Big Bang AR vs Hyperspace AR
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Big Bang AR
Embark on an interactive mixed reality journey through the universe's 13.8 billion-year history. Witness the formation of stars, our solar system, and Earth, and explore the fundamental particles that make up everything. Discover your connection to the cosmos and share your cosmic creations.
- Mixed reality universe exploration
- Interactive cosmic formation
- Learn about particles and stars
- Witness solar system creation
- Augmented reality experiences
- Shareable #starselfie feature
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Join Tilda Swinton and CERN scientists on an epic interactive journey through the birth and evolution of the universe - in mixed reality. Go back in time 13.8 billion years and discover how space, time and the visible universe came to be. See the universe form in the palm of your hand. Witness the formation of the very first stars, our solar system, and the planet we call home. Immerse yourself in the primordial mystery of the early universe in space and watch events unfold around you, in your own physical environment. Learn about the microscopic building blocks that make up everything - and everyone - we know, and find out if we really are made of stars. See the universe form as you stretch out your hand in front of your camera. Create the very first particles and atoms. Make a star explode, create a supernova and explore the nebula. See our solar system come together and hold the Earth in the palm of your hand. Find out how we are made from stars, take a #starselfie and share it with your friends. This app has options for subtitles. Augmented reality experiences require battery power- please make sure your device is fully charged before playing this AR experience. To show you where you are on Earth, Big Bang AR needs permission to access your location. The app also needs access to the camera and photo gallery on your device for the AR experience to work, and to save photos directly to your device. This data remains anonymous and will not be stored or shared externally from your device. Big Bang AR is a collaboration between CERN and Google Arts & Culture. With special thanks to Rolf Landua, Head of Global Engagement, CERN, and production partner Nexus Studios. Discover more about Big Bang AR CERN https://home.cern Google Arts & Culture https://artsandculture.google.com
Hyperspace AR
Create a unique augmented reality art exhibition in your own space using 3D AR sculptures. Scan your environment and draw with a variety of tools that sample your surroundings' colors. Film and share your digital art installations.
- Site-specific AR sculpture creation
- LiDAR scanning for environment mapping
- 3D drawing tools
- Color sampling from environment
- Record and share creations
- AR art exhibition
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Hyperspace AR is a LiDAR augmented reality art experiment by Universal Everything. Create a site-specific exhibition of AR sculptures in your own space. Scan your space, then draw on the screen to create 3D AR sculptures. Your toolkit includes flowers, crystals, spikes and threads, which also sample the colours of your environment. Film and share your creation using #HyperspaceAR. This AR experiment has been designed using the LiDAR camera and will therefore only function on the iPhone 12 Pro and iPad Pro 2019 and up.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Big Bang AR at 4.5 against Hyperspace AR's 3.8. Big Bang AR also leads on ratings volume (202 vs 11) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 13.5). On price, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases 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.
Big Bang AR holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Big Bang AR has 202 ratings behind it against 11, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 68% of Big Bang AR's written reviews are positive against 71% of Hyperspace AR's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
| Parameter | Big Bang AR | Hyperspace AR |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (202 ratings) — better | 3.8 (11 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 68.2% of reviews | 71.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 202 — better | 11 |
| Update frequency | — | Every 43 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 13.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 200 MB | 73 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | CERN | Universal Everything Ltd |
Customer experience
Big Bang AR
Hyperspace AR
Bugs and requests
Big Bang AR
Reported bugs
4 issues- App crashes on launch
- Camera access not working
- Glitchy and unstable performance
- Disappearing objects and elements
Requested features
5 requests- Longer and more in-depth content
- Compatibility with VR/AR headsets
- Ability to explore the universe in more detail
- Accessibility options for disabled users
- Expanded content on other scientific topics
Hyperspace AR
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Big Bang AR
No in-app purchases
Hyperspace AR
No in-app purchases








