Tustan AR vs AR Metaverse
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Tustan AR
Explore a historical wooden castle from the 9th-16th centuries through augmented reality. This app reconstructs a former customs site on the Carpathian Mountains, offering an immersive way to experience ancient architecture and its preservation.
- Augmented reality castle reconstruction
- Historical site exploration
- IX-XVI century architecture
- Carpathian Mountains customs site
- 3D models of stones and castle
- Indoor and outdoor viewing
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The app is a kind of time machine. It takes back wooden castle existed in IX-XVI centuries. It was a customs on the road through the Carpathian Mountains. Mykhaylo Rozhko has found traces on the rocks nearly 50 years ago when he first came to Urych to a special place where humans creatively augmented the nature. The idea to reconstruct the castle came became a dream that his son Vasyl Rozhko is supporting now. It came a long story of measurements and refinement. Reconstruction has been started from the manual measurement of about 4000 locations where wooden planks were placed on the stones in 1971-1977. The first scientific baked graphic reconstruction was made with pencil on paper based on known architecture sample of the time some wooden remains with accuracy up to 90%. In the most developed 5th building period in XIII century it was up to 5 floors 3,5 - 5 meters high each – 25 m total. Technology evolved, laser distance measurement has become accessible and measurements were performed again. It was not enough again. Some parts of the rocks are not accessible covered with trees. Drones helped to reach that places and photogrammetry reconstruction provided centimeters to millimeters accuracy. That way were achieved both stones and castle models in modern computer graphics understanding. Matching and putting into mobile devices that work outdoors in different weather conditions was a year-long technological challenge for SoftServe R&D team. Now It comes alive in real time on historical site outdoor and can be reviewed indoor with images placed with an app in App Store and Play Market. Nowadays we can rebuild or even 3D print full-scale castle and it’s not going to be the authentic one. Thus the dream achieved valued side effect. It clearly appeared that the rocks are also being destroyed in time and we can save this legacy. With augmented reality, curious minds can feel the cultural-historical phenomena. We should know who we were to go confidently to brighter future.
AR Metaverse
Explore a vast augmented reality metaverse spanning over 1000 cities worldwide. Place and own digital land, transform your surroundings with virtual content, and even promote your business globally. This platform offers a new open space for creativity and commerce.
- Explore AR metaverse in 1000+ cities
- Place AR content anywhere
- Own digital lands
- Transform reality with virtual objects
- Promote business globally
- Launch and manage AR projects remotely
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Explore the new Arcona Metaverse in 1000+ cities of the entire world. Place AR content wherever you want. Become the owner of Digital Lands and transform reality anywhere on the planet. Send virtual greetings to any continents. Promote your business in other countries. __________________________ The digital lands of Arcona have covered hundreds of the largest and most beautiful cities on the planet. And now, walking around Paris or New York with the Arcona AR World, you embark on an incredible journey to see how the familiar world transforms, filled with thousands of digital objects. The Arcona ecosystem is designed to remotely host virtual content anywhere in the world. Simple and convenient tools allow each user to launch authoring AR projects and manage them remotely. This is a new open space for creativity and business.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: AR Metaverse at 4.6 against Tustan AR's 2.7. AR Metaverse also leads on review sentiment (75% vs 33%) and ratings volume (9 vs 3). Tustan AR's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and update cadence (every 9 days vs every 3 weeks). 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 Metaverse sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Tustan AR asks for nothing beyond the download.
AR Metaverse holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 2.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 9 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 33% of Tustan AR's written reviews are positive against 75% of AR Metaverse's.
Tustan AR ships an update every 9 days, AR Metaverse every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Tustan AR | AR Metaverse |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.7 (3 ratings) | 4.6 (9 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews | 75.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 9 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days — better | Every 3 weeks |
| 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 | 10.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 193 MB | 259 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | SoftServe, Inc. | PILGRIM LLC (Mobile) |
Customer experience
Tustan AR
AR Metaverse
In-app purchases
Tustan AR
No in-app purchases
AR Metaverse
- Arcona Gold - 10$0.99
- Arcona Gold - 50$4.99
- Arcona Gold - 150$14.99
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- Arcona Gold - 500$49.99
Questions
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