Firefly vs AR Metaverse
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Firefly
Bring your coloring book creations to life. Simply color a drawing, download this app, and point your device's camera at the artwork to see it animate.
- Coloring book animation
- Augmented reality
- Camera-based activation
- Interactive artwork
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Приложение Firefly позволит Вам оживить героев раскрасок Firefly. Инструкция: 1. Раскрась рисунок 2. Скачай приложение "Firefly" 3. Запусти приложение "Firefly" и наведи камеру на рисунок Оживи свои рисунки с помощью приложения Firefly. По всем вопросам: partner@fireflylab.ru http://fireflylab.ru/
AR Metaverse
Explore a vast augmented reality metaverse spanning over 1000 cities worldwide. Place and own digital land, transform your surroundings with virtual content, and even promote your business globally. This platform offers a new open space for creativity and commerce.
- Explore AR metaverse in 1000+ cities
- Place AR content anywhere
- Own digital lands
- Transform reality with virtual objects
- Promote business globally
- Launch and manage AR projects remotely
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Explore the new Arcona Metaverse in 1000+ cities of the entire world. Place AR content wherever you want. Become the owner of Digital Lands and transform reality anywhere on the planet. Send virtual greetings to any continents. Promote your business in other countries. __________________________ The digital lands of Arcona have covered hundreds of the largest and most beautiful cities on the planet. And now, walking around Paris or New York with the Arcona AR World, you embark on an incredible journey to see how the familiar world transforms, filled with thousands of digital objects. The Arcona ecosystem is designed to remotely host virtual content anywhere in the world. Simple and convenient tools allow each user to launch authoring AR projects and manage them remotely. This is a new open space for creativity and business.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: AR Metaverse at 75% against Firefly's 0%. AR Metaverse also leads on rating (4.6 vs 3.0) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 3 months). Firefly's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 14.0). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Firefly sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and AR Metaverse sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
AR Metaverse holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 9 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Firefly's written reviews are positive against 75% of AR Metaverse's.
Firefly ships an update every 3 months, AR Metaverse every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Firefly | AR Metaverse |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (2 ratings) | 4.6 (9 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 75.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 9 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 445 MB | 258 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Dmitriy Smirnov | Pilgrim OOO |
Customer experience
Firefly
AR Metaverse
In-app purchases
Firefly
- Firefly 2018$1.99
AR Metaverse
- Arcona Gold - 10$0.99
- Arcona Gold - 50$4.99
- Arcona Gold - 150$14.99
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- Arcona Gold - 500$49.99
