CreatCloud vs QIDI Link
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CreatCloud
Monitor and control your 3D printers remotely. This app allows you to scan for and connect to printers on your local network or bind specific devices. Manage multiple printers simultaneously for unattended operation, check their status, control movements, and select print files.
- Login-free printer scanning
- Account binding for specific printers
- Real-time printer status checks
- Remote printer movement control
- File selection for printing
- Multi-printer management
- Unattended operation support
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CreatCloud is a companion APP for CreatBot 3D printer. Use a login-free method to scan and add printers in the local area network, or create an account and bind a specified printer. Check the working status of the printer, control the movement of the printer, select files for printing tasks, etc. Manage multiple printers at the same time to achieve unattended operation.
QIDI Link
This platform allows remote connection and monitoring of specific 3D printers. Users can control printing remotely, preheat, pause, and access features like time-lapse photography and printing records. It simplifies 3D printer operation and maintenance.
- Remote printing
- Real-time monitoring
- Preheating and pausing
- Time-lapse photography
- Printing records
- Printer calibration and maintenance
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QIDI Link is a free, versatile 3D printing platform that remotely connects and monitors QIDI TECH's 3D printers. With QIDI Link, you can know the model printing situation at any time, and easily use remote printing, preheating, pausing, excluding objects, time-lapse photography, printing records and other functions, which greatly reduces the use threshold of 3D printers while enriching the functions of 3D printers. In addition, using QIDI Link makes it easier to calibrate and maintain 3D printers.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: CreatCloud at 5.0 against QIDI Link's 1.7. QIDI Link's advantage is ratings volume (47 vs 1). 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.
CreatCloud holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: QIDI Link has 47 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
CreatCloud ships an update every 2 months, QIDI Link every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CreatCloud | QIDI Link |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 1.7 (47 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 15.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 47 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 40 MB | 48 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Henan Creatbot Technology Limited | Zhejiang Qidi Technology Co., Ltd. |
Customer experience
CreatCloud
QIDI Link
Bugs and requests
CreatCloud
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
QIDI Link
Reported bugs
29 issues- Login issues and account errors
- Verification code expired or failed
- Cannot add local printer via IP
- QR code scanning failures
- App logs out frequently
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- Cannot upload .3mf or .stl files
- Video feed is black or poor quality
- Printer controls do not work
- App crashes or freezes
- App shows printer as offline when it's online
- App loses connection frequently
- Fan control issues when opening app
- UI elements obscured on newer iPhones
- App is slow to load or respond
- Outdated print status information
- Cannot connect to printer
- App requires account creation but fails
- Language settings not applied or stuck in Chinese
- Server connection failures
- Printer not found or not compatible
- Updates cause app to stop working
- Video feed only works on Wi-Fi
- Incorrect printer state displayed
- Error message: "unknown column SN in field list"
- Manual connection instructions are in Chinese
- Fluidd interface disconnects quickly
- Percentage not shown during printing
- Printing speed always shown as 100%
- Missing print time and remaining time
Requested features
23 requests- Add support for newer QIDI machines
- Improve communication about updates
- Allow adding local printers via IP
- Fix QR code scanning issues
- Improve app stability
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- Enable expert mode connection
- Allow uploading .3mf or .stl files
- Improve video feed quality and stability
- Fix verification code issues
- Enable QR code generation
- Improve app stability and performance
- Fix server connection issues
- Add support for Qidi Q2
- Fix printer offline status
- Improve app interface and usability
- Fix language issues and add more languages
- Improve fan control
- Fix UI issues on newer iPhones
- Improve app speed
- Fix outdated status information
- Enable local network connection
- Add dark mode
- Increase video FPS
In-app purchases
CreatCloud
No in-app purchases
QIDI Link
No in-app purchases
