MagicaVoxel vs Makers Empire 3D

Has an isometric view mode for people who are doing isometric drawings.

No cost, subscription, or license, even for commercial use.

Raytracing, GI, AO, and configurable PBR, all GPU accelerated.

MagicaVoxel has sane defaults and an intuitive interface. You add or remove voxels with the left-click and rotate the camera with the right-click. The interface does not overwhelm or get in the way, yet it keeps all functionality within easy reach.

Very helpful for beginners is the fact that hovering with the mouse over a tool shows hints on how to use the tool. The hints can be found at the bottom of the interface.

The viewport renders the objects in real time. Changes made to lighting and materials (such as reflectivity, opacity, etc) are instantly shown on the screen with minimal to no delay. The renderer also allows adjusting things like FOV.

MagicaVoxel is constantly being developed with new releases bringing bug fixes and new features being released on a constant basis.

Bake possibility, easy to create a custom palette. Not even in version 1.0 and it's already great.

A list of all keyboard shortcuts organized by category is available on the website.

Now supports up to 2048^3 voxels.

Now has a “world” and “object” mode, objects can be grouped together and organized, multiple layers to organize, hide, and reveal, and objects can be copied as a “reference” so any changes to one will affect the others.

Supports iOS, Android, Windows, and Mac.

While only simple at this stage when you create and participate in sharing and commenting or even uploading you can unlock various, useful, purpose built items to create more detailed 3D printable models. The characters and avatars which you unlock are very cute like Japanese inspired anime.

Icons are easy to understand and so simple that children (as young as 4) can use it.

It is touch optimized, making for an easy touch controlled experience.