Fragale vs EchoVision
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Fragale
Explore art through augmented reality with this camera app. It showcases current AR painting exhibitions, collaborations, and performances, and has been featured in major art publications and museums.
- Augmented reality art viewing
- Showcases AR painting exhibitions
- Features collaborations and performances
- Regular app updates
- Featured in major art publications
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Fragale is an application created by painter, Steven Fragale as a lens to view painting through the expanding medium of computer vision. The app regularly updates to feature current AR painting exhibitions, collaborations and performances. It has been featured in collaboration with Alan Michelson at The Whitney Museum, The New York Times, Hyperallergic and ARTnews. For more information and upcoming events please visit stevefragale.com
EchoVision
Experience the world through the eyes of a bat with this mixed reality art installation. Using a bat-shaped mask and your smartphone's LiDAR, visualize echoes and understand echolocation. It offers a unique perspective on non-human sensory perception and promotes ecological appreciation.
- Simulates bat echolocation
- Mixed reality art experience
- Handheld bat-shaped masks
- Smartphone LiDAR integration
- Visualizes propagating echoes
- Promotes ecocentric design perspective
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EchoVision is an interactive mixed reality art experience that simulates bat echolocation using custom-designed, handheld, bat-shaped masks based on the open-source HoloKit headset. As users initiate sounds, they experience echolocation—the remarkable navigation method bats employ in darkness—through visual representations of propagating echoes mapped onto the real-world 3D shape of the surrounding environment, scanned in real-time by the LiDAR sensor of a smartphone mounted on the masks. By providing a unique glimpse into how non-human creatures perceive their sensory world, EchoVision promotes an ecocentric design perspective, fostering interspecies understanding and appreciation.
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Verdict
Fragale and EchoVision both sit at 5.0 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Fragale's written reviews are positive against 80% of EchoVision's. Fragale also leads on ratings volume (6 vs 2) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.0). EchoVision's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 4 months). On price, rating, 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Fragale against 5.0 for EchoVision. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 2 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of Fragale's written reviews are positive against 80% of EchoVision's.
Fragale ships an update every 4 months, EchoVision every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Fragale | EchoVision |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (6 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 80.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 6 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Vision Pro |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 522 MB | 85 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Steven Fragale | Holo Interactive US, Inc. |
Customer experience
Fragale
EchoVision
In-app purchases
Fragale
No in-app purchases
EchoVision
No in-app purchases
