3D Printer Cam Viewer vs Thangs
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
3D Printer Cam Viewer
Monitor your 3D printer's live stream from within your internal network. Access your printer remotely by configuring your router's port forwarding. View your prints in real-time wherever you are.
- Live stream monitoring
- Internal network access
- Remote access via port forwarding
- Supports all 3D printers with streaming
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This cam viewer and player for all 3D printers, which offer the appropriate streaming, shows you the livestream of your 3D printer. This works in the internal network. Of course you can also open your port in your router to the outside, then you can also access it from on the road.
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 price: Thangs at Free against 3D Printer Cam Viewer's $0.99. Thangs also leads on rating (3.0 vs 1.0) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). On ads, device support and iOS requirement 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
Thangs is free to download; 3D Printer Cam Viewer costs $0.99 up front. 3D Printer Cam Viewer sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $0.49 per year. Thangs asks for nothing beyond the download.
Thangs holds the better App Store score, 3.0 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Thangs has 117 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of 3D Printer Cam Viewer's written reviews are positive against 24% of Thangs's.
3D Printer Cam Viewer ships an update every 36 months, Thangs weekly. Both last shipped on October 8, 2026.
| Parameter | 3D Printer Cam Viewer | Thangs |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 1.0 (1 ratings) | 3.0 (117 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 23.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 117 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 36 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 46 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Tobias Stephan | Physna, Inc |
Customer experience
3D Printer Cam Viewer
Thangs
Bugs and requests
3D Printer Cam Viewer
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
3D Printer Cam Viewer
- 1 year full version$0.491 Year
Thangs
No in-app purchases
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