Polygroup Smart Products vs Thangs
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Polygroup Smart Products
This app facilitates the initial setup of voice-activated holiday products. It connects your smart trees and light sets to Amazon Alexa, enabling hands-free control. Once configured, you can operate your products solely through voice commands.
- Hands-free holiday experience
- Connect to Amazon Alexa
- Voice-activated control
- Initial product setup
- Account registration
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Polygroup® Smart Products utilize the advanced technology of Amazon Alexa voice recognition to create an intuitive completely hands-free and enjoyable holiday experience. This is the companion APP for setting up the voice-activated system of Polygroup® Smart Trees and other Polygroup® Smart Products. This APP is only required during the initial setup of Polygroup® Smart Products to allow you to connect them to Amazon Alexa. Once the setup is complete, you will be able to operate the products completely with voice commands, and there is no need to re-open this APP unless you are adding additional products. Features: Register – create an account, just once for all products of the series! Connect – link the system to your tree or light sets and embrace the amazing functions of your Polygroup® Smart Products!
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 Polygroup Smart Products's 1.4. Thangs also leads on review sentiment (24% vs 7%) and update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks). Polygroup Smart Products's advantage is monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and iOS requirement (9.0 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 1.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 123 and 117 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 7% of Polygroup Smart Products's written reviews are positive against 24% of Thangs's.
Polygroup Smart Products ships an update every 3 weeks, Thangs weekly. The most recent releases landed on June 10, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Polygroup Smart Products | Thangs |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.4 (123 ratings) | 3.0 (117 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 7.5% of reviews | 23.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 123 — better | 117 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 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 | 9.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 17 MB | 46 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Polygroup | Physna, Inc |
Customer experience
Polygroup Smart Products
Thangs
Bugs and requests
Polygroup Smart Products
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
Polygroup Smart Products
No in-app purchases
Thangs
No in-app purchases
Questions
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