Desktop Apps vs Splunk AR
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Desktop Apps
Discover and browse Mac App Store applications directly from your mobile device. Easily search by category or keywords, view detailed app information including screenshots, and share links for later access.
- Browse Mac App Store
- Search by category
- Search by keywords
- View app details
- Share app links
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Browse the Mac AppStore to find the best and latest apps * Share links or email yourself so you can easily find that killer app again when you get home. * Browse by category or search by keywords * View screenshots, description and other app details
Splunk AR
Visualize and interact with real-world data using augmented reality. Associate data with physical objects and locations via barcodes, beacons, or geofences to access real-time dashboards and visualizations on your mobile device.
- Associate data with objects/locations
- Real-time AR visualizations
- Interact with Splunk dashboards
- Use barcodes, NFC, beacons, geofences
- Add multimedia notes for collaboration
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Splunk, the industry leader in turning data into business insights, offers mobile apps that extend Splunk capabilities beyond the desktop. Using Splunk AR, you can tie data to real-world objects and locations so users can consume, interact with, and take action with data where it lives. Scan barcodes or use beacons and geofences to view real-time augmented reality visualizations and Splunk dashboards on your mobile device. Using Splunk AR with your Splunk deployment, you can: - Associate Splunk data with objects or locations using barcodes, NFC tags, beacons, or geofences. - View and interact with real-time augmented reality visualizations and Splunk dashboards by scanning barcodes and NFC tags or by entering a beacon or geofenced area. - Add multi-media notes to your augmented reality visualizations to collaborate with other users. For more information, see https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/AR
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Splunk AR at Free against Desktop Apps's $0.99. Splunk AR also leads on rating (4.6 vs 2.9) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). Desktop Apps's advantage is iOS requirement (8.0 vs 15.0). On review sentiment, ratings volume, update cadence 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
Splunk AR is free to download; Desktop Apps costs $0.99 up front. Desktop Apps sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Splunk AR asks for nothing beyond the download.
Splunk AR holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 2.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 9 and 19 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 54% of Desktop Apps's written reviews are positive against 50% of Splunk AR's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Desktop Apps ships an update monthly, Splunk AR every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and September 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Desktop Apps | Splunk AR |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 2.9 (9 ratings) | 4.6 (19 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 53.7% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 9 | 19 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 52 MB | 154 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Thirteen32 Pty Ltd | Splunk Inc. |
Customer experience
Desktop Apps
Splunk AR
In-app purchases
Desktop Apps
- Remove Ads$0.99
Splunk AR
No in-app purchases
