Comparison

Aerocene vs Noun Quest

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

Head to head
About

Aerocene

Explore a future free from fossil fuels by planning virtual flights guided by real-time wind data. Visualize invisible air sculptures in augmented reality and engage with a global archive of solar-powered flights. Connect with an environmental art project that spans the globe.

Highlights
  • Virtual flight planning with wind data
  • Augmented reality visualization of air sculptures
  • Global archive of aerosolar flights
  • Interactive map of flight trajectories
  • Community engagement with environmental art
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Move into an era free from borders and fossil fuels with the Aerocene App. Float towards an ethical re-alliance with the environment, the planet and the cosmic/web of life, emerging beyond Anthropocentrism. Virtual Flights enable participants to use the app as a navigational tool -planning journeys in the Aerocene era. Floating with virtual aerosolar sculptures, the flight trajectory is composed via real-time information from 16-day forecasts of wind speeds at different altitudes. A digital gallery of Aeroglyphs -signatures in the air- chart the trajectories of the 7976 (and counting) virtual flights that have taken place so far on the Aerocene App. Augmented Reality flights offer a renewed way to sense the air, inviting the user to live an immersive experience by visualizing the invisible drawing made by an aero solar sculpture as it flies. You can visit a real location where a flight happened to see an augmented reality Aeroglyph sculpture formed by a site-specific trajectory made with the Aerocene Backpack, or you can transpose a flight to a site of your own choosing. Share the beautiful images created with your friends! Real Flights are recorded via an interactive global archive. The Aerocene community, founded by artist Tomás Saraceno in 2015, has launched numerous aerosolar sculptures lifted only by the sun and the air, carried only by the wind. Through the Aerocene app engage with the over 103 tethered, 16 free and 8 human Aerocene flights that have floated in more than 43 different countries. Proposed by Aerocene community founder and member Tomás Saraceno, the Aerocene app emerged in 2012 as a result of his Visiting Artist residency at the MIT Center for Art, Science & Technology (CAST). Made in collaboration with a multidisciplinary team of scientists from the institution's Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences (EAPS), the Aerocene app is an ever-evolving artwork and continues to be developed by the Aerocene Foundation in collaboration with Studio Tomás Saraceno.

About

Noun Quest

Features
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Noun Quest turns real-world exploring and full-body movement into one big adventure. Scan, run, jump, balance, solve and collect — in the gym, the classroom, the playground or the kitchen. THE WILD 40 Every barcode and QR code in the world hides its own one-of-a-kind Noun character, generated live from the code you scan. The same code always reveals the same Noun — and only real-world codes count. Hunt shelves, cupboards and bookcases to discover all 40 wild Nouns. MISSION BOSSES Twelve movement missions turn any space into a game: escape rooms where exercise scores crack vault codes, riddle trails, bank-or-bust fitness gambles, memory pose patterns, microphone-enforced stealth ops, head-to-head duels and full-speed noun rushes. Beat a mission to capture its exclusive Boss Noun. 9 WAYS TO PLAY Every mission type plays differently — and every one keeps a real decision in the players' hands: pick your path, gamble your points, solve the order, hold your nerve. BUILT FOR PE TEACHERS AND FAMILIES • Printable station kits inside every mission: briefing sheet, QR station cards and team tracker • No printer? Every station also works by tap • Team sizes, year levels, durations and movement skills listed on every mission • Debrief questions that turn play into learning • Missions run offline — perfect for gyms LEVEL UP Earn XP for every new discovery, build day streaks, unlock badges and watch the progress ring fill as you chase all 52: the 40 wild Nouns and 12 mission bosses. POWERED BY NOUNS Noun characters are open-source, public-domain (CC0) pixel art from the Nouns project, generated live by CloudNouns. One new Noun a day, forever — and infinite Nouns hiding in your world. From ConnectedPE — tools that get kids moving.

Screenshots

Aerocene4 screens
Noun Quest4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Aerocene at every 7 months against Noun Quest's every 39 months. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Aerocene ships an update every 7 months, Noun Quest every 39 months. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Aerocene versus Noun Quest: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAeroceneNoun Quest
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (6 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings6 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 7 months — betterEvery 39 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS13.013.0
Further details — not scored
Size84 MB20 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperStudio Tomas Saraceno GmbHConnectedPE Pty ltd

In-app purchases

None

Aerocene

No in-app purchases

None

Noun Quest

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Aerocene free?
Aerocene is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Noun Quest free?
Noun Quest is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Aerocene or Noun Quest have ads?
Neither Aerocene nor Noun Quest shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Aerocene or Noun Quest?
Aerocene ships an update every 7 months, and Noun Quest every 39 months. Most recently, Aerocene was updated on October 8, 2026 and Noun Quest on November 1, 2026.

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