Comparison

AUGmentecture vs AR Models Manager

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

Head to head
About

AUGmentecture

Visualize 3D models in augmented reality on your mobile device. This app is designed for professionals to showcase designs and collaborate on projects using advanced visualization technology.

Highlights
  • View 3D models in augmented reality
  • Supports Google Sketchup and Autodesk Revit
  • Upload and compress models
  • Secure backend system
  • Design communication tool
Features
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AUGmentecture™ is a professional Augmented Reality (AR) app that enables the viewing of 3D models on mobile devices in augmented reality format. Designed for architects, engineers, product designers and construction professionals, AUGmentecture™ works with Google Sketchup and Autodesk Revit (with an Autodesk-approved plugin) to display 3D models in augmented reality on mobile devices. Install AUGmentecture™ on your mobile now, and take your designs to a new level with the fastest-growing new technology on mobile! Wow your customers with the hottest visualization trend the industry! How To Use AUGmentecture™ A product of AUGmentecture Inc., AUGmentecture™ is a mobile app that enables viewing of the complex 3D models on a mobile device in an Augmented Reality format. Architects, engineers, and artists create complex 3D models by using tools such as Autodesk Revit or Google Sketchup. These models are then easily uploaded into AUGmentecture's secure backend system and automatically compressed and converted into an augmented reality format that is viewable on mobile devices using the AUGmentecture™ app. AUGmentecture’s goal is to make augmented reality a day to day design communication and collaboration tool for architects, designers, and artists to simply Design, Upload, and View their models on a mobile device.

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AR Models Manager

Features
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"AR Models Manager" turns your device into a three-dimensional model viewer in augmented reality for the design, study, simulation and detailed observation of 3D models. Build one or more 3D models (with textures, using for example Blender, FingerCAD, Finger3D, etc...), insert models in the scene, position them and visualize them in augmented reality: in your home/office/store/company (ex. in the air, on the floor, on a table, on a wall, in a piece of furniture, on any horizontal surface, etc...) or outside the home (ex. open sky, garden, park, etc...). Build a fantasy world: - populate the scene with one or more 3D models built by you - insert a background - insert the sky Walk in the scene moving between the models or inside the models (with your legs as if everything were real): - observe the 3D model in the smallest detail by walking around it, looking in all directions (front, side, back, top, bottom) - walk with your legs inside the model, like you are walking in an existing building - walk near the model to show more details (close up view) - walk away from the model to show the model completely or more models together (seen from afar) - turn around the model to looks at the side of interest - move over or under the model - walk in the model to look inside it (in all directions) - etc... Background of the scene and landscape: - in the presence of light, the real world will be visualized together with 3D models in augmented reality (the models will replace or enrich parts of the real world) - you can add a background/sky to the scene (horizon) by inserting for example a cylinder or a cube (with texture) in the scene, with radius/side large enough to contain yourself (you will move inside the cylinder/cube) and the rest of the scene (the texture of the cylinder/cube will be your background/sky) - you can build models of mountains, trees, rivers, lakes, streams, etc... and insert them in the scene to enrich the landscape - you can add houses, cars, motorcycles, people, birds, etc... - you can add to the scene any object you want, designed by You using 3D modelers (or purchased on the Internet: all formats compatible with ARKit can be used such as OBJ (with MTL and TEXTURE with relative path), SCN, STL, etc...) Interacting manually with 3D model you can: - move the model in the real world (pan gesture: dragging a finger on the model) - enlarge and reduce the model (pinch gesture: pinching the model) - rotate the model around its axis of rotation (rotation gesture: rotating the model with two fingers) - remove the model from the scene (long press gesture: holding a finger on the model for half a second) - add the model to the scene (clones) by touching the desired position (using a horizontal plane in the real world or feature points) 3D model import: - File sharing (iTunes) - Open In Useful for example: - for retailers, to show the products on sale (3D catalog: show real products not yet present in the shop ex. eyeglasses, ornaments, favors, chandeliers, etc...) - to better visualize the model before 3D printing (the displayed model can be directly printed using 3D printers and specific printing software) - for filming (cinema) with real actors and fantasy worlds - for architecture ex. placing furniture and objects in a house, coloring walls, observing / studying / showing in detail a room / apartment / building not yet existing - for engineering ex. design houses and exploring them even before starting construction work - as a creative game (build, photograph or film fantasy worlds created by you) - etc… UNIVERSAL APP: - You pay only once and run on all your devices

Screenshots

AUGmentecture4 screens
AR Models Manager4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: AUGmentecture at Free against AR Models Manager's $1.99. AUGmentecture also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 38 months). On ads, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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

AUGmentecture is free to download; AR Models Manager costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

AUGmentecture ships an update every 2 months, AR Models Manager every 38 months. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
AUGmentecture versus AR Models Manager: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAUGmentectureAR Models Manager
PriceFree — better$1.99
Rating4.3 (23 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews60.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings23 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 38 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.014.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size162 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAugmenctectureGianluca Natalini

In-app purchases

None

AUGmentecture

No in-app purchases

None

AR Models Manager

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is AUGmentecture free?
AUGmentecture is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is AR Models Manager free?
AR Models Manager costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do AUGmentecture or AR Models Manager have ads?
Neither AUGmentecture nor AR Models Manager shows ads.
Which is updated more often, AUGmentecture or AR Models Manager?
AUGmentecture ships an update every 2 months, and AR Models Manager every 38 months. Most recently, AUGmentecture was updated on September 23, 2026 and AR Models Manager on September 28, 2026.

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