Banner Basic vs Yunuene Art
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Banner Basic
Create custom LED-matrix-style messages and display them on your device. Show text, symbols, dates, times, tweets, and music information with various customization options for speed, appearance, and display settings.
- Customizable LED-matrix display
- Show user-defined messages
- Display date and time
- Show tweet feeds
- Display music information
- Adjustable scroll and blink speeds
- Customizable LED appearance (size, shape, color)
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Banner is an LED-matrix-like display with which you can show custom messages. The following items can be shown: - 5 user-defined messages - 35 types of symbol characters - Date (3 formats) - Time (3 formats) - Bluesky (3 defined feeds based on user's timeline or keyword search) - Music (Artist, Song, Album) The application has the following settings: - Scroll speed - Blink speed - Landscape-only mode - Upside-down display - Mirror display - Double-tap editing - Sleep disable - Character size (3 sizes) - Element (LED) size (3 sizes) - Element (LED) shape (6 shapes) - Element (LED) color (Hue, Saturation) - Element (LED) color randomization Note - Bluesky posts will be updated every minutes or every posts displayed. - "Banner Basic" is a free version with ads; "Banner" and "Banner Extreme" are paid versions with no ad. - "Banner Extreme" has a little bit different from the others on the style and the speed.
Yunuene Art
Experience art in a new dimension with augmented reality. This application brings paintings to life, revealing the artist's intent beyond the canvas. Requires printed art from YUNUENE.COM to visualize the AR features.
- Augmented reality art visualization
- Complements physical art pieces
- Reveals artist's intent
- Works with printed art from YUNUENE.COM
- Includes 114 paintings
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IMPORTANT: For this app to work you need to print the art. You can get it here: YUNUENE.COM AUGMENTED REALITY ART. This app complements Yunuene's art, conveying her intention beyond the canvas. To see the Augmented Reality in action, go to yunuene.com to find the art and visualize it with your device. Enjoy! This version includes 115 paintings.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Yunuene Art at 5.0 against Banner Basic's 3.2. Yunuene Art also leads on ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). Banner Basic's advantage is ratings volume (25 vs 4) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Yunuene Art holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Banner Basic has 25 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 56% of Banner Basic's written reviews are positive against 75% of Yunuene Art's.
Banner Basic ships an update every 7 months, Yunuene Art every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Banner Basic | Yunuene Art |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.2 (25 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 56.3% of reviews | 75.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 25 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 254 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Masayuki Akamatsu | Jose Luis Almeida |
Customer experience
Banner Basic
Yunuene Art
Bugs and requests
Banner Basic
Reported bugs
3 issues- Crashes on launch
- Distorted text display
- Incompatibility with iOS updates
Requested features
5 requests- Speed control for scrolling
- Color and font customization
- Ability to save/recall preset messages
- Orientation and display options
- Improved performance and stability
Yunuene Art
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Banner Basic
No in-app purchases
Yunuene Art
No in-app purchases
