Comparison

MICA/App vs Amplifier AR

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

Head to head
About

MICA/App

Stay connected with your campus community and manage your academic life. Access critical academic tools, track deadlines with notifications, and discover campus events. Connect with peers, find campus services, and navigate with an integrated map.

Highlights
  • Calendar and deadline management
  • Real-time academic tool access
  • Campus event discovery and reminders
  • Campus community interaction
  • Campus services information
  • Push notifications for alerts
  • Campus map with routing
Features
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The Maryland Institute College of Art App brings campus to your fingertips and enables you to connect with the MICA community: Stay on top of your events, classes, and assignments with the built in calendar function, and get notified of important dates, deadlines & security announcements. Make friends, ask questions, and access campus resources at any time! Some other exciting features include: + ACADEMICS: real-time access to all of the critical academic tools. + DEADLINES: Stay on top of multiple deadlines with push-notifications, students receive reminders, alerts and critical notifications. + CLASSES: Manage classes, create to-dos & reminders, and stay on top of assignments. + EVENTS: Discover campus events, set reminders, and track your attendance + FEATURED ACTIVITIES: Orientation, Halloween Party, Last Blast, Fashion Shows, etc. + CAMPUS COMMUNITY: Meet friends, ask questions, and keep up with what's happening on the campus wall. + GROUPS & CLUBS: Get involved with campus organizations and meet people with similar interests + CAMPUS SERVICES: Learn about services offered, such as Academic Advising, Financial Aid, The Writing Center & Student Counseling. + PUSH NOTIFICATIONS: Receive important campus notifications and emergency alerts. + CAMPUS MAP: Find the quickest route to classes, events, and offices.

About

Amplifier AR

Experience art that comes to life with augmented reality. This app transforms static posters and murals into dynamic calls to action, delivering messages from movement leaders. Explore deeper conversations and engage with important social issues through interactive art.

Highlights
  • Augmented reality art experiences
  • Transforms 2D posters into 3D art
  • Delivers calls to action from movement leaders
  • Interactive art for social issues
  • Explores deeper conversations
Features
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Amplifier is a nonprofit design lab that builds art and media experiments to amplify the most important movements of our times. Our AR app helps transform the analog 2-D posters, stickers, and murals we are known for, into art that literally comes to life to deliver a call to action. Hearing messages straight from movement leaders exposes the heart of these issues we are working on, and reveals the deeper conversations that have always been just beneath the surface of our work.

Screenshots

MICA/App4 screens
Amplifier AR2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: MICA/App at 4.5 against Amplifier AR's 3.2. MICA/App also leads on review sentiment (91% vs 63%) and ratings volume (96 vs 19). Amplifier AR's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.4). 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

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

MICA/App holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: MICA/App has 96 ratings behind it against 19, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 91% of MICA/App's written reviews are positive against 63% of Amplifier AR's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
MICA/App versus Amplifier AR: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMICA/AppAmplifier AR
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (96 ratings) — better3.2 (19 ratings)
Positive reviews90.9% of reviews — better62.5% of reviews
Number of ratings96 — better19
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 6 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.412.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size78 MB70 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperThe Maryland InstituteAmplifier Foundation

Customer experience

MICA/App

All ratings96 ratings
Positive90.6%
Neutral2.1%
Negative7.3%
Written reviews22 reviews
Positive90.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative9.1%

Amplifier AR

All ratings18 ratings
Positive55.6%
Neutral5.6%
Negative38.9%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive62.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative37.5%

In-app purchases

None

MICA/App

No in-app purchases

None

Amplifier AR

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is MICA/App free?
MICA/App is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Amplifier AR free?
Amplifier AR is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, MICA/App or Amplifier AR?
MICA/App is rated higher. MICA/App averages 4.5 out of 5 from 96 ratings, while Amplifier AR averages 3.2 from 19 ratings.
Do MICA/App or Amplifier AR have ads?
Neither MICA/App nor Amplifier AR shows ads.
Which is updated more often, MICA/App or Amplifier AR?
MICA/App ships an update every 6 weeks, and Amplifier AR every 6 weeks. Most recently, MICA/App was updated on October 22, 2026 and Amplifier AR on October 24, 2026.

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