Heart Schools vs Flash Maker
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Heart Schools
Manage your fundraising efforts for the American Heart Association's Schools program directly from your mobile device. Track progress, update your personal fundraising page, and communicate with supporters via email.
- Fundraising progress tracking
- Update fundraising page
- Send supporter emails
- Mobile event management
- Real-time progress updates
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Do your fundraising on the go with your American Heart Association's Schools app. The mobile app is a great tool to track your fundraising progress, update your page, and send emails. Please note: The American Heart Association's Schools app is only available to current registrants of the event. If you haven't registered yet for this years event, please go to https://www.heart.org/schools to register for an event near you.
Flash Maker
Manage your 3D printers remotely with this app. Monitor printer status, view live video feeds, and organize multiple devices into groups for a streamlined printing experience.
- Remote printer status check
- Live video monitoring
- Group management for multiple printers
- Convenient 3D printing control
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Flash Maker is a mobile app by Flashforge for easy 3D printer management. Check printer status anytime, monitor with remote video, and manage multiple printers in groups—making 3D printing smarter and more convenient.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Heart Schools at 74% against Flash Maker's 17%. Heart Schools also leads on rating (4.8 vs 1.9) and ratings volume (39K vs 453). Flash Maker's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.0). 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.
Heart Schools holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 1.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Heart Schools has 39K ratings behind it against 453, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 74% of Heart Schools's written reviews are positive against 17% of Flash Maker's.
Heart Schools ships an update every 2 months, Flash Maker monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Heart Schools | Flash Maker |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (39K ratings) — better | 1.9 (453 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 73.5% of reviews — better | 16.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 39K — better | 453 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 34 MB | 109 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | American Heart Association | 浙江闪铸三维科技有限公司 |
Customer experience
Heart Schools
Flash Maker
User reviews
Heart Schools
From 39K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Helps raise money for a good cause
- 🤩 Fun and engaging features like games and AR
- 💕 Supports kids with heart conditions
- 🎉 Exciting prizes and giveaways
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent crashes and glitches
- 😕 Confusing navigation and UI
- 🤯 Frustrating login and account management issues
- 🤔 Inconsistent functionality across different devices
Flash Maker
From 453 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Works great
- 🚀 Immediately improved after update
- 👍 Good app
Room to improve
- 🐛 Barely works
- 🐛 Needs a lot of work
- 🐛 Absolutely terrible
- 🐛 Doesn't work at all
- 🐛 Terrible app
Bugs and requests
Heart Schools
Reported bugs
4 issues- Heart Hero scanner not working
- Points not accurately tracked or updated
- Arcade games not loading properly
- Donation submissions failing or not registering
Requested features
4 requests- Allow multiple children under one parent account
- Improve check deposit and donation tracking
- Add more games and interactive content
- Provide better instructions and tutorials
Flash Maker
Reported bugs
6 issues- Can't connect device
- Can't register account
- Printer always shows as offline
- Camera feed doesn't work
- Frequent crashes
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- Logging in and connecting issues
Requested features
5 requests- Add ability to switch between local network and cloud
- More control over printer (advanced hidden menu, more temps, ability to cancel one model if printing multiple)
- Add AI control of failed prints
- Add slicer functionality
- Add iPad support
In-app purchases
Heart Schools
No in-app purchases
Flash Maker
No in-app purchases
Questions
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