PMCSkin3D vs MCTools

PPMCSkin3D9.0Visit MCTools7.4Visit

Higher score P PMCSkin3D #3 in Minecraft Skin Editors 9.0/10 Free Free plan✓ 5 of 6 features Open PMCSkin3D

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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

• PMCSkin3D fits best

  Skin artists who want to publish to a community

• MCTools fits best

  Making skins for Bedrock skin packs

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Side by side

Feature	PPMCSkin3D 9.0/10 Visit ↗	MCTools 7.4/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	9.0	7.4
Ranking	#3 in Minecraft Skin Editors	#9 in Minecraft Skin Editors
Best for	Skin artists who want to publish to a community	Making skins for Bedrock skin packs
Pricing model	Free	Free
Starting price	Free	Free · no account needed
Free plan	✓	✓
Free trial	—	—
Features PMCSkin3D 5/6 · 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	✓	✓
Posing & animation	✓ (best)	Not checked yet
Specs
Runs on	Browser	Browser
Our review
Pros	A Basic editor for beginners and an Advanced edition for experienced artists Pose Model Mode poses the 3D figure by grabbing its pivot points Publishes straight to Planet Minecraft and loads skins by username	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	Work is kept on the device unless cloud saves are switched on The Advanced edition's many panels take time to learn Publishing means filling in Planet Minecraft's submission form	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	PMCSkin3D is the skin editor built into Planet Minecraft, the community site for skins, maps and packs, and it is free to use in the browser on desktop or mobile. It opens with a choice between a Basic editor for beginners and an Advanced… 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

• PMCSkin3D — where it wins

  • A Basic editor for beginners and an Advanced edition for experienced artists
  • Pose Model Mode poses the 3D figure by grabbing its pivot points
  • Publishes straight to Planet Minecraft and loads skins by username

  Where it doesn't

  • Work is kept on the device unless cloud saves are switched on
  • The Advanced edition's many panels take time to learn
  • Publishing means filling in Planet Minecraft's submission form

• 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

• PPMCSkin3D9.0/10 · Free

  Basic and Advanced editors in one app, with custom brushes, a pose mode, HD skins and one-click publishing.

  Open PMCSkin3DFull verdict →
• 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 →