Comparison

Creality Scan vs PrusaLinkiOS

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

Head to head
About

Creality Scan

This application enables 3D scanning of various objects, faces, and bodies using compatible hardware. It supports both geometry and texture scanning, with options for fast or high-quality accuracy and color mapping.

Highlights
  • Scan objects, faces, and bodies
  • Geometry and texture scanning
  • Fast and high-quality accuracy modes
  • Color mapping support
  • Supports CR-Scan Ferret Pro
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Creality Scan is the official mobile app built for the Creality 3D scanning ecosystem. It brings device connectivity, real-time scanning, model processing, project management, export, and sharing together on your smartphone—freeing you from the limits of a fixed workstation and giving you a complete, seamless 3D scanning workflow wherever you go. Connect with Your Creality 3D Scanner Connect with a wide range of Creality 3D scanners. With convenient mobile connectivity, you can quickly create scanning projects and check your scanner’s status, model, firmware version, and calibration information directly in the app. Scan Anywhere with Clear, Guided Workflows Choose the scanning mode that best suits your scanner and the object you are capturing. Preview your model in real time on your smartphone and keep track of scanning progress as you work. Creality Scan makes complex 3D data capture more intuitive and easier to control—whether you’re in the studio or on the go. Powerful Mobile Post-Processing Once scanning is complete, use the built-in tools to process and merge your scans, generate meshes, and optimize your models—all directly on your mobile device. With color scanning enabled, you can also generate RGB color textures for a more realistic representation of the object’s shape, details, and colors. Manage, Export, and Share with Ease View and manage your scanning projects in one place. Completed models can be exported in popular formats including PLY, STL, OBJ, and ASC, then shared to social media or storage apps on your phone. You can also transfer projects to your computer and continue working with them for 3D printing, reverse engineering, digital modeling, and other professional workflows. Whether you’re in the studio, working on-site, or scanning on the move, Creality Scan puts professional 3D scanning capabilities in the palm of your hand. *Compatibility Creality Scan requires a compatible Creality 3D scanner. Some scanners require accessories such as a wireless handle or Wi-Fi Scan Bridge for mobile connectivity. Supported scanning modes and features vary by device. Please refer to Creality’s official compatibility information for details.

About

PrusaLinkiOS

Access your 3D printer's web interface directly from your iPhone. This app allows you to connect to your Prusa printer using its IP address, username, and password, displaying the full web UI. It supports managing multiple printers with custom names and images.

Highlights
  • Connect to Prusa printer via IP
  • Authenticate with username and password
  • Load full web UI
  • Add and manage multiple printers
  • Assign custom names and images to printers
Features
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What this app does is pretty self explanatory...access PrusaLink! You can enter the IP address of your printer, along with your username and password, and the app will authenticate with the printer and load the web UI. You can add multiple printers and give them each a name of your liking along with an image to better quickly distinguish each one. The main reason I made this app was because PrusaLink doesn't seem to load when I try to open it in Safari on my iPhone. After a bit of Internetting I found that I wasn't alone with this problem. Rather than having to install a different browser just to view PrusaLink, I made this app. And it works great! This project is not affiliated in any way with Prusa. This project is open sourced and the source code can be found at the Support URL.

Screenshots

Creality Scan3 screens
PrusaLinkiOS4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: PrusaLinkiOS at 80% against Creality Scan's 18%. PrusaLinkiOS also leads on rating (4.3 vs 1.7). Creality Scan's advantage is ratings volume (105 vs 19). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

PrusaLinkiOS holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 1.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Creality Scan has 105 ratings behind it against 19, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 18% of Creality Scan's written reviews are positive against 80% of PrusaLinkiOS's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Creality Scan versus PrusaLinkiOS: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCreality ScanPrusaLinkiOS
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.7 (105 ratings)4.3 (19 ratings) — better
Positive reviews18.2% of reviews80.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings105 — better19
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size499 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCREALITY 3D (HK) TECHNOLOGY LIMITEDGeorge Waters

Customer experience

Creality Scan

All ratings104 ratings
Positive17.3%
Neutral2.9%
Negative79.8%
Written reviews143 reviews
Positive18.2%
Neutral4.2%
Negative77.6%

PrusaLinkiOS

All ratings17 ratings
Positive88.2%
Neutral5.9%
Negative5.9%
Written reviews20 reviews
Positive80.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative10.0%

In-app purchases

None

Creality Scan

No in-app purchases

None

PrusaLinkiOS

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Creality Scan free?
Creality Scan is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is PrusaLinkiOS free?
PrusaLinkiOS is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Creality Scan or PrusaLinkiOS?
PrusaLinkiOS is rated higher. Creality Scan averages 1.7 out of 5 from 105 ratings, while PrusaLinkiOS averages 4.3 from 19 ratings.
Do Creality Scan or PrusaLinkiOS have ads?
Neither Creality Scan nor PrusaLinkiOS shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Creality Scan or PrusaLinkiOS?
Creality Scan ships an update every 2 months, and PrusaLinkiOS every 2 months. Most recently, Creality Scan was updated on October 27, 2026 and PrusaLinkiOS on October 21, 2026.

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