Pillar World vs Art Blocks
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pillar World
Explore a digital world through augmented reality, collecting virtual assets and sharing your creations. Discover hidden items on a dynamic map and bring your digital content to life.
- Augmented reality experiences
- Digital asset collection
- Map-based discovery
- Upload and share digital content
- Exclusive asset drops
- Community sharing
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Welcome to PILLAR World, the best place to experience all things digital through Augmented Reality (AR). Get ready to upload and view your digital assets like never before, collect exclusive assets, and access drops and whitelists. * Explore Go outside and discover. The map is filled with assets, art and more for you to collect! View your collection in Augmented Reality and share it with the community. Be on the lookout and keep collecting… the map is constantly updating with assets attached to prizes, whitelists, and more. * Connect Digital Assets are not meant to just sit in your collection - bring them to life in the Pillar World! Upload your own moments, photos, and more to bring them to life in Augmented Reality. Share these moments with friends. Drop them on the map for anyone to collect! * Collect Go outside and collect as many assets as you can as you venture deeper into the PILLAR World as you build your digital collection on PILLAR.
Art Blocks
Explore and collect unique generative art created by artists. Watch artworks render live, save your favorites, and share them. The app also serves as a companion for special events, providing schedules and maps.
- Browse generative art projects
- Watch artworks render live
- Save and share favorite pieces
- View your owned collection
- Event companion features
- Artist and mood filtering
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Art Blocks is the home of generative art. Browse hundreds of projects and thousands of works by artists who write code, watch each piece render live in the app, save the ones you love, and share a still or a short motion clip. Sign in with your Art Blocks email to see the works you own. Marfa Weekend, October 22 to 25: the app is your companion for the Art Blocks gathering in Marfa, Texas. The full program, venues and a town map, the Artist Fair, your RSVP and check-in, and a poster made just for you. BROWSE Every project on Art Blocks, by artist, by mood, and by what is releasing now. LIVE Works render in the app the way the artist wrote them. SAVE AND SHARE Keep a list. Share a still or a motion version to anyone. YOUR COLLECTION Sign in to see what you own across all your linked accounts. MARFA WEEKEND Schedule, venues, map, Artist Fair, and your pass, all in one place. Terms: artblocks.io/user-terms.pdf
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Art Blocks at none against Pillar World's shown. Art Blocks also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 67%) and monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and in-app purchases 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.
Art Blocks holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 18 and 12 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of Pillar World's written reviews are positive against 100% of Art Blocks's.
Pillar World ships an update every 9 days, Art Blocks fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pillar World | Art Blocks |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (18 ratings) | 5.0 (12 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 18 — better | 12 |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days — better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 16.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 68 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Pillar World Inc | Art Blocks, Inc. |
Customer experience
Pillar World
Art Blocks
In-app purchases
Pillar World
No in-app purchases
Art Blocks
No in-app purchases
