Comparison

Thangs vs Sci

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Largest 3D search engine
  • Over 15 million 3D models
  • Discover 3D creators
  • Support for 30+ 3D formats
  • Filters for 3D printing
  • Connect with creators
Features
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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.

About

Sci

Customize your home screen with unique sci-fi themed widgets. Display various information like clocks, calendars, system stats, and fitness data with extensive styling options. Create multiple widgets in different sizes with personalized layouts, backgrounds, fonts, and colors.

Highlights
  • Customizable sci-fi widget styles
  • Display clocks, calendars, system info
  • Show fitness data (steps, distance)
  • Multiple widget sizes (Large, Medium, Small)
  • Personalize layout, background, fonts, colors
  • Use custom background images
Features
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Add some Sci-Fi to your Home Screen.  This widget making tool is for displaying many types of information with great styling customization. You can display multiple widgets, all with their own unique style and info in Large, Medium, and Small widget sizes You can change the layout, background, fonts and colors, and even use your own images. *Offline contains the pre-made template backgrounds, but the background selection section needs internet to download from online. DISPLAYABLE INFORMATION: • Digital clock • Analog clock (some with second hand to show a little animation) • Calendar • Date/Day • System info (battery, brightness, memory, storage) • Countdown/Days since • Step count - Distance - Floors • Display contacts (just opens this widget app) These are generic sci-fi styles to to keep the coolness of how designers imagined future interfaces past and present on low and high budgets, but actual display real information instead of meaningless gobbledygook. * Please do not ask in reviews or by mail to include any trademarked names, logos, images or other properties. NSTEnterprises respects copyrights and will not include them.

Screenshots

Thangs4 screens
Sci4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Thangs at Free against Sci's $3.99. Thangs also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 3 months). Sci's advantage is rating (4.0 vs 3.0) and review sentiment (56% vs 24%). On ratings volume, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Thangs is free to download; Sci costs $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Sci holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 117 and 48 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 24% of Thangs's written reviews are positive against 56% of Sci's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Thangs ships an update weekly, Sci every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Thangs versus Sci: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterThangsSci
PriceFree — better$3.99
Rating3.0 (117 ratings)4.0 (48 ratings) — better
Positive reviews23.8% of reviews55.6% of reviews — better
Number of ratings117 — better48
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS16.415.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size46 MB186 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperPhysna, IncNSTE, LLC

Customer experience

Thangs

All ratings117 ratings
Positive46.2%
Neutral5.1%
Negative48.7%
Written reviews84 reviews
Positive23.8%
Neutral9.5%
Negative66.7%

Sci

All ratings46 ratings
Positive71.7%
Neutral8.7%
Negative19.6%
Written reviews36 reviews
Positive55.6%
Neutral13.9%
Negative30.6%

User reviews

Thangs

From 117 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Efficient 3D model search across multiple platforms
  • 👍 Intuitive and clean user interface
  • 💡 Image-based search functionality
  • 🔄 Seamless syncing with website account
  • 📱 Easy browsing on mobile devices

Room to improve

  • 🐛 App stuck on splash/loading screen (critical)
  • 🖼️ Images fail to load or display
  • 🔐 Login functionality broken with 2FA
  • ⚠️ Frequent app crashes
  • 🔗 Paywall blocking most content

Sci

From 48 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Great Star Trek theme
  • 👍 Highly customizable widgets
  • 👍 Good for sci-fi fans
  • 👍 Developer responsive to issues
  • 👍 Can complete LCARS look

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Doesn't work on iPhone 14
  • 🐛 Widgets not recognized
  • 🐛 Limited templates
  • 🐛 Crashes frequently
  • 🐛 Layout not showing correctly

Bugs and 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
Show 5 more
  • AR (augmented reality) model viewing
  • Improved search result relevance
  • Back button navigation
  • Landscape/portrait mode consistency
  • Remove redirect pages for direct downloads

Sci

Reported bugs

19 issues
  • Empty box shown
  • Unable to add widgets to lock screen
  • Widgets not recognized
  • Directions are vague
  • Step-by-step directions disappear
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  • App crashes
  • Widgets are not flexible
  • Old layout not possible after update
  • Fonts not showing up same as in app
  • Layout not showing up same as in app
  • Preview differs from actual widget
  • Stuck in build a clock settings
  • Does not apply changes
  • Not available in app store for iPhone SE 2022
  • Clock is slow to refresh
  • Widget does not update to military time
  • No options to save clock design
  • Does not work on Lock Screen
  • Doesn't let you save it

Requested features

12 requests
  • More customization for widget backgrounds
  • Option to make rectangle widgets bigger on iPad
  • More options for Home and Lock Screen
  • Add more templates
  • Improve flexibility of templates
Show 7 more
  • Add military time option
  • Provide clear instructions for use
  • Add more customization options
  • Make app available for iPhone SE 2022
  • Add more themes
  • Improve widget refresh rate
  • Make app work on Lock Screen

In-app purchases

None

Thangs

No in-app purchases

None

Sci

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Thangs free?
Thangs is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Sci free?
Sci costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Thangs or Sci?
Sci is rated higher. Thangs averages 3.0 out of 5 from 117 ratings, while Sci averages 4.0 from 48 ratings.
Do Thangs or Sci have ads?
Neither Thangs nor Sci shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Thangs or Sci?
Thangs ships an update weekly, and Sci every 3 months. Most recently, Thangs was updated on October 24, 2026 and Sci on October 30, 2026.

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