Ara Authentic vs AWN CropAI
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Ara Authentic
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With the ARA-Authentic -LT® technology developed by us, we offer you labeling and coating solutions that are... are tailored exclusively to your products, can be applied additively to your products on site using a standard marking laser - without damaging the product surface, provides you with a wide range of individual design options - be it extraordinary optical effects or features that are only visible under certain conditions, are cost-effective, ecologically harmless and extremely resource-friendly and whose authenticity can be quickly and reliably verified both visually and by simple means, e.g. with a smartphone.
AWN CropAI
This tool helps growers monitor fruit and canopy temperatures, assess sunburn risk, and analyze fruit color using thermal IR cameras. It provides weather-guided forecasts and supports apples and grapes.
- Fruit Surface Temperature Forecast
- Thermal IR-RGB Camera Integration
- Canopy Stress Monitoring
- Sunburn Risk Assessment
- Fruit Color Analysis
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AWN CropAI is a tool designed to help growers assess fruit surface temperature, monitor canopy temperature and stress, evaluate potential sunburn risk, and analyze fruit color using thermal IR cameras. Currently, the app supports apples and grapes. Key Features: 1. Fruit Surface Temperature (FST) Forecast: Receive accurate weather guided FST forecasts based on user location data. 2. Thermal IR-RGB Camera Integration: Seamlessly connect with wireless and USB thermal cameras (e.g., FLIR) to capture images. 3. FST Calculation, Canopy Stress Monitoring, and Sunburn Risk Assessment: Automatically detect supported fruits and canopy regions in captured images to calculate FST, monitor canopy stress, and assess sunburn risk. 4. Fruit Color Analysis: Analyze the proportions of red, green, and yellow colors in the detected fruits from the captured images.
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Verdict
Ara Authentic and AWN CropAI are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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.
Ara Authentic ships an update every 3 weeks, AWN CropAI every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Ara Authentic | AWN CropAI |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 85 MB | 83 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Maik Arink | Washington State University |
In-app purchases
Ara Authentic
No in-app purchases
AWN CropAI
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Ara Authentic free?
Is AWN CropAI free?
Do Ara Authentic or AWN CropAI have ads?
Which is updated more often, Ara Authentic or AWN CropAI?
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