iModelKit Light vs Prusa
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
iModelKit Light
This app simplifies scale model building with tools for browsing paint charts, mixing paints, and managing projects. It offers extensive catalogs of paints and materials, with optional in-app purchases for advanced features and inventory management.
- Browse paint charts and material catalogs
- Mix paints and compute color mixes
- Create and share custom charts/catalogs
- Compute scale results and find references
- Manage model kit projects
- Optional inventory management and barcode scanning
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The light release has some limitations and ad banners and intersticials. This release can be changed to Pay release with Inventory module using In-App purchase. iModelkit simplifies scale model builder work by providing a set of easy to use and comprehensive tools. With iModelKit you can : • Browse paint charts from colour standards and model kit paint manufacturers • Browse scratch material catalogs • Create your own charts and catalogs, and share these • Mix your paints • Compute your mix from a base colour • Compute to scale and display on screen real size or 3D results • Find references in catalogs from your scale computations • Create your own model kit projects from your computations and references • Manage your inventory (using the optional inventory module) • Scan your paint jars and barcodes (using the optional inventory module) iModelKit provides paint charts and scratch material catalogs samples for most manufacturers : • Paint charts : 104 (including 6 colour standard), 53 manufacturers • Paints : 13852 • Colours : 21272 • Official equivalences : 10457 • References : 26449 (including 15819 with barcodes) • Material catalogs : 5 • Managed shapes : 31 • Items : 2562 • References : 3553 (including 2377 with barcodes) Available In-App purchase : • Pay release + Inventory Module For information, here are the features added by the Pay release : • No more ad banners and interstitials • The full set of paint equivalence for equivalences not given by manufacturers (2 & 3 levels and closest paint computations) • The paint mixer mix of up to 6 paints (3 in the free release) • The paint mixer mix computation from another mix as a reference • Paint chart and catalogs update automatic detection • Cie Lab, Cie XYZ and Munsell colours management • Project importation • Advanced language management • Inventory module In-app purchase availability For information, here are the features added by the Inventory Module : • Inventory management • Barcode scanner • Paint cap colour scanner • Mix from inventoried items • Transfer of buy list items to inventory More information at http://www.id6.ch
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.
- Real-time printer overview
- Remote print management
- Temperature, speed, flow control
- Push notifications
- Printables.com integration
- EasyPrint slicing integration
- NFC printer setup
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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!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Prusa at none against iModelKit Light's 3. Prusa also leads on update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 3 months) and ratings volume (117 vs 34). iModelKit Light's advantage is review sentiment (79% vs 50%) and rating (4.2 vs 4.0). On price, ads 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. iModelKit Light sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Prusa asks for nothing beyond the download.
iModelKit Light holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 34 and 117 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 79% of iModelKit Light's written reviews are positive against 50% of Prusa's.
iModelKit Light ships an update every 3 months, Prusa every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | iModelKit Light | Prusa |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (34 ratings) — better | 4.0 (117 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 78.8% of reviews — better | 50.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 34 | 117 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 158 MB | 102 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | id6 Sarl | Prusa Research a.s. |
Customer experience
iModelKit Light
Prusa
In-app purchases
iModelKit Light
- Inventory$4.99
- Premium Release$9.99
- Premium Release+Inventory$14.99
Prusa
No in-app purchases
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