Comparison

AR星座 vs Papivo

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

Head to head
About

AR星座

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用科技作为星空对话全新载体的《AR星座》,让我们实时欣赏和掌控无尽天空中所有星体的状态,从了解全天88星座、太阳、月亮及八大行星等天体开始,将广袤、绚烂而又神秘的宇宙映入眼前的真实世界。

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Papivo

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Papivo turns one sentence into a handwritten paper card that writes itself. Type a line — something someone said, a lyric you keep coming back to, a good-night message. Papivo sets it in a handwriting face on real-feeling paper, underlines the words you mark, and plays it back in three to five seconds. Export a picture or a short video and send it anywhere. ONE SHEET OF PAPER, ONE PEN • Write straight on the card. Tap the text to edit; select a few words and mark them. • Tap anything on the paper — the sticker, the photo, the blank space — to change it: paper, pen, motion, photo. • Three ways to move: Present, Handwrite, Whisper. The card settles, the words arrive, the underline is drawn. • Seventeen handwriting faces — six for English, nine for Chinese (Simplified and Traditional), one each for Japanese and Korean — on six papers: cream, kraft, white, mint, slate and night. A little unevenness in every letter. • Picture (PNG) or video (MP4), no watermark, in 1:1, 4:5, 3:4 or 9:16. Straight into the share sheet. Free. • Every card is kept in the card box under the paper. Swipe up and down to leaf through them, copy one, or tear it up. • A dark mode that looks like a desk lamp at night. PAPIVO PRO — ONE PURCHASE • Put a photo on the card: polaroid, tape or a white border. Drag it, turn it, zoom it. • Every sticker pack — the Mid-Autumn pack and every one we draw later — and up to four stickers on a card. (Sixteen everyday stickers are free for everyone.) • Draw your own sticker with three pen widths and two inks; it gets drawn on stroke by stroke. No subscription, no account. Writing, every motion style and exporting stay free. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Everything stays on your phone. No account, no analytics, no uploads. The name comes from a line in the Book of Songs: 中心藏之,何日忘之 — I keep it in my heart; how could I forget?

Screenshots

AR星座4 screens
Papivo4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Papivo at none against AR星座's shown. Papivo also leads on update cadence (weekly vs monthly). AR星座's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 18.0). On price, 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. AR星座 sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Papivo sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

AR星座 ships an update monthly, Papivo weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 3 level
AR星座 versus Papivo: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAR星座Papivo
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyMonthlyWeekly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size366 MB30 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperShenzhen Augmreal Technology Co., Ltd.Lintao Li

In-app purchases

3 purchases

AR星座

One-time3
  • 专业版Plus$2.99
  • 超级版Pro$2.99
  • 购买超级版Pro$4.99
2 purchases

Papivo

One-time2
  • お月見シール$0.99
  • Papivo Pro$4.99

Questions

Is AR星座 free?
AR星座 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Papivo free?
Papivo is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do AR星座 or Papivo have ads?
AR星座 shows ads; Papivo does not.
Which is updated more often, AR星座 or Papivo?
AR星座 ships an update monthly, and Papivo weekly. Most recently, AR星座 was updated on November 3, 2026 and Papivo on October 31, 2026.

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