Comparison

shElfAR vs Elf Studio

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

Head to head
About

shElfAR

Explore and interact with a personalized AR elf. Choose from a catalog of poses and dances, customize its appearance, and capture photos to share.

Highlights
  • Augmented Reality experience
  • AR elf catalog of poses and dances
  • Customizable elf clothing
  • Snap, save, and share photos
  • Growing catalog of content
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shElfAR uses AR (Augmented Reality) to give you a fun, immersive experience: explore and take photos with your very own AR Elf! - Browse shElfAR's growing catalogue of fun poses & dances. - Personalise your AR Elf however you like with an array of clothing customisation options. - Snap, save and share photos with your AR Elf.

About

Elf Studio

Create magical videos and photos of Santa and his elves visiting your home using augmented reality. Place characters in any environment, customize their appearance and animations, and record your own festive scenes.

Highlights
  • Add Santa Claus and elves
  • Unlimited elves and recording time
  • Create custom elves with Elf Workshop
  • Customize elf outfits and accessories
  • Elves with walking and dancing animations
  • Pre-plan or perform animations
  • Customize lighting, shadows, and camera filters
Features
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Welcome to Elf Studio! The latest technological marvel to come from the Software Elves here at the North Pole Command Center (Creators of Speak to Santa)! Elf Studio gives you the tools create video or photographic proof of Santa & his elves visiting your house! Using the power of Augmented Reality, you can now place elves & Santa Claus into any environment (as long as it's flat)! After setting your elves down, start recording! It's that simple! Your elves can dance, skip, run, stumble, breakdance, jump, moonwalk and even perform the Thriller dance! Check out these features: - Add Santa Claus as well as his elves to your scenes! - No limit to number of elves that can be placed in a scene, 1, 10, 100, it's up to you! - No recording limits, record for 10 minutes if you want! - Take pictures of your elves as well as recording them on film! - Create your own elves with the Elf Workshop! Thousands of different elf creations are possible! - Completely customise your elf outfits with up to 60 different colours! - Now with Elf Glasses! Add some funky sunglasses, or some nice reading glasses to your elf creations! - Walking elves! Place down some candy canes and your elf will follow them! Endless possibilities when combined with other elves! With tons of different walking animations to choose from! - Standing elves! Place down elves that can perform an action, or just idle with over 200 animations to choose from! - Dancing elves! Place down elves that can perform one of over 50 different dances! From breakdancing to Gangnam Style! - Intuitive system to either preplan animations with candy cane waypoints before recording starts, or perform an animation once recording has already started! - Customise lighting and shadows! Make your elves blend into any environment by changing the lighting direction, lighting colour and brightness! - Camera filters! Its so simple! Scan an environment like a living room, garden, bedroom! Add some elves, set up your lighting and shadows, hit record! Once recording choose more animations to play! Made by the software elves here at the North Pole Command Center!

Screenshots

shElfAR2 screens
Elf Studio4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Elf Studio at 45% against shElfAR's 0%. Elf Studio also leads on rating (4.7 vs 3.0) and ratings volume (3.7K vs 3). shElfAR's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 10). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Elf Studio sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. shElfAR asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Elf Studio holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Elf Studio has 3.7K ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of shElfAR's written reviews are positive against 45% of Elf Studio's.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
shElfAR versus Elf Studio: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParametershElfARElf Studio
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (3 ratings)4.7 (3.7K ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews45.5% of reviews — better
Number of ratings33.7K — better
Update frequency—Every 3 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size76 MB228 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerweb-engineerNorth Pole Command Centre Limited

Customer experience

shElfAR

All ratings3 ratings
Positive33.3%
Neutral33.3%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Elf Studio

All ratings3,737 ratings
Positive90.9%
Neutral3.2%
Negative5.9%
Written reviews99 reviews
Positive45.5%
Neutral6.1%
Negative48.5%

Bugs and requests

shElfAR

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Elf Studio

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Unable to scan surfaces for elf placement
  • Crashes and freezes when trying to use app

Requested features

3 requests
  • More free customization options
  • Ability to save and share created scenes
  • Improved surface detection for elf placement

In-app purchases

None

shElfAR

No in-app purchases

10 purchases

Elf Studio

Subscriptions4
  • Unlock Elf Studio$1.991 Month
  • Elf Studio™ - Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Unlock Elf Studio$3.991 Year
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  • Elf Studio™ - Annual$6.991 Year
One-time6
  • 50+ Elf Dance Animations$0.99
  • 1 Credit - Pro Price$1.99
  • 5 Credits - Pro Price$5.99
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  • 10 Credits - Pro Price$9.99
  • Elf Studio - Lifetime Pass$19.99
  • 25 Credits - Pro Price$22.99

Questions

Is shElfAR free?
shElfAR is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Elf Studio free?
Elf Studio is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, shElfAR or Elf Studio?
Elf Studio is rated higher. shElfAR averages 3.0 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while Elf Studio averages 4.7 from 3.7K ratings.
Do shElfAR or Elf Studio have ads?
Neither shElfAR nor Elf Studio shows ads.

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