4th Wall vs Dream Machine Experience
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
4th Wall
Experience public art in augmented reality. Discover curated AR exhibitions at significant locations or place 3D artworks in your own environment. Engage with art that activates historical sites and inspires dialogue.
- Augmented reality public art exhibitions
- Site-specific AR artworks
- Place 3D dimensional drawings
- Record and share AR creations
- Explore historically significant sites
- Sound integration for artworks
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4th Wall is a free, augmented reality (AR) public art platform exploring inclusive creative expression. “Coordinates” hosts an ongoing series of curated, collaborative, site specific, public AR art exhibitions. Users are invited to be physically present at specific locations to experience AR artworks in situ. When users select the Coordinates feature, based on their location, they will be directed toward artworks – translated into AR-- created by artists that activate the historically, politically or culturally significant sites they have chosen. “Coordinates” aims to inspire thoughtful dialogue and expand our understanding of public art. By pressing the AR Artworks button, users can view, explore and place Nancy Baker Cahill’s dimensional drawings in the environment of their choice. Drawings can be rotated, scaled, placed and recorded by user. What’s New - A more streamlined experience for the user, with the removal of the hologram, studio experience and Desert X exhibition buttons and an expansion of the curated and site-specific “Coordinates” AR public art exhibitions platform. - Artworks may include sound so make sure to check for the new orange sound button at the top of the menu when observing an artwork on site. - The “Refresh” button updates the nearest artwork depending on the user’s location. - The “About” button directs users to the home page for 4thwallapp.org. Users can re-enter the app by tapping the text, “4th Wall” at the upper left hand corner of their screens. 4th Wall App is available on iPhone 6s iOS11 or above. Founding artist and Creative Director: Nancy Baker Cahill App Developer: Drive Studios ©nancybakercahill2019
Dream Machine Experience
An augmented reality music experience blending Afro-Futurism with inter-generational storytelling. Explore a world where community, growth, and healing are central to envisioning a better future.
- Augmented Reality experience
- Music-driven content
- Afro-Futurist themes
- Inter-generational storytelling
- Community gathering and healing focus
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THE DREAM MACHINE EXPERIENCE. A music-driven Augmented Reality experience by Nona Hendryx, rooted in Afro-Futurism where communities can identify, gather, grow, and heal. The Past and the Present for the Future. An ambitious synthesis of future-forward and inter-generational storytelling, THE DREAM MACHINE EXPERIENCE invites us to imagine another world is possible.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Dream Machine Experience at 100% against 4th Wall's 67%. Dream Machine Experience also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). 4th Wall's advantage is rating (4.5 vs 4.2) and ratings volume (42 vs 5). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
4th Wall holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: 4th Wall has 42 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 67% of 4th Wall's written reviews are positive against 100% of Dream Machine Experience's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
4th Wall ships an update every 11 days, Dream Machine Experience weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | 4th Wall | Dream Machine Experience |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (42 ratings) — better | 4.2 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 42 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 11 days | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 298 MB | 197 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Nancy Baker Cahill Studio, Inc | EyeJack |
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4th Wall
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In-app purchases
4th Wall
No in-app purchases
Dream Machine Experience
No in-app purchases
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