CiphAR vs Arrea
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
Arrea
Create and explore immersive augmented reality experiences. Add 3D models, shapes, and media to build virtual museums, educational content, or film sets. Share your creations on the AR Cloud.
- Powerful AR Editor
- Add 3D Models (Sketchfab)
- Create 3D Geometries
- Apply Images & Videos (Pixabay)
- Save, Publish & Share AR
- Record High-Quality Videos
- Bluescreen Mode
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Arrea is the app to explore, create & share Augmented Reality. Explore Augmented Reality wherever you are and walk into worlds full of creativity. Join us building quality AR for art, science, education and fun. The heart of this app is an easy-to-use & powerful AR Editor to add 3D Models, create 3D geometries like shapes, displays and solid objects. Create virtual museums & exhibitions, video installations, educational content, virtual filmset or bluescreen video studios and many more we couldn’t think of yet. Every created AR experience can be saved, published and shared on our AR Cloud. Features: Powerful AR Editor Add 3D Models (Over 600.000 Free Models via Sketchfab ) Create Shapes & Displays Apply Images & Videos Over 1 Million Free Images & Videos (via Pixabay) Save, Publish & Share AR (AR Cloud) Record high quality videos Bluescreen Modus* (A12 Chip) Export to USDZ Export to Sketchfab (Web 3D) Works indoors and outdoors. Use cases: Bluescreen Filmsets & Video Studios Virtual Museums/Exhibitions Indoor/Outdoor Extended Learning Videos in Realtime Interaktive Realtime Video Studio Visual Storytelling Set Design Free Version of this App: Save & publish up to 5 AR creations. Please subscribe to Arrea Pro to create, publish & explore unlimited AR content. Auto-renew Subscription for Arrea Pro: We offer 2 auto-renew subscriptions: Monthly or yearly subscription at $0.49/month or $4.49/ year to access subscribe to the pro version to create, publish & explore unlimited augmented reality. Terms and Conditions: https://arrea.io/terms-conditions Privacy Policy: https://arrea.io/arrea-privacy-policy 3D Models License and Credit Infos: https://arrea.io/3d-models-credits
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: CiphAR at 5.0 against Arrea's 2.0. CiphAR also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 2). Arrea's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and device support 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. Arrea sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. CiphAR asks for nothing beyond the download.
CiphAR holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.
CiphAR ships an update monthly, Arrea every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on June 4, 2026 and September 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CiphAR | Arrea |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | 2.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 14.7 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 205 MB | 34 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Gungnir Inc. | Peter Gregor Pohlmann |
Customer experience
CiphAR
Arrea
In-app purchases
CiphAR
No in-app purchases
Arrea
- Arrea Pro Monthly$4.991 Month
- Arrea Pro Yearly$49.991 Year
