Arpie vs oogieAR
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Arpie
This app transforms bouncing balls into a musical experience. Place balls of varying heights to create unique melodies and rhythms. It's an intuitive way for anyone to explore music creation.
- Bouncing ball music generation
- Adjustable ball height for melody
- Create musical sequences
- Intuitive music creation
- Variety of musical patterns
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Bouncing balls turn into music! Arpie is a novel musical app that allows anyone to enjoy music. Put balls as many as you like, them watch them playing a beautiful melody. Higher balls hit the keys with long pauses, and lower ones hit them fast and repeatedly. By combining them, you can easily create a wide variety of musical sequences.
oogieAR
This app is a 3D musical synthesizer laboratory that generates music algorithmically using images and colors. Create complex arpeggios and harmonies by applying colors from your photos, with infinite creative possibilities through various tools.
- 3D musical synthesizer laboratory
- Algorithmic music creation
- Image and color-based sound generation
- Create arpeggios and harmonies
- Pro Mode with additional features
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oogieAR is a 3D musical synthesizer laboratory that uses images and colors to create music algorithmically. Create complex arpeggios and harmonies live using colors from your photos. When you throw in Pipes, Scalars and Gravity, there are Infinite creative possiblities. Upgrade to Pro Mode and release more features.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: oogieAR at 5.0 against Arpie's 4.5. oogieAR also leads on update cadence (every 3 months vs every 97 months). Arpie's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 9) and ratings volume (10 vs 1). 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
Both are free to download. oogieAR sells 9 one-off in-app purchases. Arpie asks for nothing beyond the download.
oogieAR holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Arpie has 10 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Arpie ships an update every 97 months, oogieAR every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Arpie | oogieAR |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (10 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 92.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 10 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 97 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 25 MB | 62 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Keijiro Takahashi | Dave Scruton |
Customer experience
Arpie
oogieAR
In-app purchases
Arpie
No in-app purchases
oogieAR
- Pro Mode$0.99
- oogieAR Around House$0.99
- oogieAR Body Sounds$0.99
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- oogieAR Metal Shop$0.99
- oogieAR SG Pepper$0.99
- oogieAR Urbanity$0.99
- oogieAR Sports Shorts$0.99
- oogieAR Woodworks$0.99
- oogieAR Water$0.99
