Harkins Theatres vs ARpoise
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Harkins Theatres
Easily buy movie tickets and concessions for your next cinema visit. Manage your loyalty rewards, access digital tickets, and purchase gift cards directly from your device.
- Purchase tickets
- Buy concessions
- Access Harkins Awards
- View digital tickets
- Buy gift cards
- Purchase discount tickets
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• Purchase tickets & concessions • Access your Harkins Awards dashboard • Purchase digital gift cards • View your digital tickets • Purchase gift cards, discount tickets, Harkins Loyalty Cups, and more For information about, or to opt out of, our data sharing practices, please visit: https://www.harkins.com/your-privacy-choices
ARpoise
Experience augmented reality artworks that blend digital art with your surroundings. Discover interactive installations like "Lotus Meditation" and "Evolution of Fish" through your smartphone.
- View AR artworks
- Geo-locative art experiences
- Interactive meditation art
- Explore digital installations
- Smartphone-based AR
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ARpoise is an augmented reality app that enables you to view the AR artworks like "Evolution of Fish", "Lotus Meditation" or "Suspended Spring." "Lotus Meditation" is a geo-locative artwork that can be viewed anywhere in the world to mediate on the Lotus Sutra. It was developed for the Kennin-ji Zen Temple in Kyoto, where it premiered on March 14 2019 as part of the "Art Innovation" Exhibition and Symposium. To use "Lotus Meditation," start the app, then cup your smartphone between your two hands. Search for the lotus flowers that surround you. Gently focus on one of the flowers in the middle of your screen until it enlarges to envelope you. In its heart you will find a special surprise.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: ARpoise at 4.5 against Harkins Theatres's 3.3. ARpoise also leads on ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). Harkins Theatres's advantage is update cadence (every 8 days vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (572 vs 2). On price, in-app purchases, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
ARpoise holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Harkins Theatres has 572 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Harkins Theatres ships an update every 8 days, ARpoise every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Harkins Theatres | ARpoise |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.3 (572 ratings) | 4.5 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 16.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 572 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 8 days — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 82 MB | 63 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Harkins Theatres | Tamiko Thiel |
Customer experience
Harkins Theatres
ARpoise
Bugs and requests
Harkins Theatres
Reported bugs
5 issues- Tickets not showing up in app after purchase
- Rewards points not tracking correctly
- Seat selection issues and seats getting locked
- Repeated app crashes and freezes
- Payment processing failures
Requested features
5 requests- Add Apple Pay and mobile wallet support
- Improve ticket refund and cancellation process
- Provide better integration with rewards program
- Enhance navigation and allow easier showtime browsing
- Fix persistent login and account issues
ARpoise
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Harkins Theatres
No in-app purchases
ARpoise
No in-app purchases
