GraviTrax Power vs Thangs
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
GraviTrax Power
Control your marble runs digitally with this app. Connect to POWER components to remotely control, program, and add sound effects to your creations. It offers a playful introduction to programming and enhances marble run gameplay.
- Digital control of marble runs
- Programming functions
- Remote control capabilities
- Integrated stopwatch
- Sound effects
- Playful introduction to programming
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The Ravensburger GraviTrax POWER App opens up a new dimension for the GraviTrax marble runs. Together with the Gravitrax POWER Connect component, all POWER marble runs can now be controlled digitally. The POWER Connect connects the digital world to any GraviTrax POWER marble run. As soon as a connection has been established between the marble run and a mobile device, exciting functions such as remote control, programming, a stopwatch or sounds ensure diverse fun while playing and enable a playful entry into the world of programming. The electronic components of GraviTrax POWER establish invisible connections within the marble run via radio waves. There are transmitter and receiver components which can communicate with each other using three channels. With the new GraviTrax POWER app, players can now also control the marble run using their mobile phone or tablet and can program individual functions and processes. The functionality is based on sending signals from the app to the marble run and vice versa. This means that individual POWER components can be triggered independently of each other. These functions allow GraviTrax fans to influence the paths the marbles take, making themselves an active part of the marble run. More cool functions like a timer, sounds or signal counts give the app a playful character and provide even more GraviTrax actions. GraviTrax POWER app – the perfect connection between analogue marble runs and the digital world. Caution! Can only be used in combination with the GraviTrax POWER Connect components and other POWER components!
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 review sentiment: GraviTrax Power at 75% against Thangs's 24%. GraviTrax Power also leads on rating (3.7 vs 3.0) and monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). Thangs's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 10 months) and ratings volume (117 vs 6). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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.
GraviTrax Power holds the better App Store score, 3.7 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Thangs has 117 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of GraviTrax Power's written reviews are positive against 24% of Thangs's.
GraviTrax Power ships an update every 10 months, Thangs weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 15, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | GraviTrax Power | Thangs |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (6 ratings) — better | 3.0 (117 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews — better | 23.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 6 | 117 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 10 months | 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 | 15.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 92 MB | 46 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Ravensburger Verlag GmbH | Physna, Inc |
Customer experience
GraviTrax Power
Thangs
Bugs and requests
GraviTrax Power
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
GraviTrax Power
No in-app purchases
Thangs
No in-app purchases









