Comparison

Measuro vs Authara

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

Head to head
About

Measuro

This comprehensive toolkit offers 17 precision measurement tools, including AR tape measure, ruler, level, and compass. It allows users to measure distances, angles, speed, and more with ease. The app is designed for simplicity, works offline, and features a dark mode.

Highlights
  • AR Tape Measure
  • Ruler and Bubble Level
  • Height and Angle Measurement
  • Compass and Flashlight
  • Unit Converter
  • Stopwatch and Timer
  • Magnifier and Color Picker
Features
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Measuro is the all-in-one measurement toolkit for everyday life. Whether you're measuring a room, checking if a surface is level, or tracking your speed on a bike ride — Measuro has the right tool for the job. 17 PRECISION TOOLS IN ONE APP AR Tape Measure Point your camera and tap to measure real-world distances with augmented reality. Accurate to within millimetres. Ruler A perfectly calibrated on-screen ruler. Works without any surface — just lay your phone down. Bubble Level A precise digital spirit level. Place your phone on any surface and get instant readings. Calibration included. Height Measure Use AR to measure the height of any object — doors, furniture, people — in seconds. Compass A smooth, accurate magnetic compass with degree readout and cardinal directions. Angle Meter Measure tilt, slope, and angles in real-time. Lock any reading to record it. Flashlight Torch with variable brightness and quick-access presets. Unit Converter Convert length, area, volume, and weight across all common units. Stopwatch Centisecond-precision stopwatch with lap tracking, fastest and slowest lap highlights. Countdown Timer Set any duration and count down with haptic and audio alert when time is up. Magnifier Zoom your camera up to 10× with freeze-frame, brightness control, and smooth zoom slider. Clinometer Point at the top of any object, enter the horizontal distance, and calculate its height using trigonometry. Area Calculator Trace the corners of any floor using AR and instantly calculate the total area. Color Picker Aim at any surface to instantly identify its hex code, RGB, and HSB values. Tap to lock a colour. Speed & Altitude Live GPS speed and elevation with max speed tracking and course direction. Noise Meter Measure ambient sound levels in decibels with a live bar meter and peak hold. GPS Camera Capture photos automatically stamped with GPS coordinates, altitude, heading, and time. DESIGNED FOR SIMPLICITY Every tool opens in one tap, works offline, and has no ads or subscriptions. Dark-mode design throughout. CUSTOMISE YOUR TOOLBOX Reorder tools to put your favourites first — your layout is saved automatically.

About

Authara

Features
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Authara is a premium authenticator app that does something no other app does: it keeps your recovery codes right next to the accounts they protect. Most people lose their recovery codes. They paste them in a notes app, screenshot them, or skip saving them entirely. Then their phone is lost or reset, and they're locked out — not just from the authenticator, but from the account itself. Authara fixes that. AUTHENTICATOR + RECOVERY VAULT Add any account that supports standard two-factor authentication. Authara shows you a live TOTP code with a real-time countdown. Tap to copy. And right there, alongside the code, is a secure place to store the recovery codes that came with it. SECURITY YOU CAN TRUST Your vault is encrypted with AES-256-GCM. Your PIN is never stored — it's used to derive your encryption key using Argon2id, the gold standard for password hashing. Authara uses platform-native cryptography: CryptoKit on iOS, the same APIs Apple uses for banking and healthcare applications. Nothing leaves your device. FACE ID AND PIN UNLOCK Unlock instantly with Face ID or Touch ID. Your PIN is always available as a fallback. Biometric is a convenience layer — your vault's cryptographic foundation is always your PIN. BUILT WITH HONEST DEFAULTS - No account required - No cloud sync in V1 — your vault lives on this device - No analytics, no tracking, no third-party SDKs - Clipboard cleared automatically after 60 seconds - App content hidden in the app switcher Authara is for people who take security seriously but don't want to sacrifice simplicity to get it.

Screenshots

Measuro4 screens
Authara4 screens

Verdict

The call

Measuro and Authara are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Measuro versus Authara: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMeasuroAuthara
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (3 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.016.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB29 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJingling ZhuRobert Swanigan

In-app purchases

None

Measuro

No in-app purchases

None

Authara

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Measuro free?
Measuro is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Authara free?
Authara is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Measuro or Authara have ads?
Neither Measuro nor Authara shows ads.

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