Comparison

AR Exhibit vs Athena Network

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

Head to head
About

AR Exhibit

Explore Black history through immersive augmented reality experiences. View 3D AR statues and historical scenes that bring the past to life, offering a unique educational perspective.

Highlights
  • Augmented reality historical exhibits
  • 3D AR statue replicas
  • Immersive audio and visual experiences
  • Location-based AR tours
  • Educational Black history content
  • Interactive learning
Features
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Documenting Black History in Augmented Reality (AR) Celebrate BLACK HISTORY all year long with the exciting and innovative learning experience crafted by renowned black artist, Anthony W. Phills. His United States premiere installation of “UNBREAKABLE” is the first Augmented Reality (AR) tour of its kind that immerses the user into an African’s journey to antebellum America. Unbreakable AR Exhibit comes to you with two AR experiences; (1) Statue: Cudjoe Kazoola Lewis in app and (2) Tour: Enslaved Person with Slaveholder on location in selected cities in the United States and around the world. Statue: Cudjoe Kazoola Lewis Anthony brings us a beautiful 3D AR likeness of Oluale Kossola, also known as Cudjo Lewis, who was the second to last known survivor of the Atlantic slave trade between Africa and the United States. The Lewis’ statue comes with a short ninety second audio history of his life when you walk within 1.5 ft of the AR replica. Tour: Enslaved Person with Slaveholder Unbreakable second AR experience allows you to explore the historical moment from a new perspective and depth. Your AR experience starts in the following Cities: New Your City, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Atlanta, Washington DC, Chicago, New Orleans, Miami, Dallas, Kentucky, and Alabama. After selecting your city, users can walk around the statues of an Enslaved person and Slaveholder in a way few have been able to do before with Anthony’s rich visual and immersive audio integrated. Help Make a Difference I am seeking your support to help me continue the IMMERSIVE LEARNING experience with the building of the "Clotilda Slave Ship" my next exhibition. Without a doubt, living history experiences have a much more powerful impact on younger people than just reading stories in a book. When completed, the "Clotilda Slave Ship" exhibition AR experience will enable the audience to see exactly what it was like to be aboard one of these ships and understand the experience from a more emphatic place. We hope that this exhibition will help the target audience understand the resiliency of their ancestors and also understand why it is important to take a position on human rights issues of today. We plan to make this project a reoccurring event and not a “one-off” event. We want to be able to bring this to kids in the inner cities and around the world. Our goal is to make it available for download so that everyone can experience African and Black History right in front of them for FREE, and therefore we are seeking the support of well-meaning members of our community and the general public who sees truly the importance of this IMMERSIVE LEARNING experience.

About

Athena Network

Easily browse college courses, plan your academic schedule, and discover campus events. Build a custom profile and explore campus happenings. Designed for students at participating institutions.

Highlights
  • Browse course catalogs
  • Plan academic schedules
  • Add classes and events to calendar
  • Explore campus Discover Page
  • Build custom user profiles
Features
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Athena is the easy way to browse through courses, plan your schedule, and explore what's happening on campus. · Browse the whole 5C catalog · Add classes or custom events to your calendar · Explore and add posts on the Discover Page · Build your custom profile *Only for Claremont College students (More colleges coming soon!)

Screenshots

AR Exhibit3 screens
Athena Network4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: AR Exhibit at 100% against Athena Network's 67%. AR Exhibit also leads on iOS requirement (11.0 vs 13.0). Athena Network's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 12 months) and rating (4.0 vs 3.7). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Athena Network holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 12 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 100% of AR Exhibit's written reviews are positive against 67% of Athena Network's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

AR Exhibit ships an update every 12 months, Athena Network every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 14, 2026 and June 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
AR Exhibit versus Athena Network: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAR ExhibitAthena Network
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.7 (3 ratings)4.0 (12 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better66.7% of reviews
Number of ratings312 — better
Update frequencyEvery 12 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size286 MB24 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperBlinglet IncAmmar Fakih

Customer experience

AR Exhibit

All ratings3 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Athena Network

All ratings12 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

In-app purchases

None

AR Exhibit

No in-app purchases

None

Athena Network

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is AR Exhibit free?
AR Exhibit is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Athena Network free?
Athena Network is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, AR Exhibit or Athena Network?
Athena Network is rated higher. AR Exhibit averages 3.7 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while Athena Network averages 4.0 from 12 ratings.
Do AR Exhibit or Athena Network have ads?
Neither AR Exhibit nor Athena Network shows ads.
Which is updated more often, AR Exhibit or Athena Network?
AR Exhibit ships an update every 12 months, and Athena Network every 3 weeks. Most recently, AR Exhibit was updated on September 14, 2026 and Athena Network on June 6, 2026.

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