my passions is concept and design. This program allows me to take my ideas and turn them into concept drawings. I want to partner with umake. This is a brilliant app!

Good job

It would be nice if this allowed me to draw, dose t let me. Looks like an amazing app. Plz help

I So Love this App , I Have already Learn how to Create 2 3D Graphics On My Own and A Huge Great Help To Creators They Deserve 10 Stars And its Super Fun and Very Educational Love Love Love it !!! And you can find their Free Tutorials On You Tube Learn new tricks you Have t get it !!!

The modeling is fun and all, but sometimes it gets a little boring. Could you possibly add animation to it? That would be great.

I’ve been using uMake for a while. Took a break and I come back and now it’s a paid app?? Well that’s fine and dandy I loved uMake with all my heart so I didn’t mind paying for it if it helps with keeping up on improvements. So I forked out the 60 some odd dollars and gave it a shot. WHAT IN THE H,E, DOUBLE HOCKEY STICKS DID YALL DO. THIS THING HAS CRASHED ON ME COUNTLESS TIMES IN THE LAST WEEK AND EVERY TIME IT DOES I LOSE EVERYTHING I HAD BEEN WORKING ON SINCE THE LAST TIME I OPENED OR CLOSED IT. This is extremely unacceptable, especially now that I’m paying for. What am I paying for exactly?! I never had problems with it crashing like this in the past. Please fix!!!

But there are a finite number of monthly bills one can pay, and people usually incur those bills in the order that they encounter them. Once they're full, they're pretty much full, and they scale way back on incurring more bills. The software industry is some 30 years old now, and subscriptions are a relatively new thing. We know the industry can survive, and indeed thrive without them, although the App Store paradigm where everything sells at at 30% discount confounds the issue somewhat. I have to admit that I'm not a fan of subscription software. We all try to justify it's necessity, but at the end of the day, we know it's a gimmick that's going to decline as soon as the next recession hits. That's my take on the business model. The software itself, however, is excellent. If you are not averse to subscriptions, this is a good candidate for it, as the software is high-quality and the support is very good too. And that's what I'm rating. The program itself, not the business model, which can always change. Nice job bringing CAD to the masses.

uMake is an excellent product, but not a service.

I downloaded and tried yes and liked it. I’ve been subscribed to it. In order to get more familiar with the app I started washing the tutorials. Now, I can’t open the app I can only open the tutorial. The app doesn’t seem to exist. I know it exist. I drew a few lines with it. No I can’t get to it.

I loved app until thought suddenly asked me for a subscription!!!!! Why do you suddenly ask for a subscription??????!!!!!!! 😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡

I love this design app I think you should get it too fair warning if your like me and can’t draw this might not be the best

The idea of the 3D modeling app was intriguing enough to draw me in, but it’s crap. I have watched YouTube guides and tutorials, played around with the app by myself for months, and I have made no progress in learning the interface or how to actually make something. They make it look so easy in the app description/video, but don’t be fooled. This is a terrible app for beginners like me, and if you have never tried 3D design, this app is not for you.

It is hard to use at first, but it is free and so much fun once you learn it. It works like an app that would cost you a lot.

I was loving this app as it has so much potential and I know I could really benefit from it in many areas but unfortunately it diminishes my battery life very quickly and that’s even when I have only this app running and nothing in the background also it lags terribly bad and crashes on me after a few extrudes or free hand shapes which is pretty bad if I can’t even do that. I was interested in going pro but if I can’t even get through the free version then I see no sense in wasting my time, effort or money. Perhaps it’s just my iPad since my iOS is up to date ect. I would really like to use this app for my own work since I’ve seen some pretty amazing stuff come out of it in the community creations gallery and from tutorials. I’ve been following and doing the tuts which didn’t seem to give me much of an issue but when I go to create my own thing it does sadly.

I used to come on here on uMake and practice sketching. So I could learn how to use it. Now that there isn’t any free version I’d have to pay to learn. I’m an artist and having easy access to 3D models is really useful. The 14 day trial wouldn’t be enough time for me to learn and so without paying $60 looks like I won’t really have a chance to use this great tool. Thanks uMake for the time that it was free to use.

How do I start a drawing and actually draw? I can only download stuff that’s kind of already made.

I will not use any app that uses this payment model.

Nice clear features and tutorials which are massively overshadowed by default crippled Free version and ridiculous subscription model for the paid version. Basically you can design in 3D but you cannot do anything with the design except mail a 2D picture of it to a friend...which defeats the point of developing in 3D in the first place. You must also create an account to store your creations in thier cloud (like that is even remotely as secure and flexible as Apple’s iCloud, or even your IPad’s Filles section!) Basically if you dont pay the exsorbanent susbscription of fee of $10 ongoing (yeah, over and over) you will not have any ability to download in any of the standard 3D file formats like .stl,.obj, etc... Instead they give you the LAME ability to save a .umk file that ONLY their software can read!!! The money grab is palpable here...$10 is high for an app price, but it might have been worth it ONCE, BUT NOT AS A SUBSCRIPTION!!! I would look at Blender on the PC, or Gravity Sketch on iOS....both give you the ability to save in standard 3D formats for FREE. Nothing wrong with trying to make money but $10 for this app is as much as it should cost...with no reoccurring suscription fee BS...and I am being generous in giving it that much of a market value.

I was so happy I could make my dreams come true if you needed support you could of asked but now my dream are crushed shattered, shrouded in crimson just like 4years ago.

It doesn’t let me build a robot or anything it doesn’t appear the design

You have to pay a monthly or yearly subscription to export and there isn’t even stl files.☹️