Crocotile 3D vs Qubicle Voxel Editor

Crocotile 3D is a tile-based editor for building 3D environments, objects and characters from tilesets. Its Draw and Edit modes let you add, remove and change tiles in 3D space. Tools adjust tile UVs and tileset dimensions, while a paint editor creates or modifies tilesets. You can organize tiles into objects or prefabs, use nested instances, and add vertex colors, lights and shadows. Listed animation tools include animated tiles and UVs, movie rendering, and rigging with bones and vertex weights. Crocotile 3D imports FBX, glTF, GLB, DAE and OBJ files, and exports OBJ, glTF, GLB and DAE. It runs on Linux, macOS and Windows. A free evaluation is available, but saving and exporting require a valid registration code or Steam purchase; the itch.io demo also disables saving over 100 tiles. Pricing is listed from $29.99, and help is available through documentation and a Discord server.

Qubicle Voxel Editor is a tool for creating block-style 3D models on Windows and macOS. It supports voxel editing in 3D or on a 2D canvas, with 21 drawing, selection and transformation tools. A scene can hold up to 16 million objects, and an object can reach 1024×512×1024 voxels. The editor imports and exports QB, QEF, QBT, QMO, QBCL, VOX and Minecraft Schematic formats. The basic application exports unoptimized meshes as OBJ, FBX and Collada; the Mesh Module adds optimized low-poly mesh export and other options. Models can be shared on Sketchfab and 3D-printed through i.materialise. The free Demo offers unlimited use of Basic Edition features but saves in .qbcl and disables custom model export. One-time options include Basic Edition at 14.99 USD, Indie Edition at 24.99 USD, modules from 0.99 USD to 9.99 USD, and a Professional License at 99.99 USD. The product is incompatible with macOS 10.15 Catalina or later.