Adafruit AR vs Pi AR
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Adafruit AR
Explore electronics concepts in augmented reality. Visualize virtual components and see pinout overlays on real circuit boards. Learn about electronics in an interactive and engaging way.
- Virtual Adabot interaction
- Pinout overlays on boards
- Augmented reality visualization
- Electronics tips and info
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It's Adafruit in augmented reality! • Meet a virtual Adabot right on any surface • View pinout overlays on Adafruit and third-party microcontroller boards
Pi AR
Explore the Raspberry Pi and circuits in augmented reality. This guide helps you set up your Pi and learn to build basic circuits, like blinking an LED. It's a hands-on way to understand electronics.
- Augmented reality Raspberry Pi exploration
- Circuit building guide
- LED blinking tutorial
- Interactive learning experience
- Educational companion
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This is Pi AR, an entirely new way to learn about the Raspberry Pi and circuits. Place a Raspberry Pi in Augmented Reality and explore its features while you set yours up. Afterward, learn how to build a simple circuit to blink an LED. * This app is only a guide, and the user is solely responsible for property damage or personal harm.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Pi AR at 5.0 against Adafruit AR's 3.9. Pi AR also leads on review sentiment (67% vs 57%) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 17.0). Adafruit AR's advantage is ratings volume (16 vs 1). 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Pi AR holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Adafruit AR has 16 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 57% of Adafruit AR's written reviews are positive against 67% of Pi AR's.
| Parameter | Adafruit AR | Pi AR |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (16 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 57.1% of reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 16 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 55 MB | 34 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Adafruit Industries | EOS Innovations LLC |
Customer experience
Adafruit AR
Pi AR
In-app purchases
Adafruit AR
No in-app purchases
Pi AR
No in-app purchases
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