Illusions AR vs Wildcard AR
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Illusions AR
Create and share interactive augmented reality content globally. Discover and engage with content left by others, including messages, games, and photos, with location-based features and turn-by-turn directions.
- Place customizable AR content globally
- View and interact with shared AR content
- Turn-by-turn directions
- Photo & video camera recording
- Location-based points system
- Augmented step counter
- Star tracking
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Illusions AR enables you to place amazing customizable content (photos, music, messages, games, and much more) anywhere in the world, and once shared your content can be viewed and interacted with by everybody. Illusions AR also includes turn-by-turn directions, photo & video camera recording, the ability to look up stores and information around you, write and receive messages by writing in the clouds, competitive fitness with our augmented step counter, location-based points system that enhances Illusions and multiplayer gaming. Keep them steps up to make more points! You can also tune your content for better accuracy with image markers and we wouldn’t be complete without the ability to track the stars in the sky!
Wildcard AR
Create and send interactive 3D AR greetings via text messages or custom e-cards. Personalize messages with photos, AI-generated backgrounds, and AR emojis. Recipients do not need the app to view greetings.
- 3D Augmented Reality greetings
- Customizable e-Cards with photos
- AI-generated e-Card backgrounds
- AR emojis and picture frames
- Ambient audio in AR messages
- Message translation
- No app required for recipients
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Send 3D interactive AR Greetings as text messages to any iPhone or iPad. Or create and send customised e-Cards with your own photos and customised messages Choose from dozens of events and celebrations AR Text Messages • See any greeting message in 3D Augmented Reality • Add 3D AR emojis, greeting cards & photo frames, and interact with any AR object • Send your greetings (with 3D emojis) as AR text messages to anyone with an iPhone or iPad • Or send your message in a customisable AR Greeting Card or as a photo in an AR Picture Frame • Include ambient audio in your AR text messages • AR Message recipients do *not* need to have the app E-Cards • Use the eCard Designer to create and share photo e-Cards • Generate AI text prompts to use with your favourite AI image generation service to create relevant and original e-Card backgrounds • Put your eCard in an AR picture frame and hang it on your wall • Easily translate your AR text, e-Cards and AR text messages into other languages Tap and swipe your way through dozens of of events and hundreds of greeting messages, and save your favorites. Choose customisation text which will be inserted into all your message templates. View and interact with any customised greeting in 3D Augmented Reality! Choose from a range of text fonts, colours and textures. Add AR emojis. Share photos or videos of any AR greeting message in your real-world environment. You can send your greetings as AR text messages to any iPhone or iPad user, including AR emojis, picture frames and ambient audio. Or you can send them as customisable 3D AR greeting cards! Message recipients do *not* need to have the app. Download photos (or use your own) and overlay any greeting message to create and customize your own e-Cards. Apply color effects and textures, and change text properties to create unique, personalized and evocative images. Put your eCard or message text in an AR picture frame and hang it on your wall. All the functionality of the app is available for free, but with some limits to the range of options available within some of its features. These include a limited set of free events, limited free AR text colours and fonts, limited languages available for text translation, and a daily limit on the number of AR text messages that can be sent. All these limits can be removed via a simple one-off in app purchase.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Illusions AR at none against Wildcard AR's 1. Illusions AR also leads on iOS requirement (11.0 vs 16.6). Wildcard AR's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months). On price, review sentiment, ads 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. Wildcard AR sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Illusions AR asks for nothing beyond the download.
Illusions AR ships an update every 2 months, Wildcard AR weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Illusions AR | Wildcard AR |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (8 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 8 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 253 MB | 48 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Badnano Corporation | Andrew Offield |
Customer experience
Illusions AR
Wildcard AR
In-app purchases
Illusions AR
No in-app purchases
Wildcard AR
- Wildcard Premium$0.99









