Comparison

Thingiverse MakerWorld | 3Drop vs 3DCDesign

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

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About

Thingiverse MakerWorld | 3Drop

Consolidate your 3D model searching and collecting across multiple platforms into one app. Find, organize, and manage designs from various sites with cross-platform search and unified favorites.

Highlights
  • Cross-platform 3D model search
  • Unified favorites and collections
  • Cloud sync across devices
  • Website account integration
  • Download management
  • Content filtering
Features
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All your favorite 3D printing model sites — one app. 3Drop brings together Printables, Thingiverse, MakerWorld, Cults 3D, Thangs, Maker Online, Creality Cloud, GrabCAD, MyMiniFactory, and NextPrint into a single, unified experience. Stop switching between browsers and tabs — find, collect, and manage 3D models across all major platforms. 【Cross-Platform Search】 Search across all 10 websites at once. Filter by category, price, license, and more. Sort by relevance, popularity, or upload date to find exactly what you need. 【Unified Favorites & Collections】 Like models from any site and organize them into custom lists. Create themed collections — group by project, material, or printer. All your favorites in one place, no matter the source. 【Cloud Sync】 Sign in to sync favorites across all your devices. Your collections stay up to date everywhere. You can also sync likes and follows directly with each website's account. 【Website Account Integration】 Log in to each website within the app. Check your login status, view your profile, browse your published designs, and manage follows — all without leaving 3Drop. 【Competitions】 Browse active design competitions from supported platforms. See entries, deadlines, and prizes at a glance. 【Personalization】 Light, Dark, and System themes with Material You support Customize card layout: choose which details to display Adjust image fit, title position, and grid layout 7 languages: English, German, Spanish, French, Japanese, Korean, Chinese 【Download Management】 Track your downloaded files, choose storage locations, and clean up history with a built-in download manager. Supported sites: • Printables • Thingiverse • Cults 3D • MakerWorld • Thangs • Maker Online • Creality Cloud • GrabCAD • NextPrint • MyMiniFactory 3Drop is the essential companion app for 3D printing enthusiasts, makers, and hobbyists. Whether you're looking for your next print or managing a growing collection of favorites, 3Drop keeps everything organized in one place. Download now and explore millions of 3D models from across the web. You may purchase an auto-renewing subscription through an In-App Purchase. • Auto-renewable subscription • 1-month ($1.99) duration • 12-month ($14.99) duration • Your subscription will be charged to your iTunes account at confirmation of purchase. It will automatically renew (at the duration selected) unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. • Current subscription may not be canceled during the active subscription period; however, you can manage your subscription and turn off auto-renewal by visiting your iTunes Account Settings after purchase Privacy Policies: https://three-drop.com/privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://three-drop.com/terms

About

3DCDesign

Manage your 3D printing workflow locally. Track printer profiles, print jobs, materials, and customer records. Access resources for planning and troubleshooting prints, with tools for estimates and reports.

Highlights
  • Printer profile management
  • Material inventory tracking
  • Print job logging
  • Cost and speed estimates
  • Local gallery organization
  • Printer references and guides
  • Optional local printer connections
Features
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3DCDesign is a print log, spool tracker and cost calculator for 3D printing at home. Your records are kept on your device, with no account, no ads and no tracking. If you start selling prints, it handles quotes, customers and invoices too. Start in three steps Choose your printer from more than 300 models and your filament from more than 60 brands, and say whether you sell prints. Or try a sample workshop first. Know when a print should be done Start a print with its time estimate and a Live Activity counts down on your Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island. When the time is up, a notification lets you mark it done, mark it failed or snooze it. Home Screen widgets show the active print, today's list and low filament. Log every print Log a print in one quick sheet, or pick its sliced file (.gcode, .bgcode or .gcode.3mf) to fill in the time, filament and preview. Add photos and notes, and give a failed print a reason. Know every spool Stock goes down as you log prints, with a full history. Restock by filament, not by spool: group spools of one filament into a product with one total and one restock level. Planning a print checks there is enough filament, and 3DCDesign estimates how long each filament will last at your pace. Scan OpenPrintTag or OpenSpool NFC tags, import spools from a Spoolman export and print QR labels. Optional notifications tell you when a filament runs low or a spool may need drying. Know what each print costs Price a print from material, machine time, electricity, labor, packaging, shipping, fees and waste. Choose markup, target margin or a flat rate and see your cost floor. Measure STL, 3MF and OBJ models for size and estimated weight. Fix prints and learn Print Doctor has 25 guides for common filament and resin problems, with the slicer settings to change. Hobby calculators, a material guide and a 120-term glossary work offline. Look after your printers Keep maintenance schedules, service history and reminders for each printer. See status from your own Moonraker/Klipper, OctoPrint or PrusaLink host on your network; controls stay off until you turn them on, and every command is confirmed. Everything works offline too. Free backups that check themselves Creating, previewing and restoring backups is free, with or without your Gallery photos and videos. New backups test themselves, automatic backups can go to a folder you choose, and a restore keeps a safety copy you can go back to for 24 hours. When you start selling Choose selling in Settings and Home shows today's agenda, money owed and active prints. Quotes and invoices carry your business details, logo and a payment QR code. Free: receipts for invoice payments and deposits, invoice drafts with a watermarked preview, what-if pricing and up to 25 active customers. Emails and texts open in your own mail or messaging app; 3DCDesign never sends anything itself. Business Premium (optional subscription) A monthly or annual subscription for sellers that adds: - Issuing and correcting invoices - Purchase orders - Customer Pro tools: statements, price lists, follow-up templates and reorders - Accountant export, with QuickBooks Online, Xero and Wave layouts - Saved what-if scenarios - More than 25 active customers, for workspaces created after this limit began Backups and every record you make stay free. Private by design No sign-in, ads, analytics or tracking. Your records, photos and backups are not uploaded to us. They leave the app only when you export, share, back up, send an email or text from your own mail app, or connect to your own printer. Your phone's own device backup may also include them. Privacy Policy: https://3dcdesign.com/privacy-policy/ Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Thingiverse MakerWorld | 3Drop4 screens
3DCDesign4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: 3DCDesign at free against Thingiverse MakerWorld | 3Drop's subscription. 3DCDesign also leads on ads (none vs shown) and rating (5.0 vs 4.8). Thingiverse MakerWorld | 3Drop's advantage is update cadence (every 9 days vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (395 vs 1). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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. Thingiverse MakerWorld | 3Drop sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and 3DCDesign sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

3DCDesign holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Thingiverse MakerWorld | 3Drop has 395 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Thingiverse MakerWorld | 3Drop ships an update every 9 days, 3DCDesign every 2 months. Both last shipped on October 25, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Thingiverse MakerWorld | 3Drop versus 3DCDesign: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterThingiverse MakerWorld | 3Drop3DCDesign
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (395 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews79.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings395 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 9 days — betterEvery 2 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationSubscriptionFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size66 MB230 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperWU FU-HUNGEarl Hayes

Customer experience

Thingiverse MakerWorld | 3Drop

All ratings395 ratings
Positive95.7%
Neutral1.0%
Negative3.3%
Written reviews63 reviews
Positive79.4%
Neutral4.8%
Negative15.9%

3DCDesign

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Thingiverse MakerWorld | 3Drop

Reported bugs

9 issues
  • App closes after 10 seconds
  • Account connection/syncing not working for Thingiverse and Cults 3D
  • Printables.com not appearing in results
  • App keeps crashing
  • App force closes when scrolling
Show 4 more
  • Keyboard remains open after search input and cannot be closed
  • Syncing only brings back a fraction of favorites
  • Previews don't load in-app, requires opening in browser
  • Search results are not comprehensive or ranked correctly

Requested features

10 requests
  • Nexprint account support
  • More Creality friendly prints
  • More print options for storage, wall shelves etc.
  • Printables.com login/sync fix
  • Thangs integration fix
Show 5 more
  • Filter to sort by date/newest models
  • PC version of the app
  • Sort function by likes or trends
  • Add MyMiniFactory
  • iPad app version

3DCDesign

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Thingiverse MakerWorld | 3Drop

Subscriptions3
  • Support Me Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Support Me Yearly (Ad-Free)$9.991 Year
  • Support Me Yearly7 Days trial$17.991 Year
One-time2
  • Buy Me Filaments$29.99
  • Buy Me Filaments$39.99
2 purchases

3DCDesign

Subscriptions2
  • 3DCDesign App - Monthly$2.991 Month
  • 3DCDesign App - Yearly$29.991 Year

Questions

Is Thingiverse MakerWorld | 3Drop free?
Thingiverse MakerWorld | 3Drop is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is 3DCDesign free?
3DCDesign is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Thingiverse MakerWorld | 3Drop or 3DCDesign?
3DCDesign is rated higher. Thingiverse MakerWorld | 3Drop averages 4.8 out of 5 from 395 ratings, while 3DCDesign averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Thingiverse MakerWorld | 3Drop or 3DCDesign have ads?
Thingiverse MakerWorld | 3Drop shows ads; 3DCDesign does not.
Which is updated more often, Thingiverse MakerWorld | 3Drop or 3DCDesign?
Thingiverse MakerWorld | 3Drop ships an update every 9 days, and 3DCDesign every 2 months. Most recently, Thingiverse MakerWorld | 3Drop was updated on October 25, 2026 and 3DCDesign on October 25, 2026.

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