AR Models Manager vs DocLens
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
AR Models Manager
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"AR Models Manager" turns your device into a three-dimensional model viewer in augmented reality for the design, study, simulation and detailed observation of 3D models. Build one or more 3D models (with textures, using for example Blender, FingerCAD, Finger3D, etc...), insert models in the scene, position them and visualize them in augmented reality: in your home/office/store/company (ex. in the air, on the floor, on a table, on a wall, in a piece of furniture, on any horizontal surface, etc...) or outside the home (ex. open sky, garden, park, etc...). Build a fantasy world: - populate the scene with one or more 3D models built by you - insert a background - insert the sky Walk in the scene moving between the models or inside the models (with your legs as if everything were real): - observe the 3D model in the smallest detail by walking around it, looking in all directions (front, side, back, top, bottom) - walk with your legs inside the model, like you are walking in an existing building - walk near the model to show more details (close up view) - walk away from the model to show the model completely or more models together (seen from afar) - turn around the model to looks at the side of interest - move over or under the model - walk in the model to look inside it (in all directions) - etc... Background of the scene and landscape: - in the presence of light, the real world will be visualized together with 3D models in augmented reality (the models will replace or enrich parts of the real world) - you can add a background/sky to the scene (horizon) by inserting for example a cylinder or a cube (with texture) in the scene, with radius/side large enough to contain yourself (you will move inside the cylinder/cube) and the rest of the scene (the texture of the cylinder/cube will be your background/sky) - you can build models of mountains, trees, rivers, lakes, streams, etc... and insert them in the scene to enrich the landscape - you can add houses, cars, motorcycles, people, birds, etc... - you can add to the scene any object you want, designed by You using 3D modelers (or purchased on the Internet: all formats compatible with ARKit can be used such as OBJ (with MTL and TEXTURE with relative path), SCN, STL, etc...) Interacting manually with 3D model you can: - move the model in the real world (pan gesture: dragging a finger on the model) - enlarge and reduce the model (pinch gesture: pinching the model) - rotate the model around its axis of rotation (rotation gesture: rotating the model with two fingers) - remove the model from the scene (long press gesture: holding a finger on the model for half a second) - add the model to the scene (clones) by touching the desired position (using a horizontal plane in the real world or feature points) 3D model import: - File sharing (iTunes) - Open In Useful for example: - for retailers, to show the products on sale (3D catalog: show real products not yet present in the shop ex. eyeglasses, ornaments, favors, chandeliers, etc...) - to better visualize the model before 3D printing (the displayed model can be directly printed using 3D printers and specific printing software) - for filming (cinema) with real actors and fantasy worlds - for architecture ex. placing furniture and objects in a house, coloring walls, observing / studying / showing in detail a room / apartment / building not yet existing - for engineering ex. design houses and exploring them even before starting construction work - as a creative game (build, photograph or film fantasy worlds created by you) - etcโฆ UNIVERSAL APP: - You pay only once and run on all your devices
DocLens
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DocLens is a fully offline frame-select OCR tool: draw a box, extract exactly the text you circled, and translate it on your device. The liability clause in a contract, the date on a court ruling, one verbatim line from an interview: you choose the block, it reads only that. Headers, footers, ads and noise are never touched. Key features: 1. Frame-select OCR: shoot or pick a photo, drag a box, and only the text inside is recognized. Low-confidence lines are dashed-underlined for line-by-line proofreading before translation. 2. Accurate recognition: selectable recognition languages with automatic per-line detection for mixed Chinese and English; handwriting and rotated text supported; Enhance and Retry rescues poor scans. 3. On-device translation: results are translated paragraph by paragraph for fluent output. Chinese, English, Japanese, Korean, French, German and Spanish are supported, and language packs can be downloaded in advance. 4. QR and barcode scanning: frame a code to open URLs in an in-app browser, dial numbers, compose emails, open locations, or copy Wi-Fi passwords and contact fields. 5. Fully offline: recognition, translation and barcode scanning all run on your device. No account, no analytics, no cloud upload, and no network access from shutter to text. 6. Minimal permissions: DocLens never asks for full photo library access, only permission to save your exports. Data stays in the local sandbox and database. 7. Torch and Enhance Retry: turn on the light for close-up documents, and re-run recognition with boosted contrast when a scan comes out poorly. Membership: New users get a free 7-day trial, extendable once by another 7 days from the membership page. After the trial, you can still scan free once per day. VIP is a one-time purchase: no subscription, no ads, no tracking. Great for contract review, hearing and meeting notes, interview transcription, research excerpts, receipt and form data extraction, and translating foreign signs. Your files go nowhere. That is what makes DocLens different: it does not make decisions for you. It hands judgment back to you, and keeps privacy structural with on-device computing.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: DocLens at Free against AR Models Manager's $1.99. DocLens also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 38 months). AR Models Manager's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). On device support there is nothing between them.
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DocLens is free to download; AR Models Manager costs $1.99 up front. DocLens sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. AR Models Manager asks for nothing beyond the download.
AR Models Manager ships an update every 38 months, DocLens every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | AR Models Manager | DocLens |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free โ better |
| Update frequency | Every 38 months | Every 2 weeks โ better |
| Ads | No โ better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No โ better | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod โ better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 14.1 โ better | 17.0 |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 65 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Gianluca Natalini | ๆถ ๅ |
In-app purchases
AR Models Manager
No in-app purchases
DocLens
- DocLens - OCR$9.90
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