Daniel Leighton Art + AR vs Blox 3D
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Daniel Leighton Art + AR
Experience fine art like never before. This app brings paintings to life with augmented reality, revealing animations, narratives, and interactive elements that deepen the emotional impact and storytelling behind each piece.
- Augmented reality art viewing
- Interactive painting animations
- Narrative storytelling through art
- Emotional portrait exploration
- 11 AR-enhanced paintings
- Harnesses technology and emotion
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Daniel Leighton is a contemporary fine artist who merged his painting, filmmaking, storytelling and technology backgrounds by incorporating augmented reality into his iPad paintings. Daniel’s work has been featured by Timothy Potts, Director of the Getty Museum in Los Angeles, Bryan Barcena Museum of Contemporary Art (MoCA), Nicholas Barlow, Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), Victoria and Albert Museum in London, where he recently spoke, the LA Center for Digital Art (LACDA), Technarte, the San Luis Obispo Museum of Art (SLOMA) and more. Having Crohn’s Disease since birth, Leighton faced his mortality from a very young age. Countless invasive procedures, hospitalizations and surgeries helped drive him to dive deep into a lifelong quest to understand the workings of his body and his emotions. He creates emotional portraits with simple lines and brilliant colors to capture complex states of the human psyche, while exploring the possibilities of technology and human emotion being harnessed for the greater good. When viewed through this app, Daniel Leighton Art+AR, his paintings come to life as a narrative accompanying the painting; using animation, film and particle systems to further capture a feeling and story. One example is the painting "On Trial" where anger is evident in the faces and pointing fingers of the characters and the moon looking down at the scene has a single tear. When viewed through Leighton's augmented reality app, the painting catches fire and the only way to put out the fire is to tap on the moon which begins to cry therefore putting out the flames with the tears. This piece is about anger in the form of blame and judgment, and shows how when feelings are expressed, anger subsides. Another example is a painting called "A Substance Called Understanding." Through the augmented reality and interactivity (tapping) the room fills up with hearts and the sound of many, layered voices saying "I love you". Leighton has a total of 11 paintings which incorporate augmented reality. If you like this app, please leave us a review or rating as it will help us get more people to see it. Also, please share it with your friends. Thank you!
Blox 3D
This app lets children build and animate 3D creations using intuitive controls. It's designed to foster creativity and visualization skills, with options to add moving parts and share creations.
- 3D block building
- Add animated objects
- Turntable mode for teaching
- Intuitive tap controls
- Sharing functionality
- No ads or in-app purchases
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"Cool little app that allows kids to build their own 3d block creations...” Shayna,Mommyoutsidethebox.ca “...Super nice 3d building blocks app. simple to use allows creativity to flow in our little builders...” Michel,apps4kids.net "Parents have commented on how artistic it allows kids to be, incredibly responsive controls" apppicker.com **Downloaded more than 2 million times on iOS in Creativity and Education categories** Blox 3D is a fun and easy way for kids to learn 3D modelling. Create beautiful objects in a simple and intuitive manner using tap and double tap to delete. Add animated objects like gears,propellers and wheels to make them come alive. Blox 3D has been designed to develop children's creativity and visualization skills. *Designed for 5-8 yrs. age group,intuitive controls and simple menu. *Turntable mode rotates and builds 3D models as a teaching tool. *No IAPs, No Ads and NO TRACKING. *No sounds, flashy animations or distracting pop-ups. *Sharing functionality so kids can create and share turntable movies of their creations.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Daniel Leighton Art + AR at Free against Blox 3D's $4.99. Daniel Leighton Art + AR also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6) and update cadence (every 5 months vs every 15 months). Blox 3D's advantage is ratings volume (29 vs 4) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.0). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model 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
Daniel Leighton Art + AR is free to download; Blox 3D costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Daniel Leighton Art + AR holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Blox 3D has 29 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Daniel Leighton Art + AR's written reviews are positive against 91% of Blox 3D's.
Daniel Leighton Art + AR ships an update every 5 months, Blox 3D every 15 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Daniel Leighton Art + AR | Blox 3D |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $4.99 |
| Rating | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better | 4.6 (29 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 91.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 29 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months — better | Every 15 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 402 MB | 185 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Daniel Leighton | Arjun Gupte |
Customer experience
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In-app purchases
Daniel Leighton Art + AR
No in-app purchases
Blox 3D
No in-app purchases
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