Pepakura Designer is described as 'Allows you to easily create papercraft models from 3D data you create from your favorite 3D software. The save and export functions are disabled before registering. Otherwise all functions work without limitation in the shareware version' and is a 3D Modeler in the photos & graphics category. There are nine alternatives to Pepakura Designer for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, Web-based and iPhone apps. The best Pepakura Designer alternative is Ultimate Papercraft 3D. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try DXF2papercraft or FlatFab. Other great apps like Pepakura Designer are Unfolder, Ultimate Unwrap 3D, Foldify and Dunreeb Cutout.
Ultimate Papercraft 3D is a standalone software for creating papercraft from 3D models. It includes an easy-to-use layout editor for bringing your papercraft designs to reality and a 3D window for viewing your 3D models.
Ultimate Papercraft 3D is the most popular Windows alternative to Pepakura Designer.
Ultimate Papercraft 3D is the most popular commercial alternative to Pepakura Designer.
Unfolder is a 3D model unfolding tool to help you create papercraft easily and quickly.
Unfolder is the most popular Mac alternative to Pepakura Designer.
DXF2papercraft converts a polygonal 3D model stored as DXF file into a plain drawing in the form of a 2D DXF file. This requires to 'unfold' the model. The result is a flattened pattern of connected polygons.
DXF2papercraft is the most popular Linux alternative to Pepakura Designer.
DXF2papercraft is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Pepakura Designer.
Ultimate Unwrap 3D is a standalone UV mapping software for unfolding and unwrapping 3D models.
Not a papercraft software at all
flatfab is software that helps you design and fabricate 3D objects. We imagine in 3D but ideate and draw in 2D. flatfab seamlessly does both.
It's not a papercraft specialized tool
Draw, create, print and fold beautiful 3D figures with Foldify. You don't need drawing skills, Foldify has tons of free content to create amazing, high quality figures!
Foldify is the most popular iPhone & iPad alternative to Pepakura Designer.
Cutout is a plugin for Autodesk Maya for the purpose of building real paper models out of paper from your virtual 3D models.
It works on any device, can open pdo Pepakura file. Export SVG and pdf. and works well !
PaperMaker is the most popular Web-based alternative to Pepakura Designer.
UVMapper Professional is a stand-alone texture mapping utility for the creation and modification of UV coordinates for n-sided polygonal 3D models.
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From the alternatives listed this is the one most closely resembling Pepakura in design and feature set. In the version I'm trying now I'm ridiculously bothered by the way zooming works, but apart from that (from a first glance at least) it seems like it's the obvious mac counterpart to Pepakura.