Elf Me! vs Catch Santa AR
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Elf Me!
Instantly turn yourself and others in your photos into elves with this easy-to-use application. Apply the magical transformation to all your pictures.
- Transform people into elves
- Apply to multiple photos
- Easy to use interface
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Automatically transform yourself and everyone in your photo into an elf. So easy to use you'll try it on all your photos!
Catch Santa AR
Capture magical Christmas memories with this augmented reality app. Bring a virtual Santa Claus into your home to film him leaving gifts, interacting with your child, and more. Create realistic videos and photos as proof of Santa's visit.
- Summon virtual Santa Claus to your home
- Film Santa leaving gifts on video
- Record Santa interacting with your child
- Capture Santa drinking milk and eating cookies
- Take photos of Santa's visit
- Create realistic AR videos and photos
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The revolutionary AR app that the world has never seen before is here this Christmas! For the first time ever you can summon Virtual Santa Claus to your living room and catch him leaving gifts on video. Catch Santa AR features the world's first ever video tool to capture Virtual Santa Claus in Augmented Reality. Instead of inserting motionless stickers into your photos, summon the real moving Santa Claus and capture him leaving gifts under your tree on video. It looks so real you won't believe your eyes! FEATURES • Summon Virtual Santa Claus to your house • Catch Santa sneaking into your living room on video • Catch Santa leaving gifts under your tree on video • Film Santa having a conversation with you on video • Catch Santa drinking milk and eating cookies your child left for him on video • And many more exciting scenarios • Take a photo to capture a moment while catching Santa on video • Show your kids proof of Santa leaving gifts in your house on video and in photos PLEASE NOTE Prices are in USD. Pricing in other countries may vary.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Catch Santa AR at 4.6 against Elf Me!'s 1.8. Catch Santa AR also leads on review sentiment (32% vs 0%) and ratings volume (5.7K vs 4). Elf Me!'s advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 10 months). On price, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Elf Me! sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Catch Santa AR sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Catch Santa AR holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 1.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Catch Santa AR has 5.7K ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Elf Me!'s written reviews are positive against 32% of Catch Santa AR's.
Elf Me! ships an update every 2 weeks, Catch Santa AR every 10 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Elf Me! | Catch Santa AR |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.8 (4 ratings) | 4.6 (5.7K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 32.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 5.7K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 10 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 6.0 — better | 11.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 26 MB | 388 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Edward Bishop | Dualverse, Inc. |
Customer experience
Elf Me!
Catch Santa AR
Bugs and requests
Elf Me!
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Catch Santa AR
Reported bugs
3 issues- Fails to detect floor and position Santa properly
- App crashes on launch or during use
- Purchased content not unlocking as expected
Requested features
3 requests- More realistic and high-quality Santa model
- Ability to customize the Santa experience
- Free trial or more affordable pricing
In-app purchases
Elf Me!
- Elf Me all the way!$0.99
Catch Santa AR
- Sneaking in with Gifts$2.99
- Getting Caught and Talk$2.99
- Entering from Below$2.99
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- Entering from Below & Talk$2.99
- Your Child has been Nice$2.99
- Your Child has been Naughty$2.99
- Milk and Cookies$2.99
- Jumps in$2.99
- Jumps in and Talk$2.99
- All Scenarios$9.99
Questions
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