Comparison

i vs AR Postcards

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

i

Experience your favorite attractions in a new way with interactive postcards. This app uses augmented reality to bring virtual content, including videos and audio guides, to life when you point your device at special markers. Share your discoveries with friends on social media.

Highlights
  • Augmented Reality interface
  • Interactive postcards
  • Video and audio-guide content
  • 3D explorations
  • Shareable updates
  • Downloadable markers
Features
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Smartech Group prese​nts: I-Card! The first Interactive Postcards! Interact with the Postcards of your favourite attractions and discover a new Augmented Reality world with videos, audio-guide contents and 3D explorations! I-Card allows you to augment your view of reality with through its friendly AUGMENTED REALITY interface. Look for the I-Card logo and discover a world of virtual contents Step 1: Download I-Card App Step 2: Point the App's camera to the interactive postcards Step 3: Watch your favourite attractions come to life Enjoy the Augmented Reality (AR) experience and share updates with your friends through Facebook and Twitter. Markers can be downloaded from this link: http://smartechgroup.es/markers-i-card/ Developed by Smartech Group www.smartechgroup.es

About

AR Postcards

Features
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Use AR Postcards to add audio and images to real snail mail postcards! Surprise your loved ones with funny and unique postcards without any additional costs. It works like this: You buy a nice postcard from where ever you like. Take a photo of the postcard within the app, add a replacement image, and record some audio. You sent the postcard via snail mail and a link to the Augmented Reality additions via iMessage. The receiver scans your postcard with the app and they hear and see your Augmented Reality additions. Forget expensive services that print the postcards for you. You send the same postcards you usually do and add audio yourself with just two simple steps. And all that without additional costs! The images and audio you add to a postcard are stored in your iCloud account. They are not transferred to any other server. They stay on your iCloud space. You share the data with the receiver. But still this data is not transferred to another server. Your data stays with you all the time! Note: You and the receiver of the postcard need to have iCloud enabled and needs to be logged in.

Screenshots

i4 screens
AR Postcards4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: i at none against AR Postcards's 1. i also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 17.0). AR Postcards's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 3 months). On price 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. AR Postcards sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. i asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

i ships an update every 3 months, AR Postcards every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
i versus AR Postcards: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameteriAR Postcards
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS8.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size170 MB10 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSmartech Gr5 S.LDominik Hauser

In-app purchases

None

i

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

AR Postcards

One-time1
  • Send One$0.99

Questions

Is i free?
i is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is AR Postcards free?
AR Postcards is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do i or AR Postcards have ads?
Neither i nor AR Postcards shows ads.
Which is updated more often, i or AR Postcards?
i ships an update every 3 months, and AR Postcards every 2 weeks. Most recently, i was updated on October 8, 2026 and AR Postcards on October 7, 2026.

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