AR Makr vs Sandbox AR
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
AR Makr
This app allows users to create and manipulate augmented reality objects. Users can sketch, scan, and transform 2D creations into 3D virtual objects, then place and record them in their real-world environment.
- Sketch and scan real-world objects
- Transform 2D creations to 3D
- Place virtual objects in environment
- Record and save AR scenes
- Share scenes with friends
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AR Makr is a creative toolbox for augmented reality. Sketch, scan, and snap the world around you. Transform your creations from 2D to 3D virtual objects. Place your creations anywhere in your environment. Record, save, and share your scenes with friends.
Sandbox AR
Create, build, and explore immersive virtual worlds using augmented reality. This app allows users to scale creations to life-size and share them with others. It's designed to bring interactive technology into educational settings.
- Create, build, and explore in AR
- Life-size scale exploration
- Share creations via QR code
- Capture snapshots and videos
- Teacher audio descriptions (DE:X subscribers)
- Link to curated resources (DE:X subscribers)
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--- Multi award-winning augmented reality maker app --- - BETT Awards 2023 Best AR/VR ! - GESS Awards 2023 Best Digital XR / VR / AI Product - spaces4learning New Product Award 2022 ! -- What is Sandbox? -- Experience, build, and explore in AR with Discovery Education Sandbox. Designed as a companion to the award-winning Discovery Education Experience learning platform, bring immersive technology and content into the classroom. Choose from hundreds of models and create a virtual world to experience and share with fellow students and teachers. Use life size mode to scale up and walk inside your own creation! -- Features -- • Create, build and explore in augmented reality. • Explore creations in life-size scale! • Share your sandboxes with other users with a simple QR code. • Capture snapshots and videos of your sandbox. -- Enhanced features for DE:X subscribers -- As a Discovery Education Experience or Espresso subscriber, access additional features to add teacher audio descriptions to sandboxes and add links to your own curated resources on Experience or Espresso. Integrate with studio boards and access future additional model packs.
Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Sandbox AR at 100% against AR Makr's 52%. Sandbox AR also leads on rating (4.8 vs 3.7). AR Makr's advantage is iOS requirement (12.4 vs 14.0). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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.
Sandbox AR holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 23 and 16 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 52% of AR Makr's written reviews are positive against 100% of Sandbox AR's.
AR Makr ships an update monthly, Sandbox AR every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | AR Makr | Sandbox AR |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (23 ratings) | 4.8 (16 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 52.2% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 23 — better | 16 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPad | iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.4 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 85 MB | 1.6 GB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Line Break, LLC | Discovery Education Inc. |
Customer experience
AR Makr
Sandbox AR
In-app purchases
AR Makr
No in-app purchases
Sandbox AR
No in-app purchases
