Architextures vs Mextures
Architextures
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| Figure | Architextures | Mextures |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $7.50/mo | $7.42/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | — |
| Windows | — | Yes |
| macOS | — | Yes |
| iOS | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 8 | 5 |
| Spec score · Texture Libraries | 9.0 (#2) | 8.2 (#5) |
| Audience | The service is built for architects, interior designers and other design professionals; its community exceeds 500,000 architects and designers. | The maker describes the collection as suitable for photographers, filmmakers, and designers, including landscape, portrait, macro, album art, matte painting, social media, and blogs. |
| Founded | 2020 | 2012 |
| Integrations | Official plugins are listed for SketchUp, Rhino 8, Revit and Vectorworks. | The maker says Film Presets are compatible with Console, Lightroom CC 2021/2022, Final Cut Pro, and Adobe Premiere, with software-specific versions required for separate purchases. |
| Privacy | Architextures says it does not use third-party analytics software or trackers and hashes passwords. | The website privacy policy says it collects analytics such as browser, network, device, referring pages, and IP address, and shares this information with Squarespace for analytics. |
| Product | Architextures is a digital materials library and web app for architects and designers to find, create and download materials. | Mextures offers photo editing textures, overlays, film presets, and apps for creating film-like effects. |
| Support | The company directs users to its user guide and support email for help. | The Console page directs questions to [email protected]. |
Plans
Architextures
- FreeFree
- Onboarding/texture creation add-on$13, paid once
- Pro$89.99 a year
- Essential$190 a month
- Standard$360 a month
- Embedded ARTX app add-on$450 a month
- Advanced$655 a month
- CustomPriced on request
Mextures
- X-Film Overlay Pack$10 a month
- Mextures Yearly Membership$89 a year
- ConsoleFree
- Mextures Photo Editor$1.99, paid once
- Mextures Lifetime Membership$139, paid once
In their own words
Architextures
Architextures is a web materials library and editor for architects, interior designers, and other design professionals. Its library contains more than 8,000 seamless textures available as high-quality PNG files. In the Create editor, users can change patterns, scale, and grout; the procedural materials also allow dimensions, patterns, and colours to be edited. Users can upload their own materials from a photo. Official plugins are listed for SketchUp, Rhino 8, Revit, and Vectorworks, and formats include PNG, DXF, SVG, AutoCAD hatch, and Revit model and drafting patterns. The Free plan costs nothing and covers personal and educational use with standard texture downloads. Pro costs $89.99 a year and adds high-resolution downloads, PBR options and maps, CAD and Revit hatches, more patterns, custom materials, commercial use, and team management. Commercial use requires Pro, and downloaded content cannot be used commercially after the subscription expires. The service says its materials are for visual reference and are not guaranteed to be dimensionally accurate.
Mextures
Mextures offers photo-editing textures, overlays, film presets, and apps for creating film-like effects. Its iOS editor supports unlimited layers that can be moved, hidden, rotated, and adjusted for opacity. The product page lists more than 200 stackable textures, including grain, dust, light leaks, and color gradients, along with 30 film presets and more than 300 Formulas. Formula Manager lets users import Formulas from others and export their own to share. Console is a free Photoshop plugin in beta; it works with Photoshop CC 2016–2023 on Windows 10 or newer and macOS 11 or newer. The maker warns that the current Console version crashes with the latest Photoshop and macOS Sonoma. Film Presets are compatible with Console, Lightroom CC 2021/2022, Final Cut Pro, and Adobe Premiere, with separate software-specific versions required for separate purchases. They are not conversion LUTs, so RAW or LOG footage needs to be normalized first. Listed options include the iOS app at 1.99 USD once and the X-Film Overlay Pack at $10 a month.