Comparison

Fancy AR Brush vs CiphAR

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Fancy AR Brush

This app uses ARKit to let you paint in 3D space, blending virtual creations with your real environment. Explore various artistic styles and record your creations to share.

Highlights
  • AR painting in real-world space
  • Adjustable brush size and distance
  • Camera and video recording
  • Multiple artistic styles (Brush, Spray, Text, Model, Scene)
  • One-key scene effects
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AR Brush is an AR painting app that transforms your lens into a brush and draws it on a mobile device.Through the ARKit technology, to break the original screen boundaries, let the virtual painting and the real environment in the same space for interactive interaction. ·Features - Painting: move your device to control center pen - Paintbrush size adjustment: Custom brush size - distance adjustment: adjust the space distance, Get the cool stereo effect - camera and video recording function: a key camera / recording sharing, AR new play, by you to lead the new fashion painting 5 Styles: -Brush: A wide choice of rich colors, through the color you choose to give a magical experience of visual and three-dimensional. - Spray: provide a variety of spray style, play a different brush. -Text: 3D text display, make the idea vivid. - Model: A variety of simulation entity model - Scene: a key to draw effects, no post-synthesis.

About

CiphAR

Create and share augmented reality content like images, videos, GIFs, and messages tied to your location. Log in easily with Twitter or email to build a new world around you.

Highlights
  • Share images, videos, GIFs, and messages in AR
  • Geolocation-based content sharing
  • Log in with Twitter or email
  • Create animations with brush tools
  • Build and share new AR worlds
Features
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【Goal】 Create a new world. 【Features】 ・Share your images, videos or messages, gif, brush... in AR ・Log in with your twitter account or email. ・Contents related to geolocation, so you can share and see contents around here. 【Available Contents】 ・Image ・Video ・Text message ・Animation Gif ・Brush

Screenshots

Fancy AR Brush4 screens
CiphAR4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: CiphAR at 5.0 against Fancy AR Brush's 2.0. CiphAR also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 2). Fancy AR Brush's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs monthly). On price, ratings volume 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Fancy AR Brush sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. CiphAR asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

CiphAR holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 2 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Fancy AR Brush ships an update every 2 weeks, CiphAR monthly. The most recent releases landed on August 26, 2026 and June 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 3 level
Fancy AR Brush versus CiphAR: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFancy AR BrushCiphAR
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Number of ratings22
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterMonthly
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size37 MB205 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperShenzhen Augmreal Technology Co., Ltd.Gungnir Inc.

Customer experience

Fancy AR Brush

All ratings2 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative50.0%

CiphAR

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Fancy AR Brush

One-time2
  • NO ADS$0.99
  • Unlock All Brushes$0.99
None

CiphAR

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Fancy AR Brush free?
Fancy AR Brush is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is CiphAR free?
CiphAR is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Fancy AR Brush or CiphAR?
CiphAR is rated higher. Fancy AR Brush averages 2.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while CiphAR averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Fancy AR Brush or CiphAR have ads?
CiphAR shows ads; Fancy AR Brush does not.
Which is updated more often, Fancy AR Brush or CiphAR?
Fancy AR Brush ships an update every 2 weeks, and CiphAR monthly. Most recently, Fancy AR Brush was updated on August 26, 2026 and CiphAR on June 4, 2026.

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