Backyard Apollo AR vs AR
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
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 in-app purchases: Backyard Apollo AR at none against AR's 2. Backyard Apollo AR also leads on ratings volume (1.5K vs 11). AR's advantage is update cadence (every 3 months vs every 7 months). On price, rating, 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 sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. Backyard Apollo AR asks for nothing beyond the download.
AR holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Backyard Apollo AR has 1.5K ratings behind it against 11, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Backyard Apollo AR ships an update every 7 months, AR every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Backyard Apollo AR | AR |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (1.5K ratings) | 4.9 (11 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 69.6% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1.5K — better | 11 |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 14.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 82 MB | 56 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Wobbleworks LLC | Apps Places |
Customer experience
Backyard Apollo AR
AR
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
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Backyard Apollo AR
No in-app purchases
AR
- Upgrade to Pro Weekly$2.997 Days
- Upgrade to Pro Yearly$12.991 Year
Questions
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