Comparison

Sci vs Prusa

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

Head to head
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.

About

Prusa

Monitor and manage your 3D printers remotely. Control print parameters, receive notifications for print status, and integrate with model repositories and slicing software. Easily add new printers and cameras, with options for cloud or on-premises storage.

Highlights
  • Real-time printer overview
  • Remote print management
  • Temperature, speed, flow control
  • Push notifications
  • Printables.com integration
  • EasyPrint slicing integration
  • NFC printer setup
Features
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Key Features - Real-time overview of all your Prusa 3D printers in Prusa Connect - Remote printer management. Start, pause, or stop prints directly from the App - Temperature, speed, flow, and position control - Push notifications when prints finish, schedules color changes, and everything else - Integration with Printables.com - browse and start printing - EasyPrint integration - Slice wherever you are, directly from the Prusa App - Add new 3D printers to Prusa Connect using the App - Add and control Buddy3D cameras with all available features - Cloud and on-premises printer storage - NFC printer setup - Team management - Belt tuner - Easily accessible print queue - Focus on privacy and security We plan to keep adding useful new features over time. We would love to hear your feedback!

Screenshots

Sci4 screens
Prusa4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Prusa at Free against Sci's $3.99. Prusa also leads on update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 3 months). On rating, review sentiment, ratings volume and ads 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

Prusa 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

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.0 for Sci against 4.0 for Prusa. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 46 and 117 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 56% of Sci's written reviews are positive against 50% of Prusa's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Sci ships an update every 3 months, Prusa every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Sci versus Prusa: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSciPrusa
Price$3.99Free — better
Rating4.0 (46 ratings)4.0 (117 ratings)
Positive reviews55.6% of reviews — better50.5% of reviews
Number of ratings46117 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 5 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size186 MB102 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperNSTE, LLCPrusa Research a.s.

Customer experience

Sci

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

Prusa

All ratings117 ratings
Positive70.9%
Neutral6.8%
Negative22.2%
Written reviews105 reviews
Positive50.5%
Neutral18.1%
Negative31.4%

In-app purchases

None

Sci

No in-app purchases

None

Prusa

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Sci free?
Sci costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Prusa free?
Prusa is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Sci or Prusa?
Sci and Prusa are both rated 4.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 46 and 117 ratings respectively.
Do Sci or Prusa have ads?
Neither Sci nor Prusa shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Sci or Prusa?
Sci ships an update every 3 months, and Prusa every 5 weeks. Most recently, Sci was updated on October 9, 2026 and Prusa on October 7, 2026.

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