Radar Waypoint vs PSRayTracing
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Radar Waypoint
This application allows users to test and visualize Radar's location platform features. It demonstrates Geofences, Places, Regions, Beacons, Fraud detection, and Trip Tracking. Users receive notifications for Radar-generated events and can view user state in real-time.
- Test Radar Geofences
- Visualize Radar Places
- Monitor Radar Regions
- Explore Radar Beacons
- Test Radar Fraud Detection
- Track Radar Trips
- Receive event notifications
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Use the Radar Waypoint app to test Radar functionality. Learn how Radar Geofences, Places, Regions, Beacons, Fraud, and Trip Tracking work by seeing it in action. Receive notifications for various Radar generated events and see the latest user state both in the app and in the Radar dashboard. Radar is the leading all-in-one location platform. You must have a Radar account to use this app. Visit our web site to learn more.
PSRayTracing
This application provides a graphical interface for a ray tracing engine, designed to render images faster than reference code. It includes features like threading and render progress visualization, based on "Ray Tracing in One Weekend" books.
- GUI frontend for ray tracing
- Faster rendering than reference code
- Threading support
- Render progress visualization
- Toggle-able features
- Based on "Ray Tracing in One Weekend"
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This is a GUI frontend for the PSRayTracing implementation of the "Ray Tracing in One Weekend" books by Peter Shirley (and others). Which renders the images in the book faster than the reference code, but also offers other features (e.g. threading, render progress, toggle-able and more). The source code for this program, as well as a report auditing all of the changes/improvements, is freely available at: https://github.com/define-private-public/PSRayTracing
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Radar Waypoint at fortnightly against PSRayTracing's every 30 months. Radar Waypoint also leads on ratings volume (9 vs 2) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17). On price, rating, review sentiment 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Radar Waypoint against 5.0 for PSRayTracing. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 9 and 2 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Radar Waypoint ships an update fortnightly, PSRayTracing every 30 months. The most recent releases landed on September 15, 2026 and September 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Radar Waypoint | PSRayTracing |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (9 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 9 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 30 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 17 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 47 MB | 29 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Radar Labs, Inc. | Benjamin Summerton |
Customer experience
Radar Waypoint
PSRayTracing
In-app purchases
Radar Waypoint
No in-app purchases
PSRayTracing
No in-app purchases
Questions
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