Comparison

Thrax vs MakerLink

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

Head to head
About

Thrax

Discover new travel destinations based on your preferences like budget and climate. Explore guides and photos from other travelers, and share your own travel stories and connect with a community.

Highlights
  • Personalized destination suggestions
  • Budget and climate filters
  • Browse travel guides and photos
  • Share travel stories
  • Chat with fellow travelers
  • Discover 50+ unique places
Features
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Some trips begin with a map. Others begin with a spin of the wheel. Thrax helps you find your next destination without drowning in options. Set your budget, climate, and travel style, then let the wheel land on one of 50+ places — from cliffside villages to neon city streets to mountain trails you've only seen in photos. Browse travel guides, journals, and snapshots from people who've already been there. When you're ready to share your own route, post your story and chat with fellow travelers along the way.

About

MakerLink

Features
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MakerLink is a creative journal and maker community for people who build, bake, craft, repair, design, and learn by doing. Every work has a journey. MakerLink helps you capture the full story behind a real project — your idea, progress, problems, improvements, and finished result — all in one place. Create a work, add updates, save meaningful stages, publish when ready, and let ideas grow through forks and new directions. HOW MAKERLINK WORKS 1 Create a Work
Start with something real you want to make, repair, cook, build, design, or improve. Add inspiration, materials, tools, and your next step. 2 Add Updates
Log progress as you go. Record what changed, what failed, what you learned, what you’ll try next, photos, mood, and time spent. 3 Save Stages
Turn experiments, fixes, and improvements into clear milestones. Each stage represents a meaningful version of your work. 4 Publish When Ready
Share only the stage you choose. Your private drafts and unfinished updates stay private. 5 Fork & Evolve
Discover works from other makers. Fork a published stage and grow it into your own new direction without copying the creator’s private history. EXPLORE REAL MAKER WORKS Browse creative projects across baking, woodworking, pottery, leathercraft, DIY, art, and more. Like, save, comment, follow creators, and discover works that inspire your next build. EVOLUTION NETWORK See how ideas branch and grow across the community. Every fork creates a new path in the Evolution Network — from one recipe to new variations, from one handmade object to entirely new directions. YOUR CREATOR PROFILE Build a profile around your creative journey:
• Creator DNA — understand your creative style and categories
• Work dashboard — track progress from idea to completed work
• Achievements — celebrate milestones and creative activity
• Saved works — collect projects that inspire you BUILT FOR REAL MAKERS MakerLink is designed for hobbyists, crafters, DIY builders, home cooks, artists, and anyone who learns by doing. Document the messy middle — not just the final photo. PRIVACY FIRST Your private updates and unpublished stages are never shared. You control exactly what the community sees. OPTIONAL MEMBERSHIP MakerLink offers optional VIP and SVIP subscriptions for advanced creator tools, including detailed Creator DNA, Work Insights, custom covers, expanded archive, and advanced fork lineage views. Core creation features remain available for free. Payment will be charged to your Apple ID account. Subscriptions automatically renew unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel your subscription in your App Store account settings. Privacy Policy: https://sites.google.com/view/makerlinkprivacypolicy Terms of Service: https://sites.google.com/view/makerlinktermsofservice

Screenshots

Thrax4 screens
MakerLink4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is chart position: MakerLink at #198 against Thrax's unranked. Thrax's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.6). On price, update cadence, 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. Thrax sells 7 one-off in-app purchases and MakerLink sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $5.59 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Thrax ships an update every 2 weeks, MakerLink fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 9 level
Thrax versus MakerLink: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterThraxMakerLink
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (20 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings20 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
Best chart rank—#198 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size47 MB11 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperHangzhou Dajie Culture Media Co., Ltd.Thi Phuong Do

In-app purchases

7 purchases

Thrax

One-time7
  • Gold Stash 1$0.99
  • Gold Stash 2$1.99
  • Gold Stash 3$4.99
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  • Gold Stash 4$9.99
  • Gold Stash 5$19.99
  • Gold Stash 6$49.99
  • Gold Stash 7$99.99
10 purchases

MakerLink

Subscriptions4
  • VIP Weekly$5.597 Days
  • SVIP Weekly$9.997 Days
  • VIP Monthly$12.991 Month
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  • SVIP Monthly$18.991 Month
One-time6
  • Member Inspiration Pack$12.99
  • Member Evolution Pack$18.99
  • Member Studio Pack$39.99
Show 3 more
  • Member Workshop Pack$68.99
  • Member Creator Vault Pack$89.99
  • Member Ultimate Pack$119.99

Questions

Is Thrax free?
Thrax is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is MakerLink free?
MakerLink is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Thrax or MakerLink have ads?
Neither Thrax nor MakerLink shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Thrax or MakerLink?
Thrax ships an update every 2 weeks, and MakerLink fortnightly. Most recently, Thrax was updated on September 25, 2026 and MakerLink on September 23, 2026.

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