CiphAR vs pocket.watch
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CiphAR
Create and share augmented reality content like images, videos, GIFs, and messages tied to your location. Log in easily with Twitter or email to build a new world around you.
- Share images, videos, GIFs, and messages in AR
- Geolocation-based content sharing
- Log in with Twitter or email
- Create animations with brush tools
- Build and share new AR worlds
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【Goal】 Create a new world. 【Features】 ・Share your images, videos or messages, gif, brush... in AR ・Log in with your twitter account or email. ・Contents related to geolocation, so you can share and see contents around here. 【Available Contents】 ・Image ・Video ・Text message ・Animation Gif ・Brush
pocket.watch
Discover safe, family-friendly videos from popular kid-friendly YouTube channels like Ryan's World and Kids Diana Show. Enjoy adventures, challenges, gameplay, and educational content perfect for young viewers.
- Safe kids videos
- Popular YouTube creators
- Challenges and gameplay
- Science experiments
- Family-friendly learning
- Slime content
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Safe kids videos from your best YouTube friends - Ryan's World, Kids Diana Show, EvanTubeHD, HobbyKidsTV, JillianTubeHD, KidCity, and CaptainSparklez - are all on pocket.watch! Join the world's biggest kid-vid superstars on all of their awesome adventures - from challenges, to Minecraft and Roblox gameplay, to cool science experiments - and so much more! pocket.watch brings you the best of kid-favorite shows, featuring tons of family-friendly learning and fun. Oh, and slime too. Lots of slime!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: CiphAR at 5.0 against pocket.watch's 4.6. CiphAR also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 2 months). pocket.watch's advantage is ratings volume (1K vs 2). 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.
CiphAR holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: pocket.watch has 1K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
CiphAR ships an update monthly, pocket.watch every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CiphAR | pocket.watch |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | 4.6 (1K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 81.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 1K — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 205 MB | 42 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Gungnir Inc. | PocketWatch, Inc. |
Customer experience
CiphAR
pocket.watch
Bugs and requests
CiphAR
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
pocket.watch
Reported bugs
3 issues- Videos not loading or playing properly
- App crashing or freezing
- Compatibility issues on older devices
Requested features
4 requests- Add more channels like FGTeeV, Aphmau, and Disney Princess Fan
- Increase frequency of new video uploads
- Implement a search bar
- Expand content library with more variety
In-app purchases
CiphAR
No in-app purchases
pocket.watch
No in-app purchases
