ARShades vs Switch Essentials
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ARShades
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ARShades is a Virtual Glasses Try-on in Augmented Reality. Choose your shades or glasses and try them on straight away, just like you were wearing them in front of a mirror. Change frames and lenses' color, change size, or just change style! Fast, easy, and reliable. Discover your facial measurements and follow ARShades suggestions for the best models that fit you. Take all the pictures you want, and share them. Tons of new features in AI are coming. What are you waiting for? Get your next shades on now.
Switch Essentials
Track daily exercise and sleep patterns with this app. Set personal goals, monitor historical data, and share your health achievements. It integrates with iPhone health data for a comprehensive view of your well-being.
- Record daily exercise and sleep data
- Set exercise and sleep goals
- Track historical data (day, week, month, year)
- Share health results
- Integrates with iPhone HealthKit
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Switch Essentials is an app for data and services for Bluetooth wearables. Provide users with a unified and convenient experience. You can: 1) Record daily exercise, sleep data, etc. 2) You can set exercise and sleep goals, stick to daily exercise and get enough sleep. 3) Count the historical data of day, week, month and year to better understand your own body changes. 4) Share your health results and show your friends confidently Switch Essentials supports using iPhone health data App has been connected to HealthKit and can be synchronized to health data.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Switch Essentials at none against ARShades's shown. Switch Essentials also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.0). ARShades's advantage is update cadence (every 11 days vs every 10 months). On price, in-app purchases and device support 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.
ARShades ships an update every 11 days, Switch Essentials every 10 months. Both last shipped on October 27, 2026.
| Parameter | ARShades | Switch Essentials |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 1.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 11 days — better | Every 10 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 93 MB | 48 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Spaarkly srl | Smart wear |
In-app purchases
ARShades
No in-app purchases
Switch Essentials
No in-app purchases
