Thangs vs PrusaLinkiOS
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.
PrusaLinkiOS
Access your 3D printer's web interface directly from your iPhone. This app allows you to connect to your Prusa printer using its IP address, username, and password, displaying the full web UI. It supports managing multiple printers with custom names and images.
- Connect to Prusa printer via IP
- Authenticate with username and password
- Load full web UI
- Add and manage multiple printers
- Assign custom names and images to printers
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What this app does is pretty self explanatory...access PrusaLink! You can enter the IP address of your printer, along with your username and password, and the app will authenticate with the printer and load the web UI. You can add multiple printers and give them each a name of your liking along with an image to better quickly distinguish each one. The main reason I made this app was because PrusaLink doesn't seem to load when I try to open it in Safari on my iPhone. After a bit of Internetting I found that I wasn't alone with this problem. Rather than having to install a different browser just to view PrusaLink, I made this app. And it works great! This project is not affiliated in any way with Prusa. This project is open sourced and the source code can be found at the Support URL.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: PrusaLinkiOS at 80% against Thangs's 24%. PrusaLinkiOS also leads on rating (4.5 vs 3.0) and monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). Thangs's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (117 vs 17). 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.
PrusaLinkiOS holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Thangs has 117 ratings behind it against 17, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 24% of Thangs's written reviews are positive against 80% of PrusaLinkiOS's.
Thangs ships an update weekly, PrusaLinkiOS every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and June 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Thangs | PrusaLinkiOS |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (117 ratings) | 4.5 (17 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 23.8% of reviews | 80.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 117 — better | 17 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 46 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Physna, Inc | George Waters |
Customer experience
Thangs
PrusaLinkiOS
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
PrusaLinkiOS
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Thangs
No in-app purchases
PrusaLinkiOS
No in-app purchases
