Comparison

Longer Studio vs CutArc Connect

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

Head to head
About

Longer Studio

Features
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Longer Studio is the official mobile companion app for Longer laser engravers and UV printers. Design, edit, connect, and run jobs from your iPhone or iPad—no computer required. KEY FEATURES • Device Connection & Setup Connect via WiFi or Bluetooth provisioning. Discover Longer devices on your network and monitor device status in real time. • Laser Creation Visual canvas editor: import images, add text and shapes, manage layers, and adjust laser parameters (power, speed, mode, and more). Apply image processing filters and send engraving jobs to your machine. • UV Print Creation Built for UV printers: multi-layer editing, specialized print modes, print area preview, and job submission. • AI Creation Generate images with built-in AI tools and import results directly into your canvas for further editing. • Job Control For lasers: framing, focus, progress, and status monitoring. For printers: job progress and history. • Projects & Assets Import LGS project files, material libraries, and case templates to speed up your workflow. • Device Maintenance Firmware updates, device settings, third-axis/accessory configuration, and maintenance tools. • Multilingual UI Available in multiple languages, optimized for phone and tablet. REQUIREMENTS This app is designed to work with Longer laser engravers and UV printers. Supported models are listed in the app and on our website. SUPPORT Questions or feedback? Use in-app feedback or email support@longer.net. Download Longer Studio and create anywhere.

About

CutArc Connect

Easily capture sketches, templates, or existing parts and convert them into cut files for CNC plasma cutting. Generate custom signs with stencil fonts or AI-powered text descriptions. Access essential cut charts and a design library on the go.

Highlights
  • Scan sketches and parts into cut files
  • Automatic edge detection and correction
  • Create custom signs with stencil fonts
  • AI-generated vector art from text
  • Shop reference charts for materials
  • Browse and save designs from a library
Features
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Draw a part on paper. Scan it with your phone. Open it in CutArc, ready to cut. CutArc Connect is the pocket companion to CutArc, the browser-based CAD/CAM for CNC plasma cutting. It puts the two things a fabricator actually needs on the shop floor — capturing real-world shapes and quick reference — right in your pocket, with everything synced to your CutArc account. SCAN ANYTHING INTO A CUT FILE — Point the scanner at a sketch, a template, or a part lying on the bench. Automatic edge detection, perspective correction, and shadow removal turn a phone photo into clean vector geometry — then trace it on-device or with CutArc's cloud tracer and save it straight to your projects. TYPE A SIGN — Pick a stencil font, type a name, and preview a cut-ready sign design in seconds. Made for the "can you cut me one with my name on it?" moment. DESCRIBE IT, GET GEOMETRY — AI design generation turns a text description into plasma-ready vector art. Free accounts include weekly generations. YOUR SHOP'S REFERENCE CARD — Cut charts for common materials and thicknesses — amperage, feed rate, kerf — without walking back to the office computer. ONE ACCOUNT, EVERY SCREEN — Everything you capture or design on your phone appears in your CutArc projects, ready to open in the web designer or the CutArc desktop app for nesting, kerf compensation, and G-code. Sign in with Apple, Google, or email — or create a free account right in the app. BROWSE THE DESIGN LIBRARY — Ready-to-cut designs, searchable by category, saved to your projects in a tap. CutArc supports 12+ plasma table controllers including Mach3, LinuxCNC, GRBL, Langmuir FireControl, and Hypertherm — design on your phone, cut from your table.

Screenshots

Longer Studio4 screens
CutArc Connect4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: Longer Studio at 3 against CutArc Connect's 1. Longer Studio also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 26.2). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Longer Studio versus CutArc Connect: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLonger StudioCutArc Connect
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyWeekly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 — better26.2
Further details — not scored
Size113 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperShenzhen Longer3D Technology Co., Ltd.Robert Sivonen

In-app purchases

None

Longer Studio

No in-app purchases

None

CutArc Connect

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Longer Studio free?
Longer Studio is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is CutArc Connect free?
CutArc Connect is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Longer Studio or CutArc Connect have ads?
Neither Longer Studio nor CutArc Connect shows ads.

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