HoppAR vs Gluco Bake App
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
HoppAR
Experience rocket launches and landings in augmented reality. Control thrust vectoring, perform engine test fires, and customize rockets with your own colors. Explore a variety of real spacecraft and space mission scenarios.
- Augmented reality rocket launches
- Manual thrust vectoring control
- Rocket engine test fires
- Customizable rocket coloring
- Variety of real spacecraft models
- Entry, Descent, and Landing simulations
- Indoor and Outdoor AR modes
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Launch and land your favorite rockets in Augmented Reality from your courtyard! Perform rocket engine test fires directly on your table. Manually control the Thrust Vectoring and perform your first landing at home! Color your favorite rocket and see it in action in Augmented Reality You can choose between many different rocket prototypes and real spacecrafts. Here are a few of them: the beloved StarHopper, the giant Starship MK1, and the hover test of the Dragon 2. Watch the Crew Dragon Demo Mission 2 leave the launch pad and the Falcon 9 first stage land back! Enjoy the Buran Orbiter and Energia Rocket conquer the sky, and many more spacecrafts to come! Not only rockets: enjoy the Perseverance Landing and the Sky-Crane maneuver in the "Last Minute of Terror" of the Entry Descend and Landing sequence. Fire a Raptor engine on your desk at home! Select between Indoor and Outdoor mode depending on where you are and the scale of the Rocket you want to launch. Apply filters to mimic the colors of your favorite planet and change the environmental conditions choosing among many different options: Rain, Thunderstorm, Snow and more Take a picture or record your best launch, share them with your friends with the #HoppAR hashtag and get into the Rocket Launcher's Social Wall Auto-renewable Subscription: Support app Development and new Rockets Addition (renewed on an annual basis) You get all mission unlocked with no limits for the time the subscription is active Non-Consumable Purchase: Instead of subscribing you might buy a single mission that will be unlocked with no time limit Let's HoppAR! (Disclaimer: This is app is not affiliated with any space company or its partners or customers)
Gluco Bake App
This entertainment app allows users to identify various foods through image recognition. It offers a fun way to explore and enjoy culinary content within the application.
- Food recognition via images
- Fun photo taking
- Enjoy food content
- Interactive entertainment
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Gluco Bake App - Use this app to recognize food, take some pictures for fun, and enjoy good food on the app! Have fun here and join in this app
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Gluco Bake App at none against HoppAR's 14. Gluco Bake App also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). HoppAR's advantage is ratings volume (579 vs 3). On price, rating, ads 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
Both are free to download. HoppAR sells 14 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per year. Gluco Bake App asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for HoppAR against 4.7 for Gluco Bake App. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: HoppAR has 579 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.
HoppAR ships an update every 2 months, Gluco Bake App fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | HoppAR | Gluco Bake App |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (579 ratings) — better | 4.7 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 85.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 579 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 372 MB | 260 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Josef Grunig | Coding Minds, Inc. |
Customer experience
HoppAR
Gluco Bake App
Bugs and requests
HoppAR
Reported bugs
7 issues- Black screen on horizontal surface scanning
- Camera not working on certain devices
- App won't open or crashes on startup
- Gray screen display issue
- iPad AR compatibility problems
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- App performance issues causing crashes
- Sound/audio problems requiring fixes
Requested features
15 requests- Space Shuttle addition
- Manual control for Falcon 9 and Dragon
- Free access to premium rockets
- Launch towers for all rockets
- Soyuz rocket
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- Sea Dragon rocket
- Starship inclusion
- First-person/cockpit camera view
- Non-AR mode for gameplay
- VR mode support
- Ability to place objects in front of rockets
- Increased rocket size to fill room
- Enhanced smoke/rumble effects
- Original countdown voices per rocket
- More rocket variety overall
Gluco Bake App
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
HoppAR
- HoppAR Supporter$7.991 Year
- FALCON HEAVY$0.99
- STARSHIP Belly Flop$0.99
- SUPER HEAVY$0.99
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- DELTA IV HEAVY$0.99
- PERSEVERANCE$0.99
- DRONESHIP OCISLY$0.99
- NEW SHEPARD$0.99
- ARIANE 5$0.99
- ARTEMIS I$0.99
- SOYUZ$0.99
- ELECTRON$0.99
- SATURN V$1.99
- Control Feature$2.99
Gluco Bake App
No in-app purchases
Questions
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