ThingAlarm vs 3DboxME
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ThingAlarm
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ThingAlarm is an app for monitoring IoT sensor data. Data is sent to ThingAlarm via interfaces such as HTTP(s) from a sensor or a LoRaWAN network server. In the web console, the user defines various rules to specify which events should trigger a push notification to the ThingAlarm app clients. The app can notify users, for example, when a temperature threshold is exceeded or a smoke detector is triggered.
3DboxME
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3DboxME is an easy to use tool which creates a 3D model out of 6 photos of a box or any other rectangular object. All you need to do is to take normal photos of each of the 6 faces of the box and point out the corners on each of those faces. 3DboxME will then create a 3D representation of the box and let you save it to desk, from where you can send it to your website and let it stand out. The tool is free to use and require no account information, you just install it and use it without giving out any personal information.
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Verdict
ThingAlarm and 3DboxME are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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.
| Parameter | ThingAlarm | 3DboxME |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.2 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Alexander Egger | Henrik Rasmussen |
In-app purchases
ThingAlarm
No in-app purchases
3DboxME
No in-app purchases
