Comparison

TipMine vs AR

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

Head to head
About

TipMine

Features
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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.

About

AR

Features
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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

Screenshots

TipMine1 screens
AR4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

TipMine ships an update every 12 months, AR every 19 months. Both last shipped on October 15, 2026.

Scorecard1 real difference · 5 level
TipMine versus AR: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTipMineAR
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 12 months — betterEvery 19 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB222 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperCarlos JeurissenAR-Labs.io

In-app purchases

None

TipMine

No in-app purchases

None

AR

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is TipMine free?
TipMine is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is AR free?
AR is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do TipMine or AR have ads?
Neither TipMine nor AR shows ads.
Which is updated more often, TipMine or AR?
TipMine ships an update every 12 months, and AR every 19 months. Most recently, TipMine was updated on October 15, 2026 and AR on October 15, 2026.

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