Fancy AR Brush vs Messages Augmented Reality
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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.
Messages Augmented Reality
Create and send unique messages in augmented reality, featuring 3D text, emojis, and special effects. Share a link for recipients to view your creations, with options for customization and message tracking.
- Send 3D text, emoji, and symbols
- Augmented reality message viewing
- Customizable message links
- Message statistics and read notifications
- Text effects, animations, and textures
- iMessage App integration
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Messages Augmented Reality is a new and amazing way to send special messages. You can send text, emoticons, symbols and kawaii in Augmented Reality with cool screen effects. How it works? You create the Augmented Reality message. A message link will be generated. You can then send and share the link with anyone. When they tap the link they can view the Augmented Reality Message that you created. The message link back part can be customised. It’s really easy and fun. You can also view message statistics such as how many times your message was read and also receive a notification the first time your message is read. What about customization? Add text with many different fonts and effects. You can change the size, the 3D effect, the color or you can add amazing textures. Add animations or special effects to text symbols and kawaii. You can do just about anything you imagine. And the Emoticons? A great message always has emoticons. Choose many different 3D emoticons and add them in Augmented Reality. Change the size, position, add animations and special effects. Does the iMessage App work the same way? Yes the iMessage App has all the same amazing feature and customizability. The only difference is that messages are sent directly to the recipient without a link. The recipient can simply tap the message and view it in Augmented Reality. It’s that simple. Message Augmented Reality is fun and amazing. Enjoy making great messages.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Messages Augmented Reality at 4.3 against Fancy AR Brush's 2.0. Messages Augmented Reality also leads on ratings volume (31 vs 2). Fancy AR Brush's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 78 months) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Fancy AR Brush sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and Messages Augmented Reality sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Messages Augmented Reality holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Messages Augmented Reality has 31 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Fancy AR Brush ships an update every 2 weeks, Messages Augmented Reality every 78 months. The most recent releases landed on August 26, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Fancy AR Brush | Messages Augmented Reality |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.0 (2 ratings) | 4.3 (31 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 31 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 78 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 37 MB | 87 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Shenzhen Augmreal Technology Co., Ltd. | Vyasa |
Customer experience
Fancy AR Brush
Messages Augmented Reality
In-app purchases
Fancy AR Brush
- NO ADS$0.99
- Unlock All Brushes$0.99
Messages Augmented Reality
- Unlock All Features$2.99
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