8th Wall XR Remote vs BlippAR OpenAR
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
8th Wall XR Remote
This utility app transforms your iOS device into a remote control for testing AR applications on your computer. It streams essential data like touches, camera feed, and sensor readings directly to your development environment, streamlining the AR development workflow.
- AR app preview and testing
- Device as remote control
- Streams touches, camera, and sensor data
- Supports 6DoF camera position
- Environmental sensing data
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8th Wall XR Remote allows you to preview and test AR apps directly in your development environment on your computer without having to compile and deploy it to a device. It turns your iOS device into a remote control that streams data to your development computer such as touches, camera image, camera position (6DoF), field of view, accelerometer, gyroscope, magnetometer and environmental sensing data (e.g. light level, detected surfaces and anchor points). Documentation is available at: https://docs.8thwall.com/xr/
BlippAR OpenAR
Explore the world through augmented reality. Scan everyday objects, famous faces, landmarks, and more to unlock interactive experiences and learn new information. Discover hidden content on packaging, magazines, and posters.
- Scan everyday objects to learn more
- Unlock AR experiences from everyday places
- Discover content on packaging and magazines
- Identify famous faces, landmarks, and more
- Interactive augmented reality experiences
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Via the realms of augmented reality, Blippar helps you see, experience and learn more from the world. Unlock augmented reality experiences from everyday objects and places with the Blippar app. Scan and see what you can discover. Perhaps you’ve seen a celeb but can’t quite place them? A logo you want to know more about or that adorable dog? Or who painted that amazing art piece? Scan them with blippar to learn more. Scanning with Blippar is easy: 1. Download, then tap and hold to scan almost anything, see what you discover (we may not always get it right, but we’re working on it!). Try any famous face, dogs, cars (US only), landmarks, flowers, everyday objects… even a banana! 2. Look out for the Blippar logo on packaging, products, magazines and posters. Scan the item as instructed to experience incredible augmented reality. Follow @blippar on Instagram & Twitter, like us on Facebook or check the blipp.it webpage for more blipps. Any questions or feedback, email: ios@blippar.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: 8th Wall XR Remote at 5.0 against BlippAR OpenAR's 2.3. 8th Wall XR Remote also leads on device support and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 14.0). On price, ratings volume, 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
8th Wall XR Remote holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 3 respectively.
| Parameter | 8th Wall XR Remote | BlippAR OpenAR |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better | 2.3 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 3 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | — |
| Ads | No | — |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | — |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 66 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | 8th Wall | blippar.com |
In-app purchases
8th Wall XR Remote
No in-app purchases
BlippAR OpenAR
No in-app purchases
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