Snapmaker vs Falkon Scouting
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Snapmaker
Control and monitor your 3D printer remotely. Start prints, capture time-lapses, and access tutorials and support directly from your mobile device.
- Remote printer control
- Real-time monitoring
- Remote printing initiation
- Time-lapse video recording
- Access knowledge base
- Contact support
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A mobile app designed specifically for Snapmaker 3D printers. - Remote Printer Control: Monitor and control your 3D printer and print jobs anytime, anywhere. - Remote Monitoring: Watch and capture every printing moment in real time. - Remote Printing: Access files stored locally on your printer and start prints with just a tap. - Time-Lapse Recording: Create time-lapse videos to record and share your printing moments. - Knowledge Base: Browse tutorials and troubleshooting guides anytime. - Contact Support: Need help? Reach out to us directly through the Snapmaker App. Our team is ready to assist. We value every user’s feedback and ideas, and we’re committed to growing together with you. Learn more at www.snapmaker.com
Falkon Scouting
This app facilitates real-time data input for robotics competitions, leveraging external data sources to track robot capabilities like fuel interaction and climb accuracy. It aims to assist teams during alliance selection by providing insights into robot performance.
- Real-time data input
- Utilizes external data sources
- Tracks robot capabilities
- Analyzes fuel interactions
- Monitors climb accuracies
- Assists alliance selection
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The 589 REBUILT Scouting App was created for the 2026 FIRST Robotics Competition. The app allows for real time data input from scouters while utilizing information from The Blue Alliance. Users can use the app to discover a robot's capabilities throughout a competition, such as average fuel interactions and climb accuracies. Although the data is free to view by anyone from any organization, its primary goal is to assist FRC teams during Alliance Selection.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Falkon Scouting at 100% against Snapmaker's 29%. Falkon Scouting also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.0) and update cadence (every 4 days vs every 4 weeks). Snapmaker's advantage is ratings volume (44 vs 5) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 16.4). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
Falkon Scouting holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Snapmaker has 44 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 29% of Snapmaker's written reviews are positive against 100% of Falkon Scouting's.
Snapmaker ships an update every 4 weeks, Falkon Scouting every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Snapmaker | Falkon Scouting |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (44 ratings) | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 28.6% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 44 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 82 MB | 56 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | snapmaker | Jacob Poole |
Customer experience
Snapmaker
Falkon Scouting
In-app purchases
Snapmaker
No in-app purchases
Falkon Scouting
No in-app purchases
