Last Chinatown vs STP Arcana
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Last Chinatown
Experience a site-specific augmented reality memorial that explores the history and erasure of Santa Cruz's last Chinatown. This interactive journey uses historical photos, interviews, and virtual recreations to bring the past to life at significant locations.
- Augmented reality experience
- Historical photos and interviews
- Virtual recreations
- Performative interpretation
- Site-specific locations
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“Watermarks of the Last Chinatown” is an interactive public memorial in the form of a site-specific augmented reality experience that speaks to the rich narrative landscape of Santa Cruz, California, through the lens of historical erasure with a focus on its last Chinatown. The work is a collaboration between Huy Truong, Susana Ruiz, and Karen Tei Yamashita. It includes interviews with community members, historical photographs, virtual recreations, and a performative interpretation of an original story by Yamashita. The work incorporates documentary, holographic film, and gameplay and is experienced on mobile devices at historically important sites in downtown Santa Cruz to render visible the lives, legacies, and labors of those who lived there.
STP Arcana
Receive personalized tarot readings to uncover answers about life, love, and the unseen. This app reveals mysteries and provides guidance through the Oracle's insights.
- Personalized tarot readings
- Answers life questions
- Explores love and relationships
- Reveals unseen mysteries
- Oracle guidance
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Discover Aaron Osborne's STP Arcana with personalized tarot readings answer your most challenging questions about life, love and the mysterious unseen. What mysteries dance in the shadows will be revealed by the Oracle!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: STP Arcana at every 4 days against Last Chinatown's every 11 days. STP Arcana also leads on ratings volume (7 vs 2). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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 Last Chinatown against 5.0 for STP Arcana. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 7 respectively.
Last Chinatown ships an update every 11 days, STP Arcana every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Last Chinatown | STP Arcana |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (7 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 7 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 11 days | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 13.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1.7 GB | 93 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Susana Ruiz | Authentic Creative, LLC |
Customer experience
Last Chinatown
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In-app purchases
Last Chinatown
No in-app purchases
STP Arcana
No in-app purchases
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