Comparison

3D Print Cost vs LayerLog

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

Head to head
About

3D Print Cost

This app helps 3D printing enthusiasts and professionals track filament usage, calculate print costs, and manage sales and profits. It provides real-time data on material and energy expenses, inventory alerts, and customer order tracking to optimize workshop operations.

Highlights
  • Real-time cost calculation
  • Material and energy tracking
  • Filament inventory management
  • Sales and profit tracking
  • Customer directory
  • Cross-platform sync
Features
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Know exactly what your 3D prints cost before setting a price. PrintMate combines a 3D printing cost calculator, filament inventory tracker, and sales manager in one easy-to-use app. Whether you print for fun, sell your creations, or manage multiple printers, keep your workshop organized and make more informed pricing decisions. CALCULATE YOUR 3D PRINTING COSTS Go beyond filament and electricity. Build a detailed cost estimate using your material usage, print duration, printer settings, and additional expenses. • Calculate filament, electricity, and printer wear costs. • Include labor, packaging, delivery, hardware, and custom expenses. • Calculate costs for multiple filaments within a single print. • Create printer profiles with individual power consumption and depreciation settings. • Keep a history of your prints with saved cost breakdowns. PRICE YOUR WORK WITH CONFIDENCE Find a selling price that accounts for your costs and the profit you want to make. • Calculate suggested prices using a target profit margin or markup. • Account for VAT, discounts, and percentage-based fees. • See estimated profit and margin before recording a sale. • Save pricing details for future reference. MANAGE FILAMENT & INVENTORY Manage your filament collection by brand, material, color, and price. Enable inventory tracking to update remaining filament weight when you record a print. • Monitor remaining filament and spot low stock. • Organize materials for single-color and multicolor projects. • Track hardware and packaging supplies. • Manage finished-print inventory alongside your materials. MANAGE CUSTOMERS AND ORDERS Keep the business side of your workshop organized, from the first quote to delivery. • Maintain a customer directory with linked orders and sales. • Track orders through quoted, accepted, printed, and delivered stages. • Monitor payment status and delivery deadlines. • Record quantities, costs, and selling prices. CREATE QUOTES AND INVOICES Turn order details into clear documents for your customers. • Create and share PDF quotes and invoices. • Include your business and customer information. • Keep issued documents available for future reference. TRACK SALES, EXPENSES & PROFIT Understand your revenue, expenses, and profit with sales summaries and detailed breakdowns. • Review performance across different periods. • Identify leading products and customers by revenue or profit. • Record one-time and recurring business expenses. • See where your money goes and which projects earn the most. IMPORT BAMBU LAB PRINT HISTORY Connect your Bambu Lab account to browse available print history and import print details, reducing manual entry. SYNC ACROSS YOUR APPLE DEVICES : Use PrintMate on iPhone, iPad, and Mac, with iCloud sync to keep your workshop data available across your devices. PRINTMATE PREMIUM : Get started free with up to 5 filaments, 5 prints, 5 customers, and 5 sales. An optional PrintMate Premium purchase removes these item limits. Download PrintMate and bring your printing costs, inventory, and business records together. ————————— Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

LayerLog

Features
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LayerLog is a print log for 3D printing that stops the same failure from happening twice. Log what you print, how it turned out, and the settings that worked, then watch your success rate climb. No account, no tracking. Everything lives on your device and in your private iCloud, and syncs across your iPhone, iPad, and Mac. WHAT LAYERLOG DOES Print log with result and photos. Record the model, material, printer, spool, and profile, mark it a success, partial, or fail, and add a photo and a quality rating. Settings that worked. Save slicer profiles per filament and model type: nozzle and bed temperature, print speed, layer height, retraction, flow, and fan. Filament stash math. Track every spool with grams left, drawn down on its own as you log prints, plus cost per print from what the spool cost you. Failure notes with fixes. Tag a failed print with its cause and the fix that cleared it, backed by a built-in guide to ten common FDM failures with symptoms and steps. A success rate you can see. A success rate for the last 30 days, outcomes by week, filament by material, and success by material, all drawn as charts. Maintenance reminders. Set an interval for each printer task and LayerLog tracks due and overdue, with an optional local reminder per task. SYNC AND EXPORT LayerLog syncs across iPhone, iPad, and Mac with iCloud. Export a printable PDF report or CSV files of your prints, filament, and profiles whenever you want your data elsewhere. FREE VS PRO Free includes 15 prints with every tool: results, photos, spool tracking, cost per print, the fix guide, and maintenance reminders. Pro unlocks unlimited prints and unlimited settings profiles, plus the PDF and CSV exports. LayerLog is a personal log for your own records. Print, log, adjust. The next print goes better. LayerLog Pro subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Payment is charged to your Apple Account. Manage or cancel anytime in Settings. Privacy Policy: https://innovalabworks.com/privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

3D Print Cost4 screens
LayerLog4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: LayerLog at none against 3D Print Cost's shown. On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and device support 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. 3D Print Cost sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days and LayerLog sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

3D Print Cost ships an update every 3 weeks, LayerLog every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
3D Print Cost versus LayerLog: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter3D Print CostLayerLog
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (18 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews90.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings18 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.618.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size45 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEMRE YILDIRIMInnovaLabWorks

In-app purchases

9 purchases

3D Print Cost

Subscriptions5
  • Weekly Subscription$0.997 Days
  • Monthly Subscription$0.991 Month
  • Montly Subscription$2.991 Month
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  • Yearly Subscription3 Days trial$9.991 Year
  • Yearly Subscription$14.991 Year
One-time4
  • Lifetime Offer$14.99
  • PrintMatePromo$19.99
  • Lifetime Subscription$29.99
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  • Lifetime Access$39.99
3 purchases

LayerLog

Subscriptions2
  • LayerLog Pro$3.991 Month
  • LayerLog Pro$24.991 Year
One-time1
  • LayerLog Lifetime$59.99

Questions

Is 3D Print Cost free?
3D Print Cost is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is LayerLog free?
LayerLog is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do 3D Print Cost or LayerLog have ads?
3D Print Cost shows ads; LayerLog does not.
Which is updated more often, 3D Print Cost or LayerLog?
3D Print Cost ships an update every 3 weeks, and LayerLog every 2 weeks. Most recently, 3D Print Cost was updated on October 24, 2026 and LayerLog on October 7, 2026.

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