Path Tracer vs Provenance App
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Path Tracer
Experience real-time, photorealistic computer graphics on your iPhone. This application leverages Apple's Metal graphics platform to render complex lighting effects and scenes instantly, allowing you to create and manipulate stunning visuals directly on your device.
- Real-time path tracing
- Realistic global illumination
- 30 FPS rendering
- Pre-built and custom scenes
- Adjustable lighting and camera
- Multiple surface texture types
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This app does real time path tracing on your iPhone. A path tracer is software which traces light in order to create realistic looking computer generated graphics. While usually this process takes hours, even days, utilizing the power of Apple's Metal graphics platform this app is able to make the process happen in real time. Key features: -Create realistic computer generated images on your phone. - Realistic lighting effects (global illumination) -Watch the images render in real time at 30 frames per second. -View 5 pre-built scenes, or create your own. -Insert up to 5 spheres in your scene. -Move the camera, adjust lighting and change the wall colors. -Supports three different texture types: diffuse surfaces, mirror surfaces, and glass surfaces.
Provenance App
This application allows users to play classic games from a wide variety of vintage arcade and console systems. It supports numerous platforms, offering a comprehensive retro gaming experience.
- Multi-console emulation
- Supports Atari systems
- Supports Nintendo systems
- Supports Sega systems
- Supports Sony PlayStation
- Supports arcade and console games
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Provenance EMU is a multi-console emulator for many vintage arcade and console systems. Systems: - Atari - Atari 2600 - Atari 5200 - Atari 7800 - Atari 8bit Computer - Atari Jaguar - Atari Lynx - Bandai - WonderSwan - CBS - CBS ColecoVision - Enterprise - Enterprise 128 - IBM - IBM PC DOS - Magnavox - Magnavox Odyssey2 - Mattel - Mattel Intellivision - NEC - PC98 - PCFX - SuperGrafx - TurboGrafx-16 - TurboGrafx-CD - Nintendo - 3DS - DS - Famicom Disk System - Game Boy - Game Boy Advance - Game Boy Color - GameCube - NES - Nintendo 64 - Pokémon mini - Super Nintendo - Virtual Boy - Panasonic - 3DO - Philiips - CDi - Sega - 32X - Dreamcast - Game Gear - Genesis - Master System - Saturn - Sega CD - SG-1000 - Smith Engineering - Vectrex - SNK - Neo Geo - Neo Geo Pocket - Neo Geo Pocket Color - Sony - PlayStation - PlayStation Portable - Various - Game Music - Watara - Supervision - ZX - ZX Spectrum ----- Legal Notice ----- Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://provenance-emu.com/privacy/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Path Tracer at 4.5 against Provenance App's 3.3. Path Tracer also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 3) and review sentiment (79% vs 46%). Provenance App's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 13 months) and ratings volume (751 vs 31). On price, ads 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. Provenance App sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Path Tracer asks for nothing beyond the download.
Path Tracer holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Provenance App has 751 ratings behind it against 31, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 79% of Path Tracer's written reviews are positive against 46% of Provenance App's.
Path Tracer ships an update every 13 months, Provenance App every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Path Tracer | Provenance App |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (31 ratings) — better | 3.3 (751 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 78.9% of reviews — better | 45.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 31 | 751 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 13 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 10 MB | 2.4 GB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | People Tech | Joseph Mattiello |
Customer experience
Path Tracer
Provenance App
Bugs and requests
Path Tracer
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Provenance App
Reported bugs
4 issues- 3DS games crashing
- Dreamcast/PS2 ROMs not working
- Screen shrinking when switching orientation
- Inability to load local game files
Requested features
4 requests- Controller support
- Gyroscope/motion controls
- Improved 3DS emulation
- GameCube/Wii emulation
In-app purchases
Path Tracer
No in-app purchases
Provenance App
- Provenance Plus$3.991 Month
- Provenance Plus$39.991 Year
- Provenance Plus$99.99
