# Adafruit AR — user reviews

> 14 indexed App Store user reviews of Adafruit AR by Adafruit Industries, rated 3.90/5 from 16 ratings.

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/adafruit-ar/id1375722584/reviews
- App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/adafruit-ar/id1375722584.md
- Rating breakdown: 5★ 11 · 4★ 1 · 3★ 0 · 2★ 0 · 1★ 4

## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated)

### 1/5 — The App does not work at all

*2023-10-18, version 1.15*

On my iPhone 14 Pro I cannot get the App to recognize the Raspberry Pi Pico or Raspberry Pi Pico W this should be fixed.

### 1/5 — Wish it would work

*2022-12-05*

Can't get the board scanner to work, the AR playground crashes the app to home screen immediately.
iPhone 13 Pro Max iOS 16.1.2

### 1/5 — Not worth anyone’s time

*2022-07-05, version 1.12*

Before I start: I like Adafruit as a company and use a lot of their products. Great tutorials. 
The board scan fails even under good light conditions and provides an unstable indication of a board’s pinoutt when it works. No option to freeze the scan. Nice idea, but a complete fail.

### 1/5 — Great idea, buggy app

*2021-09-04*

The app has three main functions, and all of them crash for me. I’m on a supported phone and iOS version, but all it does is crash. :(

### 1/5 — Wish I Could Try!

*2018-12-18*

The “Get Started” button is obscured by the initial navigation, making it impossible to get past the tutorial pages.

### 2/5 — Nice idea..

*2023-06-03*

The board scanner could be useful if it actually worked. Spent 10 mins trying to get it to recognise a Pico, it briefly flashed up at one point but lost the tracking less than a second later. I played with lighting, distance, background, on and off a breadboard, but could make it work consistently in any combination on an iPhone 14 😟

### 5/5 — Like Magic!

*2023-01-27*

So fun and such a great teaching tool for those with iPhones. Can’t wait to see the Raspberry Pi Pico W and CPB in here. Great work!

### 5/5 — Very cool, wish more boards were added

*2022-03-29*

The AR feature that allows you to see pinouts using your camera is extremely cool. I wish there were more boards added to that feature, as it is very useful for wiring things up on-the-fly.

### 5/5 — RPi Pico board scan error

*2021-02-16*

Is one row off

### 5/5 — The most entertaining and educational AR kit I’ve seen so far

*2018-08-21*

A really fun and educational AR kit, simple and easy instructions to follow and just in time for the start of back to school season. I can see kids having fun with this AR kit. I find myself learning new things as well. Thanks for making this!

## Most praised reviews (4 highest-rated)

### 5/5 — A delight.

*2018-08-18*

My son and I downloaded this last week. It keeps him interested. Great video addition 👍

### 5/5 — Abafruit AR

*2018-08-18*

Love this app it’s like having your own personal technician

### 5/5 — Awesome sauce

*2018-08-17*

I like electronics this is very good.

### 5/5 — Adabot AR 😎

*2018-08-17*

This Application is very educational and informative. I love it👍🏻😎

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