ART Operator vs Fruitstand
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ART Operator
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Manage your ART kiosks remotely with the official Automated Retail Technologies Operator app.
Fruitstand
Catalog your entire Apple device collection, including specifications, condition, and serial numbers. Organize, search, and analyze your collection with powerful tools. Syncs across devices and offers robust security options.
- Store Apple product details
- Track specifications and condition
- Powerful search and sorting
- Customizable attributes
- iCloud sync across devices
- Collection statistics and charts
- Import/export CSV data
- Biometric security options
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Fruitstand is the one place to store your entire Apple collection on all the Apple products you love. Store info about Mac, iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, AirPods, Apple TV, iPod, HomePod, Apple Vision, and accessories. YOUR COLLECTION: Add info about each of your Apple products to Fruitstand. When you add a product to Fruitstand, you can add info about that product's specifications, color, condition, warranty status, activation lock status (if applicable), and serial number. You can also add additional comments and custom attributes. Fruitstand will automatically organize your collection by product type and model, with additional sorting options. Edit your collection at any time, and hide products from the main view. POWERFUL SEARCH: Search your entire collection with ease. Search with keywords and/or filters to find just the products you want. Sort search results by product value or year acquired. CUSTOM ATTRIBUTES: Add custom attributes to any of your products. These attributes can have a name, value, and optionally a color, font type, and one of over 6,000 SF Symbols associated with them. Once a custom attribute is added to one product, it will be available for use on all your products. Custom attributes are also searchable across the app. SYNC ACROSS ALL YOUR DEVICES: Fruitstand will automatically sync your collection across all your devices with iCloud. Any additions, edits, or deletions to your collection will be reflected on the other devices connected to your Apple Account. COLLECTION STATISTICS: Fruitstand provides helpful statistics about your entire collection, with charts illustrating total and average collection value data. IMPORT AND EXPORT YOUR COLLECTION: You can easily import your collection from formatted CSV files into Fruitstand. You can also export your collection to CSV at any time. SECURITY BUILT IN: Secure your collection with Face ID, Touch ID, or Optic ID. Fruitstand provides you the option to specify your level of security; you may choose to enable biometrics when launching or resuming the app, deleting products, adding/loading products, and/or editing products. WIDGETS: See your collection at a glance with widgets. The small widgets show your total collection size or total collection value. Medium widgets break down your collection size and collection value by product type. The large widget will show even more statistics about your collection value.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: ART Operator at Free against Fruitstand's $4.99. ART Operator also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 5) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 18). Fruitstand's advantage is update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 5 months) and device support (4 vs 2). On 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
ART Operator is free to download; Fruitstand costs $4.99 up front. Fruitstand sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. ART Operator asks for nothing beyond the download.
ART Operator ships an update every 5 months, Fruitstand every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 16, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ART Operator | Fruitstand |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $4.99 |
| Rating | — | 4.4 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 75.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 5 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Vision Pro — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 18 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 79 MB | 14 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Automated Retail Technologies, LLC | Armand Sarkani |
In-app purchases
ART Operator
No in-app purchases
Fruitstand
- Small Tip$1.99
- Medium Tip$4.99
- Large Tip$9.99
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- Extra Large Tip$19.99
- Max Tip$49.99









