VirtualFriend vs Art Like This
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
VirtualFriend
Experience classic Nintendo Virtual Boy games in true 3D on Apple Vision Pro and iOS. This open-source emulator allows you to explore the entire official library and homebrew titles with customizable color palettes and flexible control options.
- 3D Virtual Boy experience
- Explore official and homebrew libraries
- Customizable color palettes
- Flexible control options (touchscreen, controller, keyboard)
- 3D title screen previews
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VirtualFriend: A new, open source Nintendo Virtual Boy emulator Relive the unique red-and-black world of Nintendo's most ambitious '90s console. Whether you're experiencing these classics for the first time or revisiting fond memories, VirtualFriend delivers the definitive Virtual Boy experience on Apple Vision Pro and iOS devices. Experience the Virtual Boy in high fidelity 3D on the Apple Vision Pro, or play on the go on iOS. - Explore the entire official library of Virtual Boy titles and the most popular homebrew with provided metadata and 3D title screen previews - Tired of red and black? Adjust the display's color palette between a series of presets, or choose your own colors - Play using flexible controls; either touchscreen, controller, or keyboard VirtualFriend is open source and available under the MIT license. Join the community, contribute back, or simply ask questions at https://github.com/agg23/virtualfriend Disclaimer: VirtualFriend is an independently developed, free, open source emulator. We are not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to Nintendo Co., Ltd. in any way. "Nintendo" and "Virtual Boy" are trademarks of Nintendo Co., Ltd. All rights reserved to their respective owners.
Art Like This
Discover art from a museum collection that resembles your photos or chosen artworks. Explore connections, learn about each piece, and even create virtual museum rooms filled with your discoveries.
- Image-based art matching
- Explore museum collection
- Learn about artworks
- Create virtual museum rooms
- Interactive art journey
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The Art Authority Museum presents: Art Like This. Bring your world into our museum. Choose any photo or file from your world, and Art Like This will display works from the Art Authority Museum's classical collection that are remarkably "like" your selection. Begin your exploration by selecting any of your photos or files, or the classic photos and art starting points we’ve built into the app. Or begin by taking a photo, describing an image, or sharing an image from other apps or through Visual Intelligence. Then prepare to be amazed by all our Art Like This. Select any displayed result to continue your journey with that work, exploring as long and as deep as you like. Other features of Art Like This include: • Create an album of results in the Photos app and continue exploring from there • View title, artist and other information for each piece • Explore works all at once, or one at a time • View results through a widget We hope your Art Like This adventure ultimately leads you to our immersive Art Authority Museum, where you can create whole rooms filled with your world's Art Like This. Bring your world into our museum. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Art Like This at none against VirtualFriend's 4. Art Like This also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 24 months). VirtualFriend's advantage is ratings volume (21 vs 2). 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. VirtualFriend sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Art Like This asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for VirtualFriend against 5.0 for Art Like This. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: VirtualFriend has 21 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 95% of VirtualFriend's written reviews are positive against 100% of Art Like This's.
VirtualFriend ships an update every 24 months, Art Like This every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and November 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | VirtualFriend | Art Like This |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (21 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 95.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 21 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 24 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Vision Pro | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Vision Pro — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 18.7 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 14 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Adam Gastineau | Art Authority LLC |
Customer experience
VirtualFriend
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In-app purchases
VirtualFriend
- Small Tip$0.99
- Medium Tip$2.99
- Large Tip$4.99
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- Extra Large Tip$9.99
Art Like This
No in-app purchases
Questions
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