Ultimaker vs Thangs
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Ultimaker
Manage and control your network-enabled 3D printers from your mobile device. Monitor print status and receive live notifications, even when away from your local network, to enhance productivity and ensure maximum uptime.
- Monitor 3D printers remotely
- Receive live print status notifications
- Control printers from a mobile interface
- Effortless network printer detection
- Enhanced productivity and flexibility
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The Ultimaker app is a one-stop mobile solution to efficiently manage and control network-enabled Ultimaker 3D printers. Available for iPhone and iPad, monitor printers, and receive live notifications — even outside your local network. Why use the Ultimaker app? • Enhanced productivity. Monitor and control printers from a mobile interface, for maximum ease and flexibility. • Effortless setup. The app automatically detects network-enabled Ultimaker printers on your local network. Simply select your printer, and get going straight away. • Live notifications on the go. The built in notification service gives you live print status notifications — even outside your local network — for informed processes and maximum uptime.
Thangs
Explore the largest 3D model search engine with over 15 million models. Discover new creators and connect with a growing community for CAD, 3D printing, AR, and VR applications. Find or upload tens of thousands of models weekly across various 3D formats.
- Largest 3D search engine
- Over 15 million 3D models
- Discover 3D creators
- Support for 30+ 3D formats
- Filters for 3D printing
- Connect with creators
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Whether a 3D printing enthusiast, CAD engineer, or AR VR consumer - Thangs is the first stop on your 3D journey: * Search: Largest 3D search engine on the planet, with over 15M models * Discover: Fastest growing community of 3D creators, with thousands of new models uploaded every week * Connect: Find your next favorite creator, follow them and be notified every time they upload new models With support for over 30 3D formats, Thangs users uploads tens of thousands of 3D models a week that span CAD, 3D printing, AR and VR use cases. If it isn’t on Thangs, use Thangs to search over 13M models across all major platforms. Powerful filters allow 3D printers to see only models which are available for 3D printing or additive manufacturing. Metaverse, Omniverse, or 3D printing in real life - Thangs exists to connect 3D creators with 3D consumers.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Thangs at 3.0 against Ultimaker's 1.8. Thangs also leads on review sentiment (24% vs 6%) and update cadence (weekly vs every 4 weeks). Ultimaker's advantage is monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and iOS requirement (11.1 vs 16.4). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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.
Thangs holds the better App Store score, 3.0 against 1.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 40 and 117 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 6% of Ultimaker's written reviews are positive against 24% of Thangs's.
Ultimaker ships an update every 4 weeks, Thangs weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Ultimaker | Thangs |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.8 (40 ratings) | 3.0 (117 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 5.6% of reviews | 23.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 40 | 117 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 11.1 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 35 MB | 46 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Ultimaker | Physna, Inc |
Customer experience
Ultimaker
Thangs
Bugs and requests
Ultimaker
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Thangs
Reported bugs
12 issues- App freezes on splash screen and never loads
- Image preview loading failures
- 2FA login code submission button hidden behind keyboard
- Email/password login not functional
- App crashes within minutes of use
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- Scrolling broken on search results
- Touch input unresponsive on right side of screen
- Blank pages on iPad
- App incompatible with latest iOS versions
- Duplicate content in news feed
- Search results missing known models from Thingiverse
- Inconsistent app behavior between landscape and portrait modes
Requested features
10 requests- Direct download functionality from mobile app
- Dark mode option
- Ability to view liked models on mobile
- Zoom functionality for model images
- Save to collections feature
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- AR (augmented reality) model viewing
- Improved search result relevance
- Back button navigation
- Landscape/portrait mode consistency
- Remove redirect pages for direct downloads
In-app purchases
Ultimaker
No in-app purchases
Thangs
No in-app purchases
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