Luminight vs X.AR
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Luminight
Explore a magical world of larger-than-life lantern sculptures and augmented reality animals. Discover extinct, endangered, and zodiac creatures, and learn about them through audio narration. Capture and share photos of your AR encounters.
- Augmented reality animal encounters
- Lantern sculpture safari
- Educational audio narration
- Photo and selfie mode
- Forest of a Million Lights
- Dinosaurs and zodiac animals
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Welcome to the wonderful world of LumiNight: a walking safari through scenes from our magical planet revealed by larger-than-life lantern sculptures created by Chinese artisans. A unique celebration of our planet’s most treasured wonders, wildlife, and nature that includes a Forest of a Million Lights, dinosaurs, Chinese Zodiac animals, the Great Barrier Reef, the story of Noah’s Ark, and animals both extinct and endangered through the magic of Augmented Reality. With beautifully animated coral reef fish and other animals to meet & ability to capturing them in your photos and share, the visit to LumiNight Lantern Festival is DOUBLE fun. REAL ANIMALS! All animals featured in LumiNight AR app are based on real individual animals. They are modeled and animated in 3D... to bring them closer into your world! FUN PHOTOS & SELFIE MODE Back- and front-facing camera support means you can snap your favorite animal in your own environment… or grab hilarious selfies using the selfie mode in the app. Post photos with the hashtag #LumiNightFestival to unlock giveaways. AUGMENTED REALITY MADE INCREDIBLY EASY! Just point the camera at the animal at the festival and it will come virtually live into your world. GET CLOSER & GET INVOLVED WITH AUDIO! Learn more about each individual animal we feature at the LumiNight Lantern Festival with Audio narration. THE ANIMALS Visit LumiNight Lantern Festival and meet the Endangered Species – (Bengal Tiger, Amur leopard, Red Panda, Gorilla, Orangutan, Blue Whale, Narwhal, Vaquita, Dugong (Matalee), Polar Bear, White shark, etc.), Extinct Animals (Mammoth, Sabre-Toothed Cat, Triceratops, Tyrannosaurus, Velociraptor, Apatosaurus, Stegosaurus), Coral Reef Fish (Clownfish, Siganus Vulpinus, Ballina Angelfish, Chaetodon Baronessa, Yellowbar Angelfish, Guppy, Coral reef fish, Fur Seal, jellyfish, lobster, turtle, sea horse, Paguridae), and MORE.
X.AR
Explore a real-world open-world AR adventure, turning everyday walks into quests. Discover fantastical creatures, collect resources, and battle monsters. Use collected items to build and decorate anywhere in your environment.
- Open-world AR exploration
- Collect resources and items
- Battle and collect from monsters
- Build and decorate in AR
- Plant and harvest virtual gardens
- Discover hidden creatures and items
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Step into an open-world AR adventure where every walk becomes a quest, every corner hides a surprise, and the world is yours to shape. This is not your average stroll. In this playful AR game, you’ll explore the real world to discover flying whales, glowing gardens, and mischievous bugs. Collect seeds, coins, tools — and the occasional mystery item — just by moving through your day. But stay alert! You might run into wild monsters. When they attack, you dodge, shoot back, and gather the voxels they drop. Use your collected voxels to build. From tiny emoji farms to futuristic sculptures, you can place them anywhere in the real world. Make the sidewalk your stage. Make your park your playground. Plant seeds in virtual pots, watch them bloom, and harvest rare voxels from the petals. You never know what will grow next. Whether you're boss hunting, bug chasing, or casually decorating your favorite café with floating windmills, this is your world — remixed. Start walking. Start wondering. The world’s waiting.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: X.AR at 5.0 against Luminight's 1.0. Luminight's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 14.0). On price, ratings volume, 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.
X.AR holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.
| Parameter | Luminight | X.AR |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 218 MB | 292 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Venkata Reddy | XAR PTE. LTD. |
Customer experience
Luminight
X.AR
In-app purchases
Luminight
No in-app purchases
X.AR
No in-app purchases









