Comparison

CN 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

CN

Features
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The CN-Seamless app is a utility for Mach 1 users. It provides update notifications, software installation, and a direct way to share logs with CN-Seamless engineering teams when issues come up. ### What the App Does **Update Notifications** See when new Mach 1 software updates are available, including fixes and changes relevant to your machine. **Download & Install Updates** Download approved updates and install them directly onto your Mach 1. **Send Logs to Engineering** When something isn’t behaving as expected, you can send system logs directly to CN-Seamless engineers to help diagnose and resolve the issue.

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

CN4 screens
CutArc Connect4 screens

Verdict

The call

CN and CutArc Connect 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
CN versus CutArc Connect: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCNCutArc Connect
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS26.0 — better26.2
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCN-Seamless Inc.Robert Sivonen

In-app purchases

None

CN

No in-app purchases

None

CutArc Connect

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is CN free?
CN 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 CN or CutArc Connect have ads?
Neither CN nor CutArc Connect shows ads.

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