AR Reads vs BooksPlus
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
AR Reads
Experience The Dragon Brothers books like never before with augmented reality. Point your device at marked pages to bring 3D landscapes and characters to life, immersing you in magical worlds and exciting scenes.
- Augmented reality book enhancement
- 3D landscapes and characters
- Interactive reading experience
- Works with The Dragon Brothers books
- Immersive storytelling
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The AR Reads app brings The Dragon Brothers books to life! Simply download the app and point it at the pages marked with augmented reality content and see magical 3D landscapes, meet the bad guys, eavesdrop on important conversations and take a look around inside a stadium or a giant ship. You can find out more at http://www.dragonbrothersbooks.com/ar/ (Some content will not work on iPhone4S and older devices.)
BooksPlus
Enhance your reading experience by scanning book pages to unlock interactive digital content. Discover multimedia like videos, audio, and photos that bring stories to life. Find new books and explore additional content for titles you already own.
- Scan book pages to unlock content
- Access multimedia (video, audio, photos)
- Interactive text and engaging content
- Discover similar books
- Enhance existing book collections
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A good book takes you to a place where reality and your imagination mingle. BooksPlus transports you to this place with the use of augmented reality and rich content. Just scan the pages of the book you’re reading and get immersed in the digital content. BooksPlus (sometimes searched as Books Plus: Augmented Reality) uses the power of augmented reality to let your smartphone bring you rich, interactive content to select books. All you need is a book with the BooksPlus interactive technology built in and your mobile phone. Just launch the app, scan the select images and experience multimedia including photos, audio, video, interactive text and other engaging content. Quickly scan images and access rich, interactive content associated with that book. View videos, listen to audio, view photo galleries and read in-depth content Enjoy additional content for the books you already may own Find similar books in the Books Plus catalog BooksPlus is free to download (search using BooksPlus or Books Plus) Publishers, talk to us to get your books enhanced with our augmented reality technology.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: BooksPlus at 5.0 against AR Reads's 3.0. BooksPlus also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 4 months) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 12.0). AR Reads's advantage is ratings volume (46 vs 2). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
BooksPlus holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: AR Reads has 46 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
AR Reads ships an update every 4 months, BooksPlus monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | AR Reads | BooksPlus |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (46 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 47.1% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 46 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 230 MB | 82 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Dragon Brothers Books | Ignite Solutions India Private Limited |
Customer experience
AR Reads
BooksPlus
In-app purchases
AR Reads
No in-app purchases
BooksPlus
No in-app purchases
