Layerborn vs Print Farm
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Layerborn
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Layerborn is a 3D print-farm idle game about building a fabrication workshop from a single starter printer into a layered production network. Tap to complete prints, unlock recipes, research automation, specialize districts, prestige for permanent tech points, and push deeper into advanced materials and premium printer skins. Optional purchases add gems for boosts and trait rerolls or unlock cosmetic printer skins. Core progression is playable without purchases, and there are no ads, subscriptions, gambling mechanics, or randomized paid rewards.
Print Farm
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Ever wondered what it takes to run a real 3D printing business? Start with a single humble printer in your garage and build it into a print farm that spans the solar system. Print Farm is an idle tycoon game made by people who actually run one. HitPrints is a real 3D printing shop, and the game works the way real print farms do — designs get sliced, beds get leveled, prints fail, and the money is made by finding your bottleneck and crushing it. MASTER THE PRODUCTION CHAIN Every product flows through five stages: create designs in the Design Lab, prep them in the Slicer, print them on the Print Floor, polish them in Post-Process for bonus value, and sell them at the Shipping Dock. When one stage falls behind, the whole farm slows down. Spot the bottleneck, invest smart, and watch the profits flow. WATCH YOUR PRINTS COME TO LIFE The Print Floor is the heart of the game — prints grow layer by layer on animated printer beds. Tap finished prints to collect them at double value, or hire a Floor Worker to automate collection and a Manager to repair failed prints and speed up production. GROW FROM GARAGE TO GALAXY Found 12 facilities, each bigger than the last: Garage, Maker Space, Warehouse, Industrial Facility, Automated Megaplex, Orbital Print Station, Lunar Fab, Mars Colony Printer, Asteroid Belt Foundry, Europa Deep Fab, Titan Mega Forge, and the Dyson Swarm Assembler. Nothing ever resets — every facility keeps producing while you build the next one. UPGRADE YOUR FLEET 9 printer tiers, from a cheap starter kit to industrial machines to a construction-scale rig that prints houses and bridge sections. Unlock filament colors and materials that recolor your fleet and raise product value. KEEP PROGRESSING, EVEN OFFLINE • Innovation Points: permanent skill tree — production speed, offline earnings, cost cuts • R&D Lab: real-time research projects (2 to 48 hours) with permanent breakthroughs • Masterpiece Gallery: about 1 in 400 prints comes out flawless — enshrine it for a permanent bonus • Contracts: timed rush orders for big payouts • Viral Moments: catch the golden order for a cash jackpot or a ×7 production frenzy • Offline earnings: your farm keeps working while the app is closed — get notified when it's full MADE FOR MAKERS From Benchy boats and keychains to lithophanes, cosplay armor, drone frames, and full 3D-printed houses — if the community prints it, it's in here. Slicing, spools, failed first layers… you'll feel right at home. FREE MEANS FREE No forced ads. No account required. Optional rewarded ads let you double offline earnings or boost production — always your choice. Game Center leaderboards and iCloud save sync included. Download Print Farm and turn one printer into an empire.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Layerborn at none against Print Farm's shown. Layerborn also leads on iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.4). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | Layerborn | Print Farm |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | — | Weekly |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 26.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 86 MB | 25 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | SHANE ANDREW SMITH | Kevinsmak LLC |
In-app purchases
Layerborn
No in-app purchases
Print Farm
No in-app purchases
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