AR Flashcards vs Arility

AR Flashcards is an iOS learning app that uses augmented reality to make flashcards interactive for toddlers and preschoolers. Its subjects are gathered in one app, selected from a main menu. In Alphabet, 26 animal models speak a letter and animal name when tapped. Create mode lets educators and young learners make flashcards or drawings to augment with animal models; ground plane mode places life-sized animals on the floor for viewing and posing. Space covers eight planets and two dwarf planets with audio and text facts. Apollo 11 cards add a lunar lander activity, while Addition offers 100 equation cards with animal visuals and answer checking. AR Portals includes nine narrated trips to real-world locations, with the free plan covering four. The free plan also includes selected alphabet, dinosaur, planet, shape and color cards, and models. Paid plans provide all content and priority support, starting at $3.99 a month. The app requires a camera and printable markers. Subscriptions use an existing Apple App Store account and can be cancelled there.

Arility is a free Android and iOS app providing augmented-reality safety education for children in classrooms, homes and experiential learning centres. Lessons combine 360-degree visuals, sound effects, AR characters and interactive scenarios where students make choices that affect outcomes. Teachers use a real-time dashboard to supervise individuals, pairs, groups or whole classes, including multiple classes simultaneously. Pre, post and extension questions assess learning, and emailed reports link student outcomes to curriculum outcomes and include answers. Activities address Australian and UK curriculum outcomes, with packs covering health, flood, driving, road safety, Constable Care safety school, driveway safety and small wheeled devices. The app works without internet after download, but sharing pictures and reports requires connectivity. Lessons require a printed Arility marker, downloadable in A4, A3, A2, A1 or A0 sizes. Compatible devices are Apple iPads, iPad minis and Android tablets; mobiles do not currently work. Arility says class photos are emailed to teachers and not stored on its servers, while other collected data is retained indefinitely.