Backyard Apollo AR vs AR Moon
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Backyard Apollo AR
Experience a life-sized Apollo Saturn V rocket in augmented reality. Explore it from all angles, walk around it, and launch it with realistic sounds and visuals. Customize your rocket experience and share snapshots.
- Life-sized rocket model
- 360-degree viewing
- Augmented reality placement
- Realistic launch sequence
- Authentic mission sounds
- Customizable rocket experience
- Snapshot sharing
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Its the model rocket you’ve always wanted! See a life-sized Apollo Saturn V rocket up close from every angle walk under and around it, then blast it off! Authentic mission sounds using 3D positional audio — wear headphones for the coolest effect — combine with realistic high-detail graphics, physically-based rendering, and HDR audio recordings of real rocket launches to make the experience just like being there! You’ll be able to launch your rocket again and again, from anywhere you like. Just tap where you want your rocket to appear. It's that easy! Launch a tiny model on your desktop or a full-sized giant in a field! Backyard Apollo offers ways to customize your experience too, making it even more fun to launch your rockets and take snapshots for your friends. “3…2…1…Houston: we have liftoff”!
AR Moon
Explore the lunar surface through an augmented reality portal on your iPhone. Help an astronaut complete missions, overcome challenges, and escape dangers on a mysterious Moon.
- Augmented reality lunar exploration
- Interactive astronaut missions
- Solve lunar rover challenges
- Escape dangers on the Moon
- Explore mysterious lunar surface
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AR Moon is an AR app about the space, it uses your iPhone lens to show doors to the Moon, you will be brought to the surface of mysterious Moon. Damaged lunar rover, missing energy sources. Can you help the astronaut accomplish his missions and escape from dangers? Action now!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Backyard Apollo AR at 4.7 against AR Moon's 3.5. Backyard Apollo AR also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ratings volume (1.5K vs 4). AR Moon's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 7 months) and review sentiment (80% vs 70%). On price, ads 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. AR Moon sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Backyard Apollo AR asks for nothing beyond the download.
Backyard Apollo AR holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Backyard Apollo AR has 1.5K ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 70% of Backyard Apollo AR's written reviews are positive against 80% of AR Moon's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Backyard Apollo AR ships an update every 7 months, AR Moon fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Backyard Apollo AR | AR Moon |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (1.5K ratings) — better | 3.5 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 69.6% of reviews | 80.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1.5K — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 82 MB | 238 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Wobbleworks LLC | Shenzhen Augmreal Technology Co., Ltd. |
Customer experience
Backyard Apollo AR
AR Moon
Bugs and requests
Backyard Apollo AR
Reported bugs
3 issues- Startup crashes and sensor reset loops
- Rocket launch sequence freezes
- Persistent audio issues after app closure
Requested features
3 requests- Add more rocket models and launch configurations
- Implement video recording capability
- Improve overall stability and performance
AR Moon
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Backyard Apollo AR
No in-app purchases
AR Moon
- Unlock All Stages$0.99
- unlock all the stars$2.99
Questions
Is Backyard Apollo AR free?
Is AR Moon free?
Which has better reviews, Backyard Apollo AR or AR Moon?
Do Backyard Apollo AR or AR Moon have ads?
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