InStore Activation vs Activation Manager
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
InStore Activation
Visualize point-of-sale advertising models in your retail space using augmented reality. Place, move, and rotate 3D models on detected surfaces to plan layouts. Capture and share images of your arrangements.
- Augmented reality visualization
- Place and manipulate 3D POS models
- Surface detection for realistic placement
- Layout planning and adjustment
- Capture and share images
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Augmented Reality app that let you view POS advertising models in situ. - Place POS models on a detected surface, move and rotate them as wanted until you find an appropriate layout. - You can then take pictures of the current layout and share them! For more information visit our website at : https://retail-vr.com/solutions/instore-activation If you want to integrate your own objects, contact us !
Activation Manager
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Activate and renew licenses on all of your NOVOMATIC gaming machines, no matter the venue location or time of day. Simply open Activation Manager, scan the machine codes, and select your license. Activation Manager supports single-machine activation or bulk activation for a group of machines.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: InStore Activation at 12.0 against Activation Manager's 16. 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | InStore Activation | Activation Manager |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 16 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 107 MB | 22 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Retail-VR | NOVOMATIC Technologies Poland Sp. z o.o. |
In-app purchases
InStore Activation
No in-app purchases
Activation Manager
No in-app purchases
Questions
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