3D Cost vs PDC360
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
3D Cost
Calculate the true cost of your 3D prints with this intuitive calculator. It helps enthusiasts and professionals determine production expenses and set profitable selling prices by analyzing filament, print time, and energy consumption.
- Detailed cost calculation
- Comprehensive cost reports
- Selling price suggestions
- Cost simulation
- Printer registration and management
- Calculation history
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Discover the True Cost of Your 3D Prints with the 3D Printing Calculator! This intuitive app was designed to help 3D printing enthusiasts and professionals accurately calculate production costs and set appropriate selling prices. Our tool makes the cost evaluation process simpler and more precise. Key Features: Detailed Cost Calculation: Enter filament data, print time, energy consumption, and other parameters to get a complete cost analysis. Comprehensive Reports: View all detailed costs, including material usage, energy, machine maintenance, and other variable expenses. Selling Price Suggestions: Set your desired profit margin and get suggested selling prices to ensure profitability. Cost Simulation: Experiment with different parameters and see how they affect the total cost and suggested price. Printer Registration: Register and manage all your 3D printers. Calculation History: View all past calculations with details like date, printer used, consumption values, and notes.
PDC360
This application simplifies the setup and management of thermal patient ID printers for healthcare IT. It allows for diagnostics, firmware upgrades, print setting adjustments, and security configuration, ensuring efficient wristband printing support.
- Printer diagnostics
- Firmware upgrades
- Print setting adjustments
- Security configuration
- Effortless setup
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The PDC360™ app helps healthcare IT teams effortlessly set up, manage, and troubleshoot Certis® C1-30 thermal patient ID printers. From a single intuitive interface, IT professionals can run diagnostics, upgrade firmware, adjust security and print settings, and connect devices to PDC360 Device Management software. By streamlining printer support, the app minimizes IT overhead so clinicians can focus entirely on patient care.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: PDC360 at Free against 3D Cost's $0.99. PDC360 also leads on rating (5.0 vs 1.0) and ads (none vs shown). 3D Cost's advantage is update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 6 months). On ratings volume, 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
PDC360 is free to download; 3D Cost costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
PDC360 holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively.
3D Cost ships an update every 6 weeks, PDC360 every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | 3D Cost | PDC360 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 1.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 6 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 17.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 115 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Marcos Roberto Hohl | Brady Corporation |
Customer experience
3D Cost
PDC360
In-app purchases
3D Cost
No in-app purchases
PDC360
No in-app purchases
