Comparison

Illusions AR vs Authentic Social Media

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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!

About

Authentic Social Media

This app offers a social experience focused on connecting with actual friends and family, free from ads, algorithms, and influencers. It allows users to share moments and participate in a daily spontaneous photo challenge called a 'Glimpse'.

Highlights
  • Connect with friends and family
  • Share photos anytime
  • Daily spontaneous photo challenge (Glimpse)
  • No feed or algorithm
  • No ads or influencers
  • No follower counts or likes
Features
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Social media wasn't built for your actual friends. It was built to keep you scrolling. Think about it. When did you last open Instagram to see what your best friend is actually doing right now? Instead, you got ads, influencers, and an algorithm deciding what matters. Three hours later, you're watching strangers argue about something you don't care about. Authentic is different. Just your people. Just their faces. Open the app and you see the people who matter to you—what they're doing today, where they are, how they're feeling. No feed. No algorithm. No ads. No influencers. Nothing to scroll. — HOW IT WORKS Share moments with your people whenever you want. A photo from your morning coffee. Your view from the office. Dinner with your family. Your people see it. That's it. But there's also something called a Glimpse. Once a day, at a random time, you get a notification. You have 2 minutes to share a photo—whatever you're doing right now. No planning. No staging. No picking the perfect angle. Just your life, in that moment. You don't pick the perfect moment. The moment picks you. That's what makes it real. Your people are doing the same thing. So you see their unplanned moments too. Tuesday at 2:47pm. Saturday morning still in bed. The boring parts. The real parts. — WHY I BUILT THIS I'm Atin. I got tired of the doom scroll. I wanted a place to see my friends' faces without the noise. Without spending an hour I didn't mean to spend. Without feeling worse after than before. So I built something smaller. Something focused. Something that takes a few minutes a day, not a few hours. No hundred million dollars in funding. No growth hacking. No "engagement optimization." Just a place that respects your time and your relationships. — WHAT YOU GET • Your people's faces, front and center • Share photos anytime, or capture a daily Glimpse • No algorithm deciding what you see • No ads, ever • No follower counts or likes • No strangers, no influencers, no "suggested for you" — The social app for people who are tired of social media. Instagram is for influencers. Authentic is for humans.

Screenshots

Illusions AR4 screens
Authentic Social Media3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Illusions AR at 5.0 against Authentic Social Media's 1.0. Illusions AR also leads on ratings volume (8 vs 1) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 16.0). Authentic Social Media's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 2 months). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Illusions AR holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Illusions AR has 8 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Illusions AR ships an update every 2 months, Authentic Social Media every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Illusions AR versus Authentic Social Media: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterIllusions ARAuthentic Social Media
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (8 ratings) — better1.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings8 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS11.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size253 MB57 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperBadnano CorporationAuthentic Technologies Inc.

In-app purchases

None

Illusions AR

No in-app purchases

None

Authentic Social Media

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Illusions AR free?
Illusions AR is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Authentic Social Media free?
Authentic Social Media is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Illusions AR or Authentic Social Media?
Illusions AR is rated higher. Illusions AR averages 5.0 out of 5 from 8 ratings, while Authentic Social Media averages 1.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Illusions AR or Authentic Social Media have ads?
Neither Illusions AR nor Authentic Social Media shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Illusions AR or Authentic Social Media?
Illusions AR ships an update every 2 months, and Authentic Social Media every 2 days. Most recently, Illusions AR was updated on October 24, 2026 and Authentic Social Media on October 28, 2026.

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