AR Photo Frame vs RootsLore
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
AR Photo Frame
Visualize framed photos on your walls using augmented reality before committing to hanging them. This app allows you to place, customize, and arrange multiple frames in various styles and sizes to perfect your home decor.
- Place frames on walls in AR
- Select pictures from Camera Roll
- Customize frame style and size
- Move and arrange frames
- Remove unwanted frames
- Place multiple frames
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Home decorating just got a little easier with this helpful app. See what your framed pictures will look like on the wall before driving a single nail. With the power of ARKit you can: • place a frame on the wall • choose a picture from the Camera Roll • customize the frame style and size • move the frame around the wall • remove an unwanted frame from the wall Place multiple frames in different styles and sizes to experiment with the layout of your picture frames using the magic of augmented reality.
RootsLore
Visualize your family history on an animated map and a generational tree. Record birthplaces, residences, and life events to see how your ancestors moved across the globe over centuries. Collaborate with family to build a shared digital heirloom.
- Animated time-lapse world map
- Generational family tree view
- Flexible relationship graph
- Collaborative building
- Shareable map link
- Record birthplaces, residences, marriages, graves
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RootsLore turns scattered family memory into a living, time-lapse map. Add the people you remember — names, years, and the places that defined their lives. RootsLore plays it all back as an animated map, so your whole family can watch two centuries of shared history unfold across the world. — RECORD WHAT MATTERS Add birthplaces, residences, marriages, and graves. Every field is optional — start with just a name, fill in details as you go. City names look up coordinates automatically; pins are always hand-editable. — TWO VIEWS, ONE STORY Switch between a time-lapse world map and a generational family tree. Select any person and both views sync. Watch migration arcs trace the paths your ancestors walked. — BUILT FOR REAL FAMILIES A flexible relationship graph supports any family structure: unknown or non-binary parents, multiple marriages, remarriage, adoption, and unlinked branches. A person with no data shows as "Unknown" rather than blocking entry. — SHARE WITH ONE LINK Drop a link in the family group chat. Anyone can open the map — no account required. Invite specific family members to help build it together. — A DIGITAL HEIRLOOM Manual input isn't a limitation — it's the soul of RootsLore. The record you build here is one no database in the world holds. It's yours to preserve for the next generation. Where was your grandmother born? And her mother? And hers? Most of us only know two generations back. RootsLore is for the third. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://rootslore.com/en/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: RootsLore at 5.0 against AR Photo Frame's 4.3. RootsLore also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs weekly). AR Photo Frame's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ratings volume (6 vs 1). 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. RootsLore sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. AR Photo Frame asks for nothing beyond the download.
RootsLore holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: AR Photo Frame has 6 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
AR Photo Frame ships an update weekly, RootsLore every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | AR Photo Frame | RootsLore |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (6 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 40.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 6 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 36 MB | 52 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | HOOKBANG LLC | Taeeun Kim |
Customer experience
AR Photo Frame
RootsLore
In-app purchases
AR Photo Frame
No in-app purchases
RootsLore
- RootsLore Pro$3.991 Month
- RootsLore Pro$39.991 Year









