BrowZine vs 2PD
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
BrowZine
Access and read scholarly journals from your institution or via Open Access. Organize your research by browsing subjects, creating a personal bookshelf, and saving articles to your preferred citation managers or cloud storage.
- Browse journals by subject
- View table of contents
- Personalize journal bookshelf
- Save articles to citation managers
- Share articles on social media
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Use BrowZine to easily find, read, and monitor thousands of scholarly journals available from your university, hospital, or corporate library who has a BrowZine subscription, or through Open Access publishers, covering all disciplines. With BrowZine you can: • Browse titles by subject to easily find journals of interest • Easily view table of contents of current and past journals • Create a personal bookshelf of favorite journals • Save articles to EndNote, Mendeley, Zotero, RefWorks, Dropbox, and other services • Share with other researchers by posting to Facebook, Twitter and more
2PD
This utility generates customizable 3D printable models for two-point discrimination devices. Easily define spacing and create ready-to-print STL files for various 3D printers.
- Generate customizable two-point discrimination device files
- Adjust spacing values with a parametric workflow
- Access preset configurations
- Create custom device variations
- Export ready-to-print STL files
- Support FDM and SLA printing
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2PD is a file-generation utility for creating customizable two-point discrimination device models for 3D printing. The app provides a streamlined way to generate parametric device files with user-defined spacing values, allowing users to create standardized configurations without manually editing CAD models. With support for preset options and custom spacing workflows, 2PD simplifies the process of preparing device files for local fabrication. Whether using common desktop FDM or SLA printers, users can quickly generate ready-to-print STL files through a straightforward interface designed for flexibility and ease of use. Features • Generate customizable two-point discrimination device files • Adjust spacing values with a parametric workflow • Access preset configurations for faster setup • Create custom device variations without manual CAD editing • Export ready-to-print STL files • Support fabrication workflows for desktop FDM and SLA printing • Use an interface designed for simple, repeatable file generation 2PD is built to make customizable device design more accessible through open, configurable 3D-printing workflows.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: 2PD at 5.0 against BrowZine's 4.1. 2PD also leads on monetization model (free vs ad-supported). BrowZine's advantage is ratings volume (66 vs 2). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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.
2PD holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: BrowZine has 66 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BrowZine | 2PD |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (66 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 48.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 66 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 34 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Third Iron, LLC | Keyvon Rashidi |
In-app purchases
BrowZine
No in-app purchases
2PD
No in-app purchases









