ALIVE vs AR TCG
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ALIVE
Experience a war game in augmented reality, featuring multiple arenas and VOIP communication. Engage in single-player practice, duel challenges, or multiplayer battles with up to eight players.
- Augmented Reality gameplay
- Multiplayer mode (up to 8 players)
- Duel mode
- Single player practice mode
- VOIP communication
- Multiple arenas
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the game is a war game, with wepons purchased through in app purchases ,with multiplayer capability mode for maximum of 8 pax, and duel mode for challenges, and a single player practice mode and VOIP coms, several arenas to choose from The entire game-play is based on Augmented Reality
AR TCG
Collect and battle powerful monsters in augmented reality. Utilize a skill-based combat system to defeat opponents and level up your cards. Experience real-time holographic battles on any surface using your device's camera.
- Augmented Reality combat visualization
- Collectible monster trading cards
- Skill-based real-time combat system
- Card leveling and upgrades
- Multiplayer battles (1v1, 3v3, 5v5)
- QR code tracking for card stats
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In AUGMENTED REALITY, collect trading cards of powerful monsters from across Space and Time. Summon them into battle using your Augmented Reality compatible device. Gather your army of gods, aliens, machines, ghosts and bioforms. Experience an addictive skill-based real-time combat system. Each card is equipped with a myriad of attacks, some reliant on brute force and others on mystic or dark capabilities; allowing for a perfect combination of skill, strategy, and foresight. Control them with a joystick and attack buttons to destroy all your opponents monsters. Gather Souls by defeating enemies and use them to level-up your cards. Fight other players in 1v1, 3v3 and 5v5 combat. Win battles by destroying all your opponent's monsters. Gameplay is high-stakes, if your monster is destroyed in battle it will lose all gathered souls. Kills and card stats are tracked via the unique QR code on each individual trading card. The experience of this game is hugely reliant on Augmented Reality technology. Use your phone's camera or a Vision Pro to detect a surface area, and the app will visualise the real-time combat on a holographic battle arena. * The story so far * From the ashes of eternal chaos and darkness a Great Harmony of light was kindled ... However, that was many Aeons ago, and much has changed. Time no longer flows as it should; the fabric of reality has been torn apart, creating wormholes known as Rifts – passageways that span across spacetime, connecting different Ages and Worlds; bringing death, chaos, and apocalypse to the Multiverse. You are a Chosen One – a mortal selected by Genesis to save SpaceTime from eternal darkness. Your journey starts today... FEATURED ON UniLad Gaming, The Gaming Bible, 8Gaming, Fraghero and EverydayGamers - Genesis is Augmented Reality Gaming at it's finest. SUCCESSFULLY FUNDED on Kickstarter.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: AR TCG at none against ALIVE's 5. AR TCG also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 5 months). ALIVE's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 14.0). On price, rating, ratings volume 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. ALIVE sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. AR TCG asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for ALIVE against 5.0 for AR TCG. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.
ALIVE ships an update every 5 months, AR TCG monthly. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | ALIVE | AR TCG |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1.2 GB | 1.7 GB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Quantum Reflections Limited | Genesis Augmented Pty Ltd |
Customer experience
ALIVE
AR TCG
In-app purchases
ALIVE
- BitofNova$0.99
- SackofNova$5.99
- FullofNova$9.99
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- MightofNova$39.99
- LegendOfNova$79.99
AR TCG
No in-app purchases









