Thangs vs Sci
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
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.
- 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
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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.
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Verdict
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
Thangs is free to download; Sci costs $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Sci holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 117 and 46 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 24% of Thangs's written reviews are positive against 56% of Sci's.
Thangs ships an update weekly, Sci every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Thangs | Sci |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $3.99 |
| Rating | 3.0 (117 ratings) | 4.0 (46 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 23.8% of reviews | 55.6% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 117 — better | 46 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 46 MB | 186 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Physna, Inc | NSTE, LLC |
Customer experience
Thangs
Sci
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
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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
Sci
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Thangs
No in-app purchases
Sci
No in-app purchases









