mySolar vs AR
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
mySolar
Become a celestial architect and shape your own solar system. Collect cosmic resources to expand your universe, conquer rival systems, and freely design your dream planets. Experience the power of creation and domination.
- Build your own solar system
- Collect God points (GP) and Mass points (MP)
- Defeat rival solars
- Absorb enemy resources
- Freely build planets
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Play as a God, build your own solar. Roaming the universe to collect GP (God point) and MP (Mass point) to grow your solar. Defeat all emery solars, absorb their resources. Freely build your dream planets.
AR
Create engaging augmented reality videos by placing 3D animated celestial objects into your real-world environment. Capture photos and videos of your unique scenes and share them instantly on social media.
- Place 3D realistic models
- 3D animated celestial objects
- Take photos of scenes
- Record videos of scenes
- Share videos and photos
- Create augmented reality scenes
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AR Vid is an Augmented Reality App. Place 3D animated astronomical objects in your real world and make video for real fun. Use AR Video app to create own augmented reality scenes. Features: - Add 3d realistic models in your environment - 3d animated celestial objects - Take Photos of your scenes - Record videos of your scenes - Share your videos and photos on your favourite social media platforms SUBSCRIPTIONS - You can subscribe for PRO features with unlimited adding 3d realistic models in your environment, unlimited snapshot, recording videos, sharing and no ads. - Subscription options are: 1 year, 1-week. - Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. - Your Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. - Your Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period with the same cost you have started your subscription. - Any unused portion of a free trial will be forfeited if you purchase a subscription. - To restore your upgrade to AR Vid on a new device, go to the Settings screen, tap the “Restore” option and your subscription or previous purchases will become active free of charge. For more information : https://sites.google.com/view/appsplaces-video-converter
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: AR at Free against mySolar's $14.99. AR also leads on rating (4.9 vs 4.2) and ads (none vs shown). mySolar's advantage is ratings volume (410 vs 11). On update cadence, in-app purchases, monetization model 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
AR is free to download; mySolar costs $14.99 up front. mySolar sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and AR sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
AR holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: mySolar has 410 ratings behind it against 11, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | mySolar | AR |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $14.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.2 (410 ratings) | 4.9 (11 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 41.1% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 410 — better | 11 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 3 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 | 14.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 133 MB | 56 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Oscar Tsang | Apps Places |
Customer experience
mySolar
AR
Bugs and requests
mySolar
Reported bugs
3 issues- Levels not progressing properly after completing objectives
- Planets and upgrades disappearing after watching ads
- Inability to create binary or multi-star systems
Requested features
3 requests- Sandbox mode with more customization options
- Multiplayer or co-op gameplay
- Improved tutorial and onboarding
AR
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
mySolar
- 30000 GP$2.99
- 80000 GP$5.99
- 150000 GP$9.99
AR
- Upgrade to Pro Weekly$2.997 Days
- Upgrade to Pro Yearly$12.991 Year
