warpAR vs AR
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
warpAR
This app uses augmented reality to distort real-world textures and surfaces. You can reshape buildings or turn murals into colorful swirls with various liquify tools. Create and share unique images and videos of your AR creations.
- Distort real-world surfaces with AR
- Six adjustable liquify tools
- Create unique images and videos
- Share creations easily
- Fun AR effects on various surfaces
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warpAR lets you distort the textures of the real world using augmented reality. Tap and drag to reshape buildings or turn murals into swirls of color using a set of liquify tools. warpAR is great for creating unique images and videos to share. Or you can just have fun trying the effects on different surfaces around you and getting creative. Highlights: • Distort real world surfaces around you using AR. With warpAR's unique style of AR, it really looks like you are distorting the world. • Six different adjustable liquify-style tools for warping reality. • Capture ready to share images and videos of your creations. So give warpAR a try and be sure to share anything fun you create using it
AR
Create engaging augmented reality videos by placing 3D animated celestial objects into your real-world environment. Capture photos and videos of your unique scenes and share them instantly on social media.
- Place 3D realistic models
- 3D animated celestial objects
- Take photos of scenes
- Record videos of scenes
- Share videos and photos
- Create augmented reality scenes
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AR Vid is an Augmented Reality App. Place 3D animated astronomical objects in your real world and make video for real fun. Use AR Video app to create own augmented reality scenes. Features: - Add 3d realistic models in your environment - 3d animated celestial objects - Take Photos of your scenes - Record videos of your scenes - Share your videos and photos on your favourite social media platforms SUBSCRIPTIONS - You can subscribe for PRO features with unlimited adding 3d realistic models in your environment, unlimited snapshot, recording videos, sharing and no ads. - Subscription options are: 1 year, 1-week. - Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. - Your Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. - Your Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period with the same cost you have started your subscription. - Any unused portion of a free trial will be forfeited if you purchase a subscription. - To restore your upgrade to AR Vid on a new device, go to the Settings screen, tap the “Restore” option and your subscription or previous purchases will become active free of charge. For more information : https://sites.google.com/view/appsplaces-video-converter
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: warpAR at none against AR's 2. warpAR also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 3 months). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. AR sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. warpAR asks for nothing beyond the download.
AR holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 11 respectively.
warpAR ships an update every 5 days, AR every 3 months. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | warpAR | AR |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (7 ratings) | 4.9 (11 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 7 | 11 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.5 | 14.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 56 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Rare Realities, LLC | Apps Places |
Customer experience
warpAR
AR
In-app purchases
warpAR
No in-app purchases
AR
- Upgrade to Pro Weekly$2.997 Days
- Upgrade to Pro Yearly$12.991 Year









