Comparison

ARki vs APS Sidekick

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

Head to head
About

ARki

Design and visualize your dream spaces in 3D and augmented reality. This app offers tools for effortless room planning, interior decorating, and architectural design, suitable for both beginners and professionals. Preview changes in real-time before making them.

Highlights
  • 3D Home Design & Room Planner
  • Augmented Reality Visualization
  • Instant Floor Plan Creator (LiDAR/Manual)
  • Extensive 3D Furniture Library
  • Import 3D Models (Pro)
  • Sync & Share Functionality
Features
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Bring your dream spaces to life with ARki, the ultimate 3D Home Design & Room Planner App that blends simplicity with professional-grade power. Whether you’re a DIYer refreshing a bedroom, a homeowner planning a renovation, or an architect crafting a client’s vision, ARki makes interior design, house design, and architecture drawing accessible, fun, and precise. Design My Room in Minutes - No Expertise Required! ARki’s Smart Draw tools and LiDAR scanning let you create room layouts effortlessly. Skip the tape measure - capture room dimensions instantly or sketch floor plans freehand. Dive into a library of 1,000+ 3D furniture models to design homes or decorate house spaces with confidence. Test paint colors, swap flooring textures, and experiment with home decor styles in real time. Visualize every detail in stunning 3D or step into life-sized AR to “walk through” your 3D house design before making real-world changes. Homeowner-Friendly Features: - Floor Plan Creator: Generate accurate room layouts, multi level plans, with LiDAR or 2D drawing. - 3D Room Planner Library: Choose sofas, lighting, rugs, and decor to design room spaces that reflect your style. - Ai image: Generate realistic views of your project from your 3d scene. - AR Visualization: See furniture scale and home decor choices in augmented reality - Sync & Share: Collaborate with partners or contractors via 2D snapshots, videos, or interactive plans. - Drag-and-Drop Simplicity: Rearrange furniture, adjust wall colors, and test layouts in seconds. For Architects & Design Pros: Precision Meets Creativity ARki Pro elevates architecture design and interior decorating with tools tailored for professionals: - Import 3D Models: Use FBX/GLB files from SketchUp, Revit, Blender, 3Dsmax or AutoCAD to build layered projects. - Mixed Reality Mode: Overlay 3D house designs onto real-world sites for immersive client presentations. - 1:1 Scale Accuracy: Position objects, apply real-time shadows, and animate models for flawless architectural drawing. - Material Palettes & Explode Tool: Showcase texture options and deconstruct designs to highlight details. - Unlimited Projects: Save, edit, and share unlimited architectural projects. Why ARki Wins Over Home Lovers - Room Designer Made Easy: Just intuitive tools to decorate house spaces like a pro. - Budget-Smart Planning: Test bold room decor ideas risk-free. Love that emerald green wall? Preview it in AR first. - Flexible Home Planner: Perfect for studio apartments, sprawling homes, or virtual staging. - Cross-Device Freedom: Start on your iPhone, refine on your iPad, and present on your Mac - seamlessly. Transform Your Space Today ARki isn’t just a floor plan creator—it’s your pocket designer. Redesign a single room or reimagine an entire property with tools that empower everyone, from interior decorating novices to architecture design experts. Perfect For: - Homeowners craving a home design 3D makeover. - Renters wanting to visualize room decor before moving in. - Pros presenting 3D house designs or buildings in jaw-dropping AR. - Compatibility: For floor scanning use LiDAR-enabled iOS devices Unlock ARki Personal subscription to gain access to the full catalogue of 3d interior models, as well as accurate edit and draw features, which help you create designs faster. Upgrade to ARki Professional Subscription to explore the full toolkit for professional designers. Explore tutorials and inspiration: http://www.darfdesign.com/arki.html Subscription Prices are set by Apple's App Store Matrix in $USD. Subscriptions are charged to your iTunes account at purchase and renewal. Free trials auto-renew to paid plans unless cancelled 24 hours before expiry in iTunes settings. Cancellations take effect after the current period, downgrading to free. Unused trial time is forfeited if you subscribe before it ends. Privacy Policy: https://www.darfdesign.com/privacypolicy.html Terms of Use: https://www.darfdesign.com/termsofuse.html

About

APS Sidekick

This tool enables artists and animators to integrate ARKit facial capture into VR avatars for VR MocapFusion. Stream facial blendshape data in real-time for full body motion capture or live streaming with popular engines.

Highlights
  • ARKit facial capture for VR avatars
  • Real-time blendshape data streaming
  • VR MocapFusion integration
  • Full body motion capture export
  • Live streaming support
  • Unreal Engine, Unity, Blender plugins
Features
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The iOS Sidekick allows artists and animators to add ARKit facial capture to VR avatars when playing VR MocapFusion. The Sidekick app streams facial expression blendshapes data to VR MocapFusion for adding real time facecapture to avatars. With SteamVR full body tracking it is possible to record full body avatar motion capture with face capture and can be exported to Blender. Or use the face capture when live streaming. With several plugins available for live streaming using Unreal Engine, Unity or Blender. This app requires running VR MocapFusion on a PC to receive the motion capture data and can be downloaded from Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1540000/Mocap_Fusion__VR/

Screenshots

ARki4 screens
APS Sidekick3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: ARki at Free against APS Sidekick's $16.99. ARki also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 21 months) and ratings volume (256 vs 3). APS Sidekick's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.4) and in-app purchases (none vs 5). On ads and device support 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

ARki is free to download; APS Sidekick costs $16.99 up front. ARki sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $5.00 per 7 days. APS Sidekick asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

APS Sidekick holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ARki has 256 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 72% of ARki's written reviews are positive against 100% of APS Sidekick's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ARki ships an update every 2 weeks, APS Sidekick every 21 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard9 real differences · 2 level
ARki versus APS Sidekick: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterARkiAPS Sidekick
PriceFree — better$16.99
Rating4.4 (256 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews71.8% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings256 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 21 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
Best chart rank—#196 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Vision Pro — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS18.015.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size154 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDarf Design LTDGrant Olsen

Customer experience

ARki

All ratings256 ratings
Positive85.5%
Neutral2.7%
Negative11.7%
Written reviews71 reviews
Positive71.8%
Neutral5.6%
Negative22.5%

APS Sidekick

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

ARki

Reported bugs

11 issues
  • Measurements change unexpectedly
  • Things wouldn't rotate
  • Stairs didn't stay in place
  • Rotations reset on reopening
  • UI buttons close current document
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  • Saving is buggy
  • App force closes
  • App becomes unresponsive
  • Controls too sensitive
  • Black screen on iPad Air 2
  • Cannot resize miniature furniture to full size

Requested features

10 requests
  • More models for the library
  • Tutorials that are not fast-talkers
  • Visible tools for undo and duplicate
  • More preset shapes
  • More window options
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  • Support for animation
  • Draw feature
  • Ability to apply more than one material
  • Options to turn off shadows and define user-defined altitude and azimuth for lighting
  • GPS integration

APS Sidekick

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

5 purchases

ARki

Subscriptions5
  • Personal Subscription$5.007 Days
  • Personal Subscription$12.001 Month
  • ARki Pro Subscription3 Days trial$19.491 Month
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  • Personal Subscription$29.006 Months
  • ARki Pro Yearly Subscription3 Days trial$219.991 Year
None

APS Sidekick

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ARki free?
ARki is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is APS Sidekick free?
APS Sidekick costs $16.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, ARki or APS Sidekick?
APS Sidekick is rated higher. ARki averages 4.4 out of 5 from 256 ratings, while APS Sidekick averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do ARki or APS Sidekick have ads?
Neither ARki nor APS Sidekick shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ARki or APS Sidekick?
ARki ships an update every 2 weeks, and APS Sidekick every 21 months. Most recently, ARki was updated on November 1, 2026 and APS Sidekick on October 29, 2026.

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