Thing vs DisplayNote App
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Thing
Streamline your hybrid workday with this app. Book desks, meeting rooms, and other office resources, gain keyless access, and navigate your workplace. It offers a seamless and intelligent digitalization experience for smart environments.
- Book desks and meeting rooms
- Keyless access
- Locate points of interest
- Navigate within buildings
- Control climate and light
- Chat with colleagues
- Request services
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Create better workplaces with Thing-it Mobile Thing-it Mobile supports you create and enjoy an efficient and seamless hybrid workday. Book, manage, and organize everything related to your workspace - all in one app. The app is part of the comprehensive workplace management solution by MazeMap Workplace and provides you with the most convenient, efficient, and intelligent digitalization experience possible. Thing-it Mobile enables you to interact with MazeMap Workplace powered smart environments with your device. In a MazeMap workplace powered environment you can use your device for example to · get keyless access · book desks, meeting rooms, catering, parking lots, CNC machines and other office resources · locate points of interest and co-workers · navigate within a Building · control climate and light of rooms · chat with others · get informations and offerings about your surroundings · request services and report incidents · call elevators Download the app to get the most out of your MazeMap Workplace powered environment.
DisplayNote App
Wirelessly share your iOS device's screen or content to a room display. Follow and annotate presentations, or share files, videos, and links with others. Control video playback directly from your device.
- Wireless screen sharing
- Content sharing with attendees
- Follow and annotate presentations
- Video playback control
- File sharing
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Easily share content from your iOS device to a room display without having to pass cables or be on the same network as everyone else. Share your screen to the room display Follow and annotate on content from your device Share images, videos, links and files with other attendees Present videos and control playback from your device
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: DisplayNote App at 50% against Thing's 26%. DisplayNote App also leads on iOS requirement (14.0 vs 18.0). Thing's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Thing ships an update every 3 weeks, DisplayNote App every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on August 19, 2026 and June 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Thing | DisplayNote App |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 2.1 (21 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 26.1% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 21 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 119 MB | 62 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | THING TECHNOLOGIES LLC | DisplayNote Technologies Ltd |
Customer experience
Thing
DisplayNote App
In-app purchases
Thing
No in-app purchases
DisplayNote App
No in-app purchases
