Lightcraft Jetset vs Simulon
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Lightcraft Jetset
Create professional-quality films by seamlessly blending CGI with live-action footage in real-time. This app leverages advanced AR technology to bring virtual production capabilities to your mobile device, enabling directors and creators to achieve stunning visual effects.
- Real-time AR camera tracking
- Real-time 3D rendering of USDZ models
- Scene matching with live action
- AI-powered compositing and keying
- Take data recording
- Post-production workflow integration
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Lightcraft Jetset puts a movie studio in your pocket. Jetset uses Apple's advanced ARKit real time tracking to fuse CGI and live action in real time, and brings the power of Lightcraft's Emmy-Award winning virtual production technology to directors and creators everywhere on their iPad or iPhone. Key features: - Real time camera tracking - Real time 3D rendering of complex, production-level USDZ models - Rapid matching of live action and virtual locations using Lightcraft's Scene Locator technology - Real time compositing using AI mattes, or Lightcraft's advanced blue and green screen keyers - Take data recording with complete camera original footage, live composites, and tracking metadata - Direct integration with Unreal, Blender, and USD post production workflows using Lightcraft's Autoshot application Privacy Policy: https://www.lightcraft.pro/legal/privacy EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Simulon
Bring your imagination to life by placing custom or real-world objects into augmented reality. Create lifelike images and videos by describing actions, with no animation experience required. Develop ideas or share your creations with the world.
- Create from words, photos, or designs
- Clone real-world objects
- Place subjects in augmented reality
- Direct video action with descriptions
- Personal subject library
- AI rendering for lifelike scenes
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Simulon. The camera for your imagination. Bring imagined characters, real objects and your own designs into the world around you. Compose with your camera, capture a lifelike image and turn it into a video by describing what happens next. No 3D or animation experience needed. CREATE FROM AN IDEA Start with words, a photo or your own design. Turn a sketch into a character or take a concept off the page and into a real setting. CLONE REALITY Create from photos of something real, whether it's your pet, a favourite car or a sculpture. Keep its familiar look or imagine something different. Give your pet a new outfit, shrink a car onto your desk or bring a statue to life. MAKE THE WORLD YOUR SET Place your subject in augmented reality. Adjust its size and position, then move around to find your angle. AI rendering brings it into the scene with lifelike lighting, shadows and reflections. DIRECT WHAT HAPPENS NEXT Describe how your subject moves and what happens in the scene to create a video. From a small gesture to an unexpected adventure, you direct the action without animating by hand. Keep your subjects in a personal library and return to them in new locations and new stories. Make something just for fun, develop an idea or create something to share with the world. GET STARTED Try Simulon with starter assets and included free usage. Creating custom assets requires a paid plan. Simulon Plus and Pro offer additional features and monthly usage. Usage limits apply. Shape reality.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Simulon at every 6 days against Lightcraft Jetset's every 2 months. Simulon also leads on review sentiment (65% vs 40%). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. Lightcraft Jetset sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $20.00 per month and Simulon sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $14.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Lightcraft Jetset holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 4.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 26 and 38 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 40% of Lightcraft Jetset's written reviews are positive against 65% of Simulon's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Lightcraft Jetset ships an update every 2 months, Simulon every 6 days. Both last shipped on November 8, 2026.
| Parameter | Lightcraft Jetset | Simulon |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (26 ratings) — better | 4.1 (38 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 40.0% of reviews | 65.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 26 | 38 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 6 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 199 MB | 68 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Lightcraft Technology, Inc. | Simulon |
Customer experience
Lightcraft Jetset
Simulon
In-app purchases
Lightcraft Jetset
- Jetset Pro$20.001 Month
- Cine Monthly1 Month trial$80.001 Month
- Jetset Pro$200.001 Year
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- Cine Yearly$800.001 Year
Simulon
- Plus$14.991 Month
- Lite7 Days trial$15.001 Month
- Plus7 Days trial$24.991 Month
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- Core$29.001 Month
- Pro$39.991 Month
- Pro7 Days trial$55.001 Month
- Studio$200.001 Month
- Plus7 Days trial$239.001 Year
- 1,000 credits$18.99
- 1,000 credits$19.99
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