VR Puzzle vs ARium
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
VR Puzzle
Experience Clementoni jigsaw puzzles in virtual reality. Piece together a puzzle, scan the QR code, and use a VR visor or full-screen mode to explore the image in a 360° tour.
- Virtual reality puzzle experience
- 360° image tours
- VR visor compatibility
- Full-screen viewing mode
- Requires Clementoni VR collection puzzle
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Clementoni jigsaw puzzles come to life! Try the incredible experience of virtual reality and immerse yourself completely in an exciting new world The application can only be used if you have purchased a Clementoni jigsaw puzzle from the VR collection and to use it, your device must have an inbuilt gyroscope. Piece together the jigsaw puzzle, hold your device over the QR code and place your device in the visor included in the box to plunge into a thrilling new 360° tour of the image. You can choose from two different viewing options: either the viewer mode, by placing your device in the visor, or the full-screen mode which enables you to explore the photo without using the visor.
ARium
Explore augmented reality scenes by placing objects and then discovering hidden elements. Personalize your experience by applying photos from your library to specific objects within the virtual environment.
- Place objects in AR scenes
- Discover hidden occluding objects
- Skin objects with custom photos
- Experiment with object placement
- Explore AR environments
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After initialization, select the location for 4 objects in the scene by tapping on the small yellow dots. When the 4th object is placed, the program will randomly place fifty small occluding objects around them. The scene is now ready for exploration. I find objects placed approximately 3 ft. (1m) away work from the device the best, but I encourage you to experiment. Skinnable and Noise Objects can be "skinned" (wrapped) with photos from your Photo Library. Tap on a thumbnail in the preferences screen to open the Photo Library and select an image. NOTE: "Skinnable Objects" will not appear in the scene until they have been assigned photos.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: ARium at 100% against VR Puzzle's 0%. ARium also leads on rating (4.6 vs 3.1). VR Puzzle's advantage is iOS requirement (8.0 vs 14.0). 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.
ARium holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 10 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of VR Puzzle's written reviews are positive against 100% of ARium's.
| Parameter | VR Puzzle | ARium |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.1 (7 ratings) | 4.6 (10 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 7 | 10 — better |
| Update frequency | — | Every 7 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 375 MB | 41 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Clementoni S.p.A. | RichardFerrante.com |
Customer experience
VR Puzzle
ARium
In-app purchases
VR Puzzle
No in-app purchases
ARium
No in-app purchases
