Best AR Apps for iPhone and iPad

Apps that utilize augmented reality (AR) technology have entered our lives and enhanced our experience in multiple areas—shopping, education, games, interior design and more. This technology allows us to combine real surroundings with computer-generated output.

Live Home 3D app for the iPad demonstrating AR functionality
Live Home 3D for iPad uses AR for adding a furniture object to the real environment

Here is the list of cool AR apps for the iPhone and iPad that we would recommend to get an exciting AR experience.

Augmented Reality Apps for Education

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Complete Anatomy ‘23

Complete Anatomy ‘23 is perfect for medical education! It allows students to explore and virtually dissect the models in real time. Even a multiuser mode is available.

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Sky Guide

Sky Guide gracefully uses augmented reality to help you learn constellations in a fun and effortless manner.

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Physics Lab AR

Learn science by doing scientific experiments in your virtual lab with Physics Lab AR. You can play with various circuit components, build your own 3D electric circuits and see how they work in real time.

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Catchy Words AR

The idea of the Catchy Words AR word game is to walk around, catch virtual letters and solve the word puzzles. It can also be a fun task for the whole family.

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PlantSnap: plant identifier

PlantSnap: plant identifier will be helpful for your biology studies. It can identify flowers, trees, succulents, mushrooms, cacti and more!

Augmented Reality Interior Design Apps

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Live Home 3D

Live Home 3D is a home design app that will help you create great interior design projects with ease and provide a wide range of AR view capabilities. It lets you view the whole design you created in AR, a whole floor or even a single item like furniture marketplaces. Live Home 3D also allows you to view things in AR at different scales: 1:1, 1:25, or 1.50, which together lets you either virtually walk inside the design you created in the real-life size or put the miniature of the huge mansion you created on the table to see it in whole.

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Houzz – Home Design & Remodel

Houzz – Home Design & Remodel helps ease your design, decorating and building tasks. If you want to check how any of the 1 million 3D products would look in your space, simply use the camera on your iPhone or iPad to view it.

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Decor Matters: Design & Shop

Decor Matters: Design & Shop is a design and shopping app for finding decorative items for the house. The selection of AR and three-dimensional (3D) models of furniture and decor can be virtually placed in your room. Room dimensions can be measured easily with the help of the AR ruler powered by Apple ARKit.

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Amazon Shopping

It is very convenient to purchase furniture and home decoration items on Amazon with Amazon Shopping. The “view in your room” functionality helps evaluate how it will look in your own space.

Best AR Games

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Pokemon Go

If you have not yet played this mega famous game, you are welcome to give Pokemon Go a try! Catch pokemons around you, compete and have fun!

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Angry Birds AR: Isle of Pigs

We all know the Angry Birds game series. With Angry Birds AR: Isle of Pigs, you can physically walk around structures in your own environment with augmented reality to identify different angles for the best accuracy, find weak elements and even discover hidden surprises to help you win the fight against the green pigs.

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Jurassic World Alive

Imagine that dinosaurs have returned to rule the earth, and they’re walking around you. You can feed, train them and even breed new species in Jurassic World Alive.

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AR Dragon

AR Dragon is a virtual pet simulator. You will care for your own unique dragon and interact with it in your environment.

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Revised: March 2023