Augmented Reality

Just a raw overview of possibilities, and far from being complete.

2025-03-09

A normal compass is simply boring? OK, then take a look at these:

AR GPS Compass Map 3D (4.6@3,675) 4 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2023-05-06 / AR GPS Compass Map 3D Pro (4.6@1,035; ~EUR 4.25) Ǥ 5 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2023-05-06
Compass (4.4@1,222) Ǥ 9 1
3D Compass Plus (4.2@6,941) Ǥ 13 4
AR Bearing + Baseplate Compass (4@569) Ǥ 8 3 LastUpdate: 2015-07-07
Augmented Reality GPS Compass (3.5@8) 4 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2021-12-09

2025-03-09

Whatsthat? Play doggy, leave your markings – for yourself or for others:

2025-03-09

For sure there must be more, so these are just some examples:

Easy Auto (4.1@31,302) Ǥ 7 1 LastUpdate: 2020-03-12
AR GPS DRIVE/WALK NAVIGATION (4@5,717) Ǥ 14 5
Hikar (0@0) 6 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2021-07-22 GitLab; overlays camera with virtual sign posts; data from OSM

2025-03-09

What's better suited for Augmented Reality than Points of Interest? Exactly!

PeakFinder (4.7@13,871; ~EUR 4.75) Ǥ 11 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
FlippAR Go (4.4@186) Ǥ 12 9
World Around Me (4.2@22,803) Ǥ 11 4 LastUpdate: 2021-06-30 / World Around Me - WAM Pro (4.5@672; ~EUR 10.00) Ǥ 10 4 LastUpdate: 2021-04-04 Augmented Reality Travel Guide
Street Lens (3.6@4,463) Ǥ 10 3 LastUpdate: 2020-08-21
Geo Reality (3.5@162) Ǥ 12 3 LastUpdate: 2019-12-08 Augmented Reality Travel Guide
TMB App (Metro Bus Barcelona) (2.6@9,206) Ǥ 22 3 Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona (public transport)
Wikitude (2.3@17,787) 9 3 LastUpdate: 2019-07-31 Wikipedia

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Layar (3.3@89,564) 7 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2016-11-29

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Star Tracker - Mobile Sky Map (4.6@77,139) Ǥ 15 29
SkEye | Astronomy (4.3@15,210) 4 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ / SkEye Pro (4.9@360; ~EUR 12.00) 4 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
Sky Map (4.1@491,263) Ǥ 12 1 Github; Video Walk-Through 6/2017 | 6/2018
Satellite Pointer (4@32,713) Ǥ 12 4 LastUpdate: 2021-06-21
SkyView® Lite (3.9@55,549) Ǥ 19 1 / SkyView® Explore the Universe (3.8@7,217; ~EUR 1.50) Ǥ 9 1
SatFinder Lite - TV Satellites (3.9@3,816) Ǥ 14 3 / SatFinder - Find TV Satellites (4.5@154; ~EUR 9.50) Ǥ 11 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
Star Chart (3.8@173,422) Ǥ 7 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
Satellite AR (3.3@10,040) Ǥ 10 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2020-06-17
Star Walk - Night Sky Map (3.3@7,058) Ǥ 12 7 / Star Walk 2 Plus: Sky Map View (4.5@538,221) Ǥ 24 13 / Star Walk 2 Pro：Night Sky View (4.6@30,810; ~EUR 3.00) Ǥ 14 5 Vorstellung 2/2016
Planet Finder (3.3@2,834) Ǥ 7 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$

2025-03-05

Marker to display AR objects upon

Humanoid 4D+ (3@243) Ǥ 9 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ learn anatomy
Aruco Android (0@0) 3 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2021-12-07 / Aruco Camera Calibration (0@0) 1 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2021-12-07 Github / Github

2025-03-11

Most of these apps are rather Virtual Reality than Augmented Reality – but the boundaries between the two often overlap …

2025-03-09

Vivechrom Visualizer (5@5,246) Ǥ 17 10 / Dulux Visualizer PK (4.2@676) Ǥ 17 10 / Sikkens Expert DE (4.2@117) Ǥ 16 8 see your room in any color (wall color selector)
Google Lens (4.7@2,513,644) Ǥ 8 1 successor of Google Goggles that is based on Google Assistant, see Wikipedia: Google Lens
GlassesOn | Pupils & Lenses (4.7@30,452) Ǥ 10 6 Measure your PD and get your glasses prescription; if you don't mind the trackers that is…
WiFi AR (4.4@18,067) Ǥ 15 3 Video Review 5/2020
Vuforia Chalk (4.4@174) Ǥ 14 2 Video Intro 6/2019; Video-talk, draw on screen to point out things: get a tech person help you fix things, for example
ARLOOPA: AR Camera 3D Scanner (4.3@38,123) Ǥ 19 33
Google Goggles (4.3@43) 9 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2018-08-20 Wikipedia; The ultimative AR Tool; discontinued since 8/2018 and replaced by Google Lens
Google Translate (4.2@9,010,270) Ǥ 22 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ with live translation of e.g. street signs / Live-Übersetzung
The vOICe for Android (4@1,531) Ǥ 16 4 See with your ears
WiFi App: passwords, hotspots (3.9@146,062) Ǥ 16 6
Fectar | Meet in AR Metaverse (3.6@11,594) Ǥ 13 7
AR Car Locator (3.6@76) 6 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2013-05-20
Augment - 3D Augmented Reality (3.4@31,808) Ǥ 14 4
AR Anatomy (0@0) 3 3 LastUpdate: 2023-03-29
vSite AR (0@0) 12 4

Further Readings:

The 9 Best AR Apps for Education (11/2022)
6 Best AR Interior Design and Decorating Apps for Android (11/2020)
8 Futuristic Augmented Reality Apps You Must See to Believe (8/2019)
Best augmented reality apps for Android (11/2018 - 9/2021)
Best Android VR games and apps (2/2015 - 1/2018)
Best Google Cardboard apps: Top games and demos for your mobile VR headset (2/2015 - 10/2018)

2025-03-19

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