TipMine vs AR
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
TipMine
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At TipMine, we believe that everyone has useful tips and amazing stories and advice they can share – to help others. When you submit a text or video tip, you’re giving someone just like yourself helpful advice in a category that’s important to them. You can also help others by collecting tips and organizing them in your own customized, topic-specific TipFile – and then sharing them. From humorous, cautionary life tales, to thoughtful insight on health care – and everything in between – we know you have some awesome advice to share. We can’t wait to see what you come up with! Are you involved with a charity? We’re allocating free advertising space for non-profits, so they can promote their worthy causes. We’d love to hear from you.
AR
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Whether you are an ecommerce retailer, brand, manufacturer or distributor, we can customise the application to suit your needs. With the customised app your business can benefit: · Minimise product return and reduce return rate · Combining an augmented reality fitting room with e-commerce · Consumer generated marketing when customers share their photos · Tailored made features · Improve customer experience · Track customers’ preferences · Generate interest in the product · Stand out from the competition · Test prototypes with your customers Benefits for your customers: · Try before you buy, even though it’s online! · Try on in any location you want (even from bed) · Save time and money · Consult with friends before you buy · Take photos and post them in social media to get feedback · Don't wait for a brick-and-mortar store to open, shop anytime · Have fun with our augmented reality app
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Verdict
The clearest difference is device support: TipMine at 4 against AR's 2. 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
TipMine ships an update every 12 months, AR every 19 months. Both last shipped on October 15, 2026.
| Parameter | TipMine | AR |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 12 months — better | Every 19 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 222 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Carlos Jeurissen | AR-Labs.io |
In-app purchases
TipMine
No in-app purchases
AR
No in-app purchases









