AR Reads vs Wild Symphony
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.)
Wild Symphony
This augmented reality app transforms a picture book into a musical adventure. Point your device at illustrations to hear corresponding orchestral music, bringing stories to life with a unique soundtrack.
- Augmented reality musical experience
- Plays music from picture book illustrations
- Orchestral music inspired by nature
- Enhances story time
- Features original compositions
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Wild Symphony is an augmented reality experience that takes you on an exciting musical adventure with Maestro Mouse and his symphonic friends! Just download the app and point it at any illustration in the picture book, and you’ll hear the corresponding song. Travel through the trees and across the seas as you listen to orchestral music inspired by big blue whales and speedy cheetahs, tiny beetles and graceful swans. Transform your reading and story time with this AR-based musical accompaniment. A unique picture book experience like none you've ever heard! Wild Symphony is designed for imaginative children of all ages. The app: • Allows readers to listen to the picture book’s musical accompaniment. • Plays audio recordings of orchestral music composed by author Dan Brown • Features beautiful illustrations from artist Susan Batori Bring a fun new dynamic to the picture book with this intuitive AR app that adds an exciting soundtrack and encourages newfound love and appreciation of music.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Wild Symphony at 3.7 against AR Reads's 3.0. Wild Symphony also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 4 months). AR Reads's advantage is review sentiment (47% vs 38%) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.4). On price, ratings volume, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Wild Symphony holds the better App Store score, 3.7 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 46 and 120 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 47% of AR Reads's written reviews are positive against 38% of Wild Symphony's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
AR Reads ships an update every 4 months, Wild Symphony every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | AR Reads | Wild Symphony |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (46 ratings) | 3.7 (120 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 47.1% of reviews — better | 37.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 46 | 120 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 230 MB | 170 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Dragon Brothers Books | Stellata, LLC |
Customer experience
AR Reads
Wild Symphony
Bugs and requests
AR Reads
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Wild Symphony
Reported bugs
66 issues- App crashes on opening
- Camera function not working
- Songs skip to random tracks
- App gets stuck on specific animal (cheetah)
- App doesn't recognize pages
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- App drains battery excessively
- App makes phone very hot
- App closes immediately upon opening
- No interactive elements
- App doesn't work with iOS 14
- Cannot close app easily
- No way to go back to main menu once music starts
- Secret video plays instead of app features
- Camera feature not working on multiple devices
- Augmented reality not working as promised
- App doesn't work at all
- Music plays but no clues show up
- App doesn't work with iOS 14.2
- App doesn't work with iOS 14.0
- App crashes every time trying to open
- App crashes on iOS14
- Camera feature did not work
- App won't even open, keeps crashing
- Not working with iOS14
- App doesn't work currently
- Augmented Reality isn't working
- Camera does not work
- App is not using my camera
- Not workingT.T
- Lieder springen
- Glitches galore
- Приложение глючит
- The app doesn’t work as advertised
- I want to love the app
- Not work with camera
- Doesn’t work at all
- I don’t think the camera function is working
- Camera does not work
- Musiktierfan
- Augmented reality fehlt
- Немного глючит
- Just needs some fixing
- Doesn’t work on iOS 14.2
- Great music but makes my phone hot
- It doesn’t work. What a shame.
- Didn’t take the time to release a working app
- Die Kamerafunktion fehlt, App stürzt oft ab
- App crashes constantly
- Love the book not the app
- Crazy energy Drain/Runs Hot
- The music is great, book is amazing
- Decepcionante
- App doesn’t work
- Shuts down as soon as it opens
- 2mins on this app, and I regret downloading
- This update helped. Still a little glitchy but better
- Book is great but app Augmented Reality isn’t working
- Not working on iOS 14.0
- Crashes
- Crashes on iOS14
- NEEDS TO BE FIXED. DOES NOT EVEN OPEN.
- Not working with iOS14
- No symphony
- No magic happens
- A disappointment
- Doesn’t work
Requested features
5 requests- Add individual instrument sounds
- More books and interfaces like this
- Fix camera recognition issues
- Add poem for the dragon
- Improve interactivity
In-app purchases
AR Reads
No in-app purchases
Wild Symphony
No in-app purchases
Questions
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