Comparison

QIDI Maker vs Minus5

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

Head to head
About

QIDI Maker

Control and monitor your 3D printer remotely from your phone. View print status, manage tasks, and watch timelapses of your creations. Designed for a convenient and reliable printing experience.

Highlights
  • Remote machine control
  • Real-time print monitoring
  • Smart task management
  • Timelapse video creation
  • Print status viewing
  • Printer configuration
Features
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Master your 3D printing at your fingertips. This app is a dedicated mobile control tool for QIDI printers, designed to provide you with a convenient and reliable remote printing experience. Key Features - Remote Machine Control: View print status, configure, and operate your QIDI printer anytime, anywhere via your phone. - Real-Time Print Monitoring: High-definition live video (Liveview) allows you to clearly track print progress and never miss a detail. - Smart Task Management: Conveniently start, pause, or stop print jobs, and handle issues that arise during the printing process. - Timelapse Review: Automatically records the printing process to create stunning timelapse videos, making it easy for you to review and share your printing achievements. We focus on delivering stable and efficient device control and user services, simplifying operations so you can concentrate on creation itself. Whether you’re an experienced expert or a beginner, this tool will be your capable printing assistant.

About

Minus5

Never miss a moment again. This app records video in the background, allowing you to capture events that have already happened by tapping after the fact. It automatically saves the seconds leading up to your tap, perfect for sports, action, or any spontaneous event.

Highlights
  • Background video recording
  • Post-event capture
  • Automatic highlight reel creation
  • Customizable event buttons
  • Broadcast-style graphics
  • Volume button recording
  • Adjustable pre/post-tap recording
Features
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Started recording too late again? Minus5 already has it. While the camera is open, Minus5 keeps the last seconds of video. When something happens, tap after the fact: the clip starts before your tap and keeps recording a few seconds after it. Everything you didn't mark is overwritten, so a whole match leaves only the clips you tapped. HOW IT WORKS • Point the camera and watch the game, the skate park or your cat. • Tap the event's button once it has happened. The seconds before are already in the clip. • Every clip is saved with the name of its event: GOAL, KICKFLIP, LIGHTNING or a name of your own. HIGHLIGHT REEL Clips come together in a project: a soccer or basketball game, a sparring session, a skate ride or a collection. They line up in the order they were shot, each with its match time and score. On goal clips, tap +1 for the team that scored, and the rest pick up the score. If you started filming after kickoff or a goal didn't make it into a clip, set the score before the clip by hand. Project graphics sit on the video like a broadcast: a scoreboard, team names, match time, a title and the date. Five styles, each block placed where you want it. Export with the graphics or without. One clip with graphics exports for free. The whole project in one video, every highlight of the match or only the goals, takes Minus5 Pro. Pro also lets you turn off the logo at the end. Minus5 stays free. Buy Pro once to keep it forever, or subscribe monthly. EVENT BUTTONS • Ready-made presets: soccer, basketball, combat sports, skate, pets and street • Your own buttons with a name, icon and color • Two moments back to back both save in full • Tap again during the countdown for 5 more seconds • MAX pulls everything the camera still has into one clip • Seconds before and after the tap, set per button (up to 60 and 30) REC THAT REACHES BACK • REC starts up to 90 seconds in the past and records until you stop it • Start and stop it with the volume buttons or a Bluetooth camera remote, without looking at the screen CAMERA • 720p, 1080p or 4K at 30 or 60 fps • Zoom across the lenses; zoom and exposure on Camera Control • Stabilization: off, standard or cinematic • 1080p at 30 fps lasts a whole match SHARING • Export to Photos with the event badge and the logo at the end • Trim the clip, rotate it or change its event before export • Crop: zoom in on the moment up to 3×, and only that part of the frame goes into the video • Replay: a moment from the clip plays again right after, up to 4× slower • The original clip stays untouched and keeps its real capture date Help and questions: support@minus5app.com, https://minus5app.com/support Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

QIDI Maker4 screens
Minus54 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Minus5 at 100% against QIDI Maker's 25%. Minus5 also leads on rating (5.0 vs 1.8) and update cadence (every 6 days vs every 2 months). QIDI Maker's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ratings volume (19 vs 2). On price and ads 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. Minus5 sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. QIDI Maker asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Minus5 holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: QIDI Maker has 19 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 25% of QIDI Maker's written reviews are positive against 100% of Minus5's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

QIDI Maker ships an update every 2 months, Minus5 every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
QIDI Maker versus Minus5: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterQIDI MakerMinus5
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.8 (19 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews25.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings19 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 6 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperZhejiang Qidi Technology Co., Ltd.Andrey Shestakov

Customer experience

QIDI Maker

All ratings19 ratings
Positive21.1%
Neutral5.3%
Negative73.7%
Written reviews12 reviews
Positive25.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative75.0%

Minus5

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

QIDI Maker

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Minus5

Subscriptions1
  • Minus5 Pro Monthly$1.991 Month
One-time1
  • Minus5 Pro Forever$9.99

Questions

Is QIDI Maker free?
QIDI Maker is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Minus5 free?
Minus5 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, QIDI Maker or Minus5?
Minus5 is rated higher. QIDI Maker averages 1.8 out of 5 from 19 ratings, while Minus5 averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do QIDI Maker or Minus5 have ads?
Neither QIDI Maker nor Minus5 shows ads.
Which is updated more often, QIDI Maker or Minus5?
QIDI Maker ships an update every 2 months, and Minus5 every 6 days. Most recently, QIDI Maker was updated on October 18, 2026 and Minus5 on October 14, 2026.

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