Comparison

Flash Maker vs SurvivalKnife

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Remote printer status check
  • Live video monitoring
  • Group management for multiple printers
  • Convenient 3D printing control
Features
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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.

About

SurvivalKnife

Build a personalized emergency preparedness plan for your household, including medications, pets, and vehicles. Access offline maps, routing, and essential supplies inventory. Stay informed with local alerts and daily survival lessons.

Highlights
  • Personalized household emergency plans
  • Offline maps and turn-by-turn routing
  • Inventory management and needs calculator
  • Household records and private vault
  • Local alerts and notifications
  • Daily survival lessons and field guide
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Most emergency advice is written for a generic family that doesn't exist. SurvivalKnife builds a plan around the people actually in your home - their medications and mobility needs, your pets, your dwelling, your vehicles - and it keeps working when the cell network doesn't. A PLAN FOR YOUR ACTUAL HOUSEHOLD Answer a few questions and SurvivalKnife writes a plan specific to you: who lives there, what they need, and the hazards where you live. Every plan comes with an action checklist you can tick off, attach photos to, and print. Seven ready-made plans - flood, wildfire, hurricane, earthquake, tornado, power outage and more - work instantly and offline. Personalize any of them to make it yours. When something isn't on file, the plan asks you instead of guessing. OFFLINE MAPS AND OFFLINE ROUTING Download the states you care about and get a real map with turn-by-turn routing and no cell service at all. The routing engine runs on your phone, not in the cloud. Layers for shelters, hospitals, fire and police, and water stay available offline, plus cellular coverage maps so you know where you'd get a signal. KNOW WHAT YOU HAVE - AND WHAT'S MISSING Scan a shelf with your camera or add items by voice. SurvivalKnife scores your readiness against real scenarios and shows the next most important gap to close. The needs calculator does the math for your household: calories, water, sanitation and days of supply, adjusted for climate and activity. ONE PLAN, EVERY PHONE IN THE HOUSE Family Edition covers up to 5 people. Plans, saved materials, routes, inventory and your household profile stay in sync on everyone's phone. Younger members get Youth View - a simplified version that shows only what a guardian has approved for them. HOUSEHOLD RECORDS, READY WHEN YOU NEED THEM Printable medical and contact wallet cards. Blood types, medications, allergies, mobility needs, key contacts, addresses with dwelling details and vehicles - all in one place, all feeding your plans. A PRIVATE VAULT THAT STAYS ON YOUR PHONE Passports, insurance, IDs. Vault items stay on your device, never sync to your household, and are excluded from AI and search. Set a vault PIN to encrypt them. KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING NEAR YOU Wildfire detections, weather warnings, air quality and earthquakes on the map, with notifications for the ones near your home. LEARN BEFORE YOU NEED IT A two-minute daily survival lesson with streaks and skill paths, plus an offline field guide covering water, first aid, shelter and navigation - readable with no connection. PRIVACY Your Personal Vault never syncs - not to us, not to your household - and setting a vault PIN encrypts it on your device. Household details shared with AI to build a plan are minimized: first names only, never phone numbers, emails or addresses. Maps and routing run on your phone. No ads. No data sold. SUBSCRIPTION Start with a 14-day free trial of everything. Then Field Edition is $19.99/year for one person, or Family Edition is $39.99/year for a household of up to 5 - about 67 cents per person per month. Everything you set up during the trial is saved. Subscriptions are billed annually to your Apple Account and renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://survivalknife.ai/privacy IMPORTANT SurvivalKnife is a preparedness and educational reference tool. It is not a substitute for professional training, qualified medical care, or emergency response services. It does not contact emergency services, monitor your location, or alert anyone on your behalf. In any actual emergency, call 911 or your local emergency number.

Screenshots

Flash Maker3 screens
SurvivalKnife4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: SurvivalKnife at 5.0 against Flash Maker's 2.0. Flash Maker's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ratings volume (627 vs 1). On price and ads 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. SurvivalKnife sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $19.99 per year. Flash Maker asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

SurvivalKnife holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Flash Maker has 627 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Flash Maker versus SurvivalKnife: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFlash MakerSurvivalKnife
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.0 (627 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews16.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings627 — better1
Update frequencyMonthly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS12.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size109 MB168 MB
Age rating17+12+
Developer浙江闪铸三维科技有限公司Atherton Labs LLC

Customer experience

Flash Maker

All ratings453 ratings
Positive19.0%
Neutral4.6%
Negative76.4%
Written reviews335 reviews
Positive16.7%
Neutral5.7%
Negative77.6%

SurvivalKnife

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

Bugs and requests

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

SurvivalKnife

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Flash Maker

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

SurvivalKnife

Subscriptions2
  • Field Edition14 Days trial$19.991 Year
  • Family Edition14 Days trial$39.991 Year

Questions

Is Flash Maker free?
Flash Maker is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is SurvivalKnife free?
SurvivalKnife is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Flash Maker or SurvivalKnife?
SurvivalKnife is rated higher. Flash Maker averages 2.0 out of 5 from 627 ratings, while SurvivalKnife averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Flash Maker or SurvivalKnife have ads?
Neither Flash Maker nor SurvivalKnife shows ads.

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