Access AR vs Hauntline
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Access AR
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Access AR – Experience Your AR Creations Meet Access AR, your ultimate AR viewer! Whether you're a student, educator, creative professional, or business user, Access AR lets you bring your Assemblr projects to life effortlessly. What you can do with Access AR: • Instantly view AR projects made in Assemblr Studio and Assemblr EDU. • Explore custom AR experiences built for clients via Assemblr Enterprise. • Enjoy seamless compatibility with Assemblr’s Visual Coding projects. No matter your AR needs, Access AR makes it easy to view, interact, and experience your projects like never before. Just scan, load, and immerse yourself in a whole new world of augmented reality!
Hauntline
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Ghost stories for the hours when the world goes quiet. Hauntline brings horror stories, paranormal accounts, urban legends and folklore into one atmospheric archive. Find a story that draws you in, settle into a dark reading view, and let the unexplained stay with you a little longer. EXPLORE THE UNEXPLAINED Browse eerie encounters, creepypasta, haunted places, mysteries and UFO tales. Follow your curiosity through familiar legends and stories you have yet to discover. KNOW WHAT YOU'RE READING Trust labels distinguish fiction, community submissions, disputed accounts and other source categories. A reported encounter is a story to explore, not proof of the paranormal. KEEP YOUR OWN ARCHIVE Save stories for later and organize them into collections. Return to the tales you want to revisit in a quiet, ad-free reading space. MORE TO DISCOVER ON iOS Explore short paranormal videos with creator attribution. Choose reader fonts and themes to make the archive feel your own. START READING Guests can open one story on their device before signing in. Free accounts receive a limited allowance of new stories per rolling seven days, shown in the app. Stories opened within that allowance remain unlocked. GO DEEPER WITH HAUNTLINE PLUS Unlock unlimited reading and audio narration, including background listening. Plus also includes early access to Tonight's Tale and serial chapters, additional reader themes, fonts and soundscapes, streak saves and a supporter badge. Narration requires Plus. Hauntline Plus is available as a weekly, monthly or yearly auto-renewing subscription. Prices and any eligible trial are shown before purchase. Manage or cancel your subscription in your Apple account settings. Privacy: https://hauntline-landing.vercel.app/privacy Terms: https://hauntline-landing.vercel.app/terms
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Access AR at none against Hauntline's shown. Access AR also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.0). Hauntline's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks). On price 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.
Access AR ships an update every 3 weeks, Hauntline weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Access AR | Hauntline |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 38 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Assemblr | Khac Phuc Nguyen |
In-app purchases
Access AR
No in-app purchases
Hauntline
No in-app purchases
