PinnAR vs AR
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PinnAR
This app uses augmented reality to guide you to your destination. It also features a word scanner for foreign languages and a function to discover nearby places.
- Augmented reality navigation
- Word scanner for foreign languages
- Discover nearby places
- Route following in AR mode
- Useful for travel and local exploration
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PinnAR is an AR navigation app. Simply follow the route in AR mode to reach your destination. Use the word scanner function when looking up places in foreign languages! Discover restaurants and other spots using the nearby places function. PinnAR is a useful application when travelling or just getting around!
AR
Navigate to destinations using augmented reality. This app overlays walking paths and directional arrows onto your device's camera view, guiding you to your chosen location. Simply select a point on the map or enter an address to begin.
- Augmented reality path visualization
- MapKit, CoreLocation, and ARKit integration
- Walking route guidance
- Destination search by map selection or address input
- AR view for real-time navigation
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This app joins the power of the device's location and its Augmented Reality capabilities to provide you with the best AR-Maps experience. The app uses MapKit, CoreLocation and ARKit to place a path and arrows guiding the user to the desired destination. All the user needs to do is press on a location on the map or type an address within a 10 mile radius from the users location, then the shortest walking path to the location will be displayed, press on the button label AR on the right bottom corner of the map and it'll take you to the AR View, the path will then automatically be render for you.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: PinnAR at 4.4 against AR's 3.7. PinnAR also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (monthly vs every 12 months). AR's advantage is review sentiment (80% vs 58%). On price, ratings volume, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
PinnAR holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 3 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 58% of PinnAR's written reviews are positive against 80% of AR's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
PinnAR ships an update monthly, AR every 12 months. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and September 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PinnAR | AR |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (7 ratings) — better | 3.7 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 57.7% of reviews | 80.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 7 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 12 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.4 — better | 14.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 113 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | MICWARE CO.,LTD. | Johan Gonzalez |
Customer experience
PinnAR
AR
In-app purchases
PinnAR
No in-app purchases
AR
No in-app purchases
