AR Earth vs Nearest interesting places
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
AR Earth
Identify mountains and other landmarks using your device's camera. Access detailed information, including elevation and Wikipedia articles, for hundreds of thousands of locations worldwide, even offline. Save your favorite places for quick access.
- Augmented reality landmark identification
- Offline database of places
- Detailed place information
- Integrated Wikipedia articles
- Bookmark favorite locations
- Offline functionality
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Want to know what the name of that mountain peak or the elevation? It's easy with the AR Earth app. Simply select "Peaks" then "AR View" and aim your camera at it. Earth AR has hundreds of thousands of places resident in its database so you can use it offline pretty much anywhere in the world. Included with the app is a resident database of Wikipedia articles. AR Earth Features Place selector buttons enable you to quickly display nearby places. Each place has a details page with maps, directions and Wikipedia article text for certain places. Ability to bookmark a place of interest. To bookmark a place simply touch the + sign displayed in the upper right corner of the place details page. Favorites enable you to quickly access bookmarked places. To remove a bookmark swipe left on the item in the bookmark list. Place data is from the early January 2017 database releases of Open Street Maps and Wikipedia. AR Earth has over 700,000 earth place points and 75,000 Wikipedia article texts resident in the app. And, because the places are resident, the app has considerable functionality while off-line.
Nearest interesting places
Discover Wikipedia articles based on your current location or search terms. View articles with photos and maps, and save them for offline access. The app is fully functional on Apple Watch, allowing for autonomous searches and bookmark management.
- Location-based Wikipedia search
- Search by words or proximity
- Interactive radius adjustment
- Offline article saving
- Apple Watch app
- Language support
- Map and photo integration
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The app performs a quick search for articles on Wikipedia by words or near your current location. The search mode changes depending on characters in the search string. You can interactively change the radius of search by location in the drawer at the bottom of the screen. The number of articles in different languages varies so the search is carried out with the language taken into account. The number of available language switches is determined by the languages enabled on the device. Enable additional languages in the Settings while travelling. Each article can go with a photo and a map if it is tagged to a location. App on Apple Watch. The app on Apple Watch is as autonomous as it can be and it is identical in features to the app on the phone. Connect your watch to Wi-Fi and it will be able to perform its own search and get bookmarks from the phone via iCloud. If your watch is not connected to Wi-Fi, you will have to keep it near your phone to be able to use bookmarks on the device. You can create bookmarks on your phone as well as on your watch, but of course it is more convenient to do it on your phone. They contain all the information from the saved article, not only the link. Create them beforehand if no Internet connection is expected while you are viewing the articles on your watch or your phone. Extensions for smart watch dials are available in order to start the app quickly. You can change the current language directly on the following screens: Terms (text input and results screens) and NearBy, if you firmly press the watch screen. Scribble text input is not available for all languages. Press on the Article screen to add or remove a bookmark.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Nearest interesting places at 4.3 against AR Earth's 4.0. Nearest interesting places also leads on price ($0.99 vs $1.99) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.6). AR Earth's advantage is update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 5 months). On ratings volume, 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
AR Earth costs $1.99 and Nearest interesting places $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Nearest interesting places holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 3 respectively.
AR Earth ships an update every 5 weeks, Nearest interesting places every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | AR Earth | Nearest interesting places |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | $0.99 — better |
| Rating | 4.0 (5 ratings) | 4.3 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 350 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Al GROSS | Oleg Drobyshev |
Customer experience
AR Earth
Nearest interesting places
In-app purchases
AR Earth
No in-app purchases
Nearest interesting places
No in-app purchases
