Plant.AR vs MARIality
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Plant.AR
Visualize virtual houseplants in your own space using augmented reality. See how different plants look in your home before you buy them.
- Augmented reality visualization
- Virtual houseplant placement
- See plants in your own space
- Check plant suitability
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PlantAR is an augmented reality app and was created as part of an internship. The app makes it possible to place virtual houseplants in your own surroundings in order to see whether the plants correspond to your expectations in the selected places.
MARIality
Explore augmented reality experiences across a city with this app. Interact with digital objects overlaid on your real world, enhancing events, education, and entertainment. Capture and share photos and videos of your AR discoveries.
- Augmented Reality (AR) experiences
- Community engagement
- Interactive digital objects
- Photo and video capture
- Educational content
- Promotional events
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MARIality app has been developed by Maribyrnong City Council to enable residents to access Augmented Reality (AR) experiences throughout the municipality. AR technology may be used for greater community engagement in events, education, entertainment or promotions. AR experiences allow the mobile user to interact with digital objects and elements, enhance their real world using digital data and graphics, and capture and share photos and videos.The artwork featured in the MARIailty app comes from the Maidstone mural, Four Crows by Justine McAllister.
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Verdict
Plant.AR and MARIality are too close to call on the numbers: across 7 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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.
Plant.AR ships an update fortnightly, MARIality every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | Plant.AR | MARIality |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.5 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 135 MB | 371 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | MATHEMA GmbH | Maribyrnong City Council |
In-app purchases
Plant.AR
No in-app purchases
MARIality
No in-app purchases
