Comparison

FractRoam vs AR Solar System PRO

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

Head to head
About

FractRoam

Discover and share stunning fractal art generated from Mandelbrot and Julia sets. Let the app explore autonomously or record and share your discoveries as videos.

Highlights
  • Explore Mandelbrot and Julia sets
  • Share fractal images
  • Autonomous roaming exploration
  • Video recording with ReplayKit
  • Share video creations
Features
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FractRoam is a real-time explorer for the Mandelbrot and Julia sets — and its heart is the autopilot. Press play and let it roam: FractRoam continuously seeks out the most visually interesting regions of the fractal and glides you through them, an endless, ever-changing tour you can simply sit back and watch. Want to take the wheel? Pinch and drag to wander on your own, and recolor the whole scene with a tap. Everything is drawn pixel-by-pixel on your device's GPU, in real time. FEATURES • Roam autopilot — hit play and drift through a continuous, auto-discovered tour of the fractal • Real-time Mandelbrot and Julia set rendering, GPU-accelerated and smooth • Pinch and pan to explore yourself, or hand it back to the autopilot anytime • Color moods — six hand-tuned palettes plus animated color cycling • Share any view — a picture plus a link that reopens the exact same spot • Fully offline — no account, no ads, no data collection • A calm, full-screen interface — just you and the fractal Whether you want something mesmerizing to get lost in, a generative-art source for textures and wallpapers, or a hands-on way to explore the math of self-similarity, FractRoam turns the Mandelbrot and Julia sets into something alive. There's a matching macOS screensaver too — find it at fractroam.com.

About

AR Solar System PRO

Explore the solar system in augmented reality. Place planets in your environment, walk among them, and learn detailed facts. Interact with celestial bodies to view them from all angles.

Highlights
  • Augmented reality planet placement
  • Interactive 3D planet models
  • Real-time planet rotation and revolution
  • Detailed astronomical data for each planet
  • Virtual space travel experience
  • Gesture-based interaction
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"AR Solar System" turns your device into a telescope in augmented reality for the observation of the planets of the Solar System. Choose and place a planet or several planets in the scene: in your home (in the air, on the floor, on a table, on a wall, on any horizontal surface) or outside the home (ex. open sky)... Observe the planets of our Solar System as you've never seen them before! The planets available for observation are: Sun, Mercury, Venus, Earth, Moon, Mars, Ceres, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto, Haumea, Makemake, Eris The software uses the information available on the planets of the Solar System to animate the rotations of the planets: every second corresponds to one hour, each planet rotates at the real speed, in the direction of real rotation. For each planet data are available such as size, rotation period, period of revolution, type of atmosphere, gravity, etc... Walk in the scene with your legs moving between the planets (like travel in space) and observe them with your device like a telescope: - approaching the planet you will see more details such as craters, valleys, plains, mountain ranges, etc... - moving away from the planet, you will see the planet entirely or more planets together - turning around the planet you can see the side of interest or simulate the flight of a spaceship orbiting the planet - by moving over or under the planet you will be able to observe its poles - etc… Interacting manually with the planets you can: - Move the planet in the real scene (pan gesture: dragging a finger on the planet) - Enlarge and shrink the planet (pinch gesture: pinching the planet) - Rotate the planet around its axis of rotation (rotation gesture: rotating the planet with two fingers); manual rotation deactivates the automatic one - Remove the planet from the scene (long press gesture: holding a finger on the planet for half a second) - Add a new planet to the scene by touching the desired position (using horizontal plane in real world or feature points) - Select a planet from the scene and display its characteristics (double tap gesture: tap a planet twice with a finger) Background of the scene: in the presence of light in the real world the milky way and the stars (deep space) are projected as the background of the planets on the walls of your house or in the sky if you are outdoors; in the absence of light (or covering the camera with a finger) moving in the scene will seem to travel in deep space (virtual reality feature… the real world will be removed from the scene). Useful for all those who love to observe the planets of the Solar System in every detail, for teachers, scholars, students, astronomers, etc... UNIVERSAL APP: - You pay only once and run on all your devices

Screenshots

FractRoam4 screens
AR Solar System PRO4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: FractRoam at 4.3 against AR Solar System PRO's 1.0. FractRoam also leads on monetization model (free vs paid) and ratings volume (75 vs 1). AR Solar System PRO's advantage is chart position (#194 vs unranked). 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

FractRoam costs $0.99 and AR Solar System PRO $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

FractRoam holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: FractRoam has 75 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

FractRoam ships an update every 29 months, AR Solar System PRO every 46 months. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
FractRoam versus AR Solar System PRO: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFractRoamAR Solar System PRO
Price$0.99$0.99
Rating4.3 (75 ratings) — better1.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews86.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings75 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 29 months — betterEvery 46 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
Best chart rank—#194 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.0 — better16.6
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB63 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKaolin FireGianluca Natalini

Customer experience

FractRoam

All ratings75 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral5.3%
Negative14.7%
Written reviews37 reviews
Positive86.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative13.5%

AR Solar System PRO

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

None

FractRoam

No in-app purchases

None

AR Solar System PRO

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is FractRoam free?
FractRoam costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is AR Solar System PRO free?
AR Solar System PRO costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, FractRoam or AR Solar System PRO?
FractRoam is rated higher. FractRoam averages 4.3 out of 5 from 75 ratings, while AR Solar System PRO averages 1.0 from 1 ratings.
Do FractRoam or AR Solar System PRO have ads?
Neither FractRoam nor AR Solar System PRO shows ads.
Which is updated more often, FractRoam or AR Solar System PRO?
FractRoam ships an update every 29 months, and AR Solar System PRO every 46 months. Most recently, FractRoam was updated on October 20, 2026 and AR Solar System PRO on October 25, 2026.

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