Backyard Apollo AR vs Gluco Bake App
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”!
Gluco Bake App
This entertainment app allows users to identify various foods through image recognition. It offers a fun way to explore and enjoy culinary content within the application.
- Food recognition via images
- Fun photo taking
- Enjoy food content
- Interactive entertainment
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Gluco Bake App - Use this app to recognize food, take some pictures for fun, and enjoy good food on the app! Have fun here and join in this app
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Gluco Bake App at fortnightly against Backyard Apollo AR's every 7 months. Gluco Bake App also leads on iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.6). Backyard Apollo AR's advantage is ratings volume (1.5K vs 3). On price, rating, 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Backyard Apollo AR against 4.7 for Gluco Bake App. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Backyard Apollo AR has 1.5K ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Backyard Apollo AR ships an update every 7 months, Gluco Bake App fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Backyard Apollo AR | Gluco Bake App |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (1.5K ratings) — better | 4.7 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 69.6% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1.5K — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 82 MB | 260 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Wobbleworks LLC | Coding Minds, Inc. |
Customer experience
Backyard Apollo AR
Gluco Bake App
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
Gluco Bake App
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Backyard Apollo AR
No in-app purchases
Gluco Bake App
No in-app purchases
Questions
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