# Thinger: 3D Printing Discovery — user reviews > 105 indexed App Store user reviews of Thinger by Ben Novak, rated 4.60/5 from 1,256 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/thinger-3d-printing-discovery/id1255097591/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/thinger-3d-printing-discovery/id1255097591.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 968 · 4★ 184 · 3★ 54 · 2★ 20 · 1★ 30 ## What do users think of Thinger? Overall sentiment: negative **Pros** - 🚀 Wonderfully easy to use - 🚀 Amazing and fun to use - 🚀 Brings life back to 3D printer - 🚀 Great for finding cool prints - 🚀 Awesome app for 3D printing enthusiasts **Cons** - 🐛 Waste of time, useless search and features - 🔍 No categories, trending, or sorting options - 💰 Ads make the app unusable - 🔍 Hard to navigate, only view one item at a time - 🐛 App no longer works, just loads indefinitely - 🔍 Repeat lists, not customizable - 🔍 Poor search results - 🔍 Buttons overlap, UI issues - 💰 Paid ad-free version is too expensive **Commonly reported bugs** - Frequent crashes and freezes - Saved items disappearing or not loading - Compatibility issues with older devices **Most requested features** - Add ability to delete/move saved items between lists - Implement search and category features - Add option to view multiple items at once - Improve overall navigation and UI - Provide a more affordable ad-free option ## Newest reviews (14 of 105) ### 2/5 — Neat idea - Ads make it ‘unusable’ *2024-11-17, version 7.0.5* It’s a fun idea, and I would be *happy* to pay $0.50 a month for this. Ironically, I almost did before even hitting my first ad because I thought it was such a fun idea, but then I thought, ‘okay, use it for more than 30 seconds before deciding, even if it’s ’just $6’ a year, $6 is $6 and you don’t need to waste it if you’re never going to use it and delete the app after a day or two’ And it was at that point that it was as though the app read my mind and decided it was going to make me regret that decision.. it pops up an ad out of nowhere with women in various stages of undress, trying to sell some dating app or porn product. I have kids! I often scroll through models with them on thingiverse so they can pick their favorite to print, so it’s by no means a stretch to think they very realistically could have been exposed to it. My kids are very young and not online by themselves so it’s also not just ‘something they’re exposed to anyway’ picking out prints is about the most they know how to do on a computer. So that ad would have been bad enough for me to be surprised and upset, but it was that ad AND it was completely unskipable… I did not click on a ‘watch an ad for 60 minutes of no ad banner’ or some kind of offer where I agreed to have an ad literally take over the entire app and cover my screen with pixelated bodies and “we can’t show you everything” I think - okay, maybe I’m overreacting, they have to keep the lights on somehow - let’s keep going, and I do another 10 models or so and here comes another ad! And these aren’t like an ad in place of a model and you just keep going — like when reading a news story and there is a gallery and 4 things are things you came to see and then one is an ad, and you can then just click the arrow again and it’s 4 more things you came to see. These are full page non-skippable ads every minute.. I honestly don’t know if I’d like using the app, because I can’t. I’ll take a 3 day free trial then yearly sub even.. are you worried your app isn’t worth using again?.. ### 3/5 — Great but ads is annoying *2024-02-24, version 5.0.8* Ads can be on bottom or top. Full screen ads leads to bad experience ### 4/5 — Just a suggestion *2023-09-26, version 5.0.8* There are a few models that just wont register for me, even when I save them and wait like 10 minutes. It’s really annoying, especially when its a cool sounding model. It’ll just load for hours on end. Please fix this as soon as you can! Thanks ### 3/5 — Good but…. *2023-08-03, version 5.0.8* I really enjoy this app because I never know what to print and I find really cool things on here but I wish it would recommend more items like the ones I save so I can stop having to look at really weird monster prints ### 2/5 — Nice Concept, But Not Connected to Computer/Web *2023-06-27, version 5.0.8* Great concept to aggregate all of the sites in one place and allow user to collect and organize them. But I was shocked to not find a website I could log into on my computer to see my collections. Since the models need downloaded on the computer, it would be great to access my collections online instead of having to look at on phone, determine site the model was found on, then visit that site. ### 2/5 — Less freaking ads *2023-05-29, version 5.0.8* I think the amount of ads will get me to delete this app…. I don’t mind some but an ad that you have to click on twice to close every t8 models is a bit much…… ### 3/5 — too many adds *2023-04-19, version 5.0.8* i get an add every 30 seconds otherwise it works well ### 3/5 — Works alright *2023-02-23, version 5.0.8* Great concept, however the ads are predatory and the cost to remove ads is very high, especially for only a year. I’d recommend two options, remove for a year for $2 and remove forever for $5. ### 2/5 — Sistema di ricerca difettoso *2023-02-18, version 5.0.8* La ricerca di oggetti funziona male. Se scrivo più di una parola nella barra di ricerca ottengo risultati solo se il nome del progetto 3d si chiama esattamente nello stesso modo. Ovviamente questo restringe talmente tanto i risultati che spesso non ne da nessuno. Così non va bene! Se google funzionasse così il web sarebbe impossibile da navigare. La ricerca secondo me dovrebbe dare risultatiin più all’aumentare delle parole, non meno, privilegiando prima quelli più pertinenti e poi quelli meno. Per il resto l’idea del software non è male, ma non dovrebbe costringere a creare un account per funzionare. Le preferenze possono tranquillamente starsene sul telefono senza viaggiare per il mondo. ### 3/5 — Just needs a little more love *2022-12-25, version 4.1.2* Great app if you want to see one item at a time. Would be much appreciated if we could get page size customization for seeing a 3x3 grid or something like that. ### 1/5 — App doesn’t work anymore *2022-08-27, version 4.1.2* Just loading… and my saved items are gone ### 4/5 — Great app and design… but *2022-07-31, version 4.1.2* This app is great to look for random new ideas for printing! The design is easy to use and everything runs smoothly. However, there seems to be a bug that when it refreshes after 10 swipes, it does the same 10 design again until I swipe through them all and refresh again. Another thing that seems crucial is the ability to share the files from the saved folder as a list - as obviously I print on my PC and slice all my files there, not on my phone. I have tried to contact support to no avail 😞 ### 1/5 — As of 7/29/22 this app no longer works. *2022-07-29, version 4.1.2* This doesn’t work anymore. Just attempts to load. Deleting. ### 1/5 — I used to love this app! *2022-07-19, version 4.1.2* I used to use this app so much, but over the past 6-10 months (I think), every time I open the app, it just loads. Nothing ever pulls up. I used to still be able to access all of my things saved, and for the past, but now it’s all gone. Just showing me a loading screen. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Waste *2025-01-24, version 7.0.5* I don’t want an app that acts like a dating site to swipe left or right. Search is useless too ### 1/5 — No features, hard to navigate *2024-11-09, version 7.0.5* Only view one random item at a time. You can search but there’s no categories, no trending, most liked…nothing. Just use the app 3Drop instead ### 1/5 — DOES NOT WORK *2023-11-29, version 5.0.8* Go ahead and export this file to a thumb drive. It’s going to export as a 2D image and that’s useless ### 1/5 — It’s just Thingiverse *2023-07-28, version 5.0.8* But paying through the nose or watching slow adverts. Bit disgraceful to charge for stuff that’s actually free. ### 1/5 — Horrible *2023-06-14, version 5.0.8* Full of Ads and slow search for items. Deleted it within 10 minutes. ### 1/5 — schlecht *2023-05-02* Für einen Test ist eine Registrierung mit E-Mail notwendig. Im Testzeitraum wird man mit Werbung überflutet. Die Suche ist fürchterlich. Kategorien lassen sich nicht finden. ### 1/5 — Top many apps // muitos anúncios *2023-03-22, version 5.0.8* A Ad in ~10 slides Um anúncio a cada ~10 deslizadas ### 1/5 — Cool idea but ads??? *2023-02-12, version 5.0.8* Kinda like tinder for 3d prints, but then there’s ads that you can’t skip. Literally ruins the whole experience. Don’t waste your time until they find another way to get their ad revenue. ### 1/5 — Ads *2023-02-04, version 5.0.7* Took a pretty good app, and destroyed it with endless advertisements. I’ll check back whenever your next update arrives to see if it’s been fixed. If not, sadly, it will be the end of Thinger for me. Update…checked back. $8.99 to lose ads for only one year? Are you joking? Maybe $2.99 to lose ads forever… maybe. ### 1/5 — No *2022-09-20, version 4.1.2* Wayyyy to many nude figures and not good stuff. Thingverse is better ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Wonderfully easy *2025-08-11, version 8.0.3* I’ve just started using this app and I think it’s great!! ### 5/5 — Amazing! *2025-03-06, version 7.0.5* Love love love this! So much fun and wayyyyyyy better than a dating app! I get my feelings hurt way less ### 5/5 — It is very useful *2023-05-06, version 5.0.8* I tried to find a astronaut and I found it in two minutes and in google I didn’t even find it But there is to many adds ### 5/5 — Best 3d printing ideas *2023-03-27, version 5.0.8* I go through 1,000 stl files every day. I get so many ideas from this app and it lets me make creations I wouldn’t ever think where possible to make before seeing them while just scrolling through the designs. ### 5/5 — Hot Models! *2023-01-16, version 4.1.2* Thinger helps me find hot models for my lonely printer! ### 5/5 — Bring life back to your 3D printer *2022-08-03, version 4.1.2* Nice & simple idea well executed. Swipe to go through models! ### 5/5 — I love it *2022-06-20, version 4.1.2* It works like perfectly I like can’t find anything better but more than anything it has super good stuff but it’s not the perfect app ### 5/5 — Awesome *2022-03-28, version 4.1.2* This is really good for finding cool prints. Highly recommend! ### 5/5 — Good app *2022-03-01, version 4.1.2* This is a good app but I want to use my TOYBOX 3D printer please help me use this app for TOYBOX ### 5/5 — Love it! *2022-02-21, version 4.1.2* I love this app it’s like tinder for 3D printing! --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-09-01.*