Blockbench vs MCTools

Blockbench8.8Visit MCTools7.4Visit

Higher score Blockbench #4 in Minecraft Skin Editors 8.8/10 Free · open source (GPL) Free plan✓ 4 of 6 features Get Blockbench

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MCTools #9 in Minecraft Skin Editors 7.4/10 Free · no account needed Free plan✓ 3 of 6 features Open MCTools

• Blockbench fits best

  Advanced skins, entity textures and posed renders

• MCTools fits best

  Making skins for Bedrock skin packs

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Side by side

Feature	Blockbench 8.8/10 Visit ↗	MCTools 7.4/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	8.8	7.4
Ranking	#4 in Minecraft Skin Editors	#9 in Minecraft Skin Editors
Best for	Advanced skins, entity textures and posed renders	Making skins for Bedrock skin packs
Pricing model	Free	Free
Starting price	Free · open source (GPL)	Free · no account needed
Free plan	✓	✓
Free trial	—	—
Features Blockbench 4/6 · MCTools 3/6
Paint on 3D model	✓	✓
Editable layers	Not checked yet	✓ (best)
HD skins	✓ (best)	Not checked yet
Slim (Alex) model	✓ (best)	Not checked yet
Load by username	Not checked yet	✓ (best)
Posing & animation	✓ (best)	Not checked yet
Specs
Runs on	Windows, macOS, Linux, Browser	Browser
Our review
Pros	Minecraft Skin format covers player and entity skins, classic or slim Paint in 3D, in a 2D texture editor or in an external image app Poses the model, with animation tools and plugins when a project grows	Paints on a rotatable 3D model with layers and keyboard shortcuts Fetches an existing skin by username to start from Skin Pack Maker bundles skins into a Bedrock pack in the same toolkit
Cons	A general 3D editor, so the interface is heavier than a skin site High-resolution skin templates will not work as normal Minecraft skins No skin community of its own to publish finished work to	A newer site with a short track record Documentation is a changelog and a shortcuts popup No stated HD or slim-model details for the editor
Our verdict	Blockbench is a free, open-source low-poly 3D model editor used by studios including Mojang Studios and Noxcrew, and it runs as a desktop program for Windows, macOS and Linux or as a web app in the browser. Among its project formats is… Read the review →	MCTools is a free collection of browser utilities for Minecraft, and its skin editor recently received an overhaul that added layers, hotkeys, smarter undo, a better 3D view and cleaner body-part controls. The editor paints directly on a… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• Blockbench — where it wins

  • Minecraft Skin format covers player and entity skins, classic or slim
  • Paint in 3D, in a 2D texture editor or in an external image app
  • Poses the model, with animation tools and plugins when a project grows

  Where it doesn't

  • A general 3D editor, so the interface is heavier than a skin site
  • High-resolution skin templates will not work as normal Minecraft skins
  • No skin community of its own to publish finished work to

• MCTools — where it wins

  • Paints on a rotatable 3D model with layers and keyboard shortcuts
  • Fetches an existing skin by username to start from
  • Skin Pack Maker bundles skins into a Bedrock pack in the same toolkit

  Where it doesn't

  • A newer site with a short track record
  • Documentation is a changelog and a shortcuts popup
  • No stated HD or slim-model details for the editor

• Blockbench8.8/10 · Free · open source (GPL)

  A full 3D modelling suite whose Minecraft Skin format edits player and entity skins, free on web and desktop.

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• MCTools7.4/10 · Free · no account needed

  A 3D skin editor with layers and username fetch, inside a toolkit that packages skins for Bedrock.

  Open MCToolsFull verdict →