The Sandsara App vs LightMake
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
The Sandsara App
Control your SANDSARA device and explore new creative possibilities. Customize your experience by choosing from a library of paths, downloading new patterns, or translating existing ones. Curate your own collections for endless enjoyment.
- Full device control
- Explore new possibilities
- Path library access
- Download new patterns
- Translate polar/SVG paths
- Curate custom collections
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The official SANDSARA app gives you full control of your SANDSARA and lets you explore new possibilities. Everything you need to customize your experience is here! Enjoy any track, any time. Easily find the path you want and play it whenever you wish. The SANDSARA app allows you to choose from its own path library, download new patterns and translate existing polar or svg ones, which means you will be able to play pretty much any path you want. Curate your own collections.
LightMake
Manage your 3D printers remotely from your iPhone. Monitor print progress in real-time, control print jobs, and view live camera feeds. Easily set up new devices and secure your account with email or Google sign-in.
- Real-time print monitoring
- Remote print job control
- Live camera feed viewing
- Filament consumption tracking
- QR code device setup
- Local network device discovery
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LightMake helps you manage your LightMake 3D printers from your iPhone—whether you're at home or on the go. MONITOR EVERY PRINT • See real-time print progress and remaining time • View device status at a glance: printing, idle, or offline • Track daily filament consumption REMOTE CONTROL • Pause, stop, and manage print jobs remotely • Watch live camera feeds from your printer • Open multiple camera views when supported EASY DEVICE SETUP • Bind printers quickly with QR code scanning • Discover devices on your local network • Bluetooth-assisted Wi‑Fi provisioning ACCOUNT & SECURITY • Sign in with email or Google • Clear privacy policy and user agreement on first launch LightMake is built for makers who want reliable remote access to their printers—less guesswork, more control.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: LightMake at 100% against The Sandsara App's 50%. LightMake also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.1). The Sandsara App's advantage is ratings volume (39 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.
LightMake holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: The Sandsara App has 39 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of The Sandsara App's written reviews are positive against 100% of LightMake's.
The Sandsara App ships an update weekly, LightMake every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | The Sandsara App | LightMake |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.1 (39 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 39 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 10 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 115 MB | 87 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Eduardo Hernandez Cano | 贵 曾 |
Customer experience
The Sandsara App
LightMake
In-app purchases
The Sandsara App
No in-app purchases
LightMake
No in-app purchases
