ARknet vs Scene
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ARknet
This platform offers a secure and intelligent social media experience, prioritizing user ownership of content and private data. It also enables contactless mobile ordering and payment, with tools for creating digital menus and shopping.
- Privacy-first social networking
- Contactless mobile order and pay
- Digital menu creation
- Secure social media experience
- User content ownership
- Invisible watermarking
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Contactless Mobile Order and pay. Buy or Sell on MainSt Shopping. Now also menus are made easy using the ARknet App Platform. Thank you for joining us as a retail business, food-food service company, shopper or 3D Augmented Reality enthusiast on ARknet App, the NEXT GENERATION SOCIAL PLATFORM. Enjoy ARknet as a more intelligent, secure social media experience. ARknet facilitates your ability to keep ownership of your own content, private data and media. KlickZie™ enabled steganographic (invisible) watermarking since 2019. (Works with iOS 6s and up).
Scene
Build a business without a website or monthly fees. Get paid instantly via Stripe, and connect with models and influencers to market your products. Shop with curated content and enjoy a platform that respects your data and avoids shadow-banning.
- Start a business without a website
- Instant payouts via Stripe
- No selling of user data
- No shadow-banning
- Connect with models and influencers
- Shop curated content
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Get paid to be seen! Start a business without a website and monthly costs. Get paid instantly through Stripe. Post with no selling of your data and no shadow-banning. Shop with what you decide to see. Find and connect with real models & influencers right in the app to market your products. Join now and become apart of the Scene! Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.app-privacy-policy.com/live.php?token=6rgHmsdQqgicwQ0FzfYrSb7h1ywFYUAv
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Scene at 5.0 against ARknet's 4.7. ARknet's advantage is ratings volume (316 vs 11) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, update cadence, 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. ARknet sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $1.99 per month and Scene sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Scene holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ARknet has 316 ratings behind it against 11, so its average is the more settled of the two.
ARknet ships an update fortnightly, Scene every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ARknet | Scene |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (316 ratings) | 5.0 (11 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 82.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 316 — better | 11 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 190 MB | 156 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 17+ |
| Developer | HONEYCOMB ARCHIVE, LLC | 1LM Enterprises |
Customer experience
ARknet
Scene
Bugs and requests
ARknet
Reported bugs
3 issues- Crashes on iOS 13
- Scavenger hunt functionality not working
- Login and sign-up process issues
Requested features
3 requests- Improved stability and bug fixes
- Better user onboarding and guidance
- More detailed feature explanations
Scene
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
ARknet
- Monthly Subscription$1.991 Month
Scene
- VIP Account$0.991 Month
- Boss Account$3.991 Month
