Comparison

World Retina vs PassageAR

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

World Retina

This app transforms visitor smartphones into personalized tour guides for art venues. It offers tools for content management, data analytics, and event promotion to enhance visitor experience and boost revenue.

Highlights
  • Personalized AI tour guide
  • Simplified content curation portal
  • Interactive and evolving tours
  • Visitor data analytics
  • Event and promotion tools
  • Multilingual and accessible guide
Features
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A unique and innovative AI solution for artists, galleries, and museums of all sizes. Transforming your visitors' smartphones to personal tour guides experienced in your collections, while providing you with lots of tools and dashboards to promote, enhance your business and increase your revenue stream. HIGHLIGHTS: 1- PERSONAL TOUR GUIDE: Our solution powers a unique personal and customizable tour guide for your visitors whether you are a creative artist, a gallery with changing exhibits or a national museum. 2- SIMPLIFIED CURATION No setup or hardware installation required, self-service, easy to use and user-friendly portal and mobile application for content cataloging and curation. 3- INTERACTIVE TOUR Our powerful cognitive system use curation, Generative AI, visitors' usage and many more inputs to provide interactive and always evolving tour. 4- DATA ANALYTICS Unlock the power of data science to gain insights into your audience. Our tool provides a clear understanding of visitor behavior and collection trends, empowering you to enhance your business and revenue streams effortlessly. 5- EVENTS AND PROMOTIONS Elevate your visitor experience and increase your revenue by offering personalized, AI-driven recommendations, promote your events, and seamlessly integrate your gift shop in the tour by the guide for a truly interactive journey. 6- MULTILINGUAL & ACCESSIBLE Meet more of your visitor needs with our tour guide app. Our tour guide is multilingual and equipped to cater to a wide range of visitor needs, from language preferences to various accessibility requirements.

About

PassageAR

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A virtual image of the real world in which digital copies of real objects are placed intuitively and in the correct position.   As in the real world, public and restricted-access spaces and data exist side-by-side.   A technologically open platform that uses existing and new data to create a digital twin that everyone can understand through a spatial-visual connection.

Screenshots

World Retina3 screens
PassageAR4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: PassageAR at every 2 weeks against World Retina's monthly. On price, ads, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

World Retina ships an update monthly, PassageAR every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
World Retina versus PassageAR: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWorld RetinaPassageAR
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.013.0
Further details — not scored
Size76 MB256 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperWorld Retina LLCaratall GmbH

In-app purchases

None

World Retina

No in-app purchases

None

PassageAR

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is World Retina free?
World Retina is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is PassageAR free?
PassageAR is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do World Retina or PassageAR have ads?
Neither World Retina nor PassageAR shows ads.
Which is updated more often, World Retina or PassageAR?
World Retina ships an update monthly, and PassageAR every 2 weeks. Most recently, World Retina was updated on November 3, 2026 and PassageAR on November 7, 2026.

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