AR vs Solary
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
AR
Explore a realistic solar system in augmented reality. View planets and their movements up close in your environment, from your bedroom to the outdoors. A simple and immersive way to learn about space.
- Augmented reality solar system
- Planet movement visualization
- Detailed planet information
- Immersive educational experience
- Classroom and outdoor use
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Imagine yourself immersed in a solar system and watch closely every movement of planets as you want them to be. A cool and simple way of viewing the solar system! With AR - Solar System, you can explore science in whole new dimension. And look up for the details of every planet. This uses apple's new ARkit, through which you can delve into solar system wherever you want, whether it is your bedroom, classroom and outdoor garden.
Solary
Explore our solar system in augmented reality. View individual planets or the entire system in orbit. Interact with celestial bodies by rotating, scaling, and repositioning them. Enhance your experience with a galaxy background.
- Augmented reality solar system exploration
- View individual planets or the full system
- Interactive planet controls (rotate, scale, move)
- Adjustable rotation animations
- Galaxy background option
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Solary is an AR app which lets you inspect each planet of our solar system. You can choose each planet one by one to check them out closely, or you can choose the whole solar system to experience all the planets orbiting around the sun. During the AR experience you can start and pause rotation animations, move the planets up and down, scale them or rotate them by yourself. If you really want to feel like you're in space, then tap on the galaxy button to enable it as a background.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: AR at none against Solary's 3. AR also leads on update cadence (every 5 months vs every 30 months) and iOS requirement (11.1 vs 14.0). On price, review sentiment, 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. Solary sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. AR asks for nothing beyond the download.
AR ships an update every 5 months, Solary every 30 months. The most recent releases landed on September 10, 2026 and June 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | AR | Solary |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months — better | Every 30 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.1 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 56 MB | 109 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Akshat Goel | Gyorgy Borz |
Customer experience
AR
Solary
In-app purchases
AR
No in-app purchases
Solary
- Tip$0.99
- Big tip$1.99
- Giant tip$2.99
