This feels slightly off topic for the usual stuff we post around here at TouchArcade, but I've been so buried in finding AR Kit games that do anything remotely interesting with augmented reality that I totally disregarded the various non-game apps out there that (currently) are doing way cooler, and significantly more useful, things with AR. So far, they seem to be in three distinct categories: AR Kit tools, apps that let you see if things fit, and brand experiences.

TapMeasure [$1.99] to me feels as "revolutionary" as the original flashlight apps did when the iPhone first got an LED flash. These kind of things got released, my initial impression was: "OK, that seems pretty simple." Then I found myself in a situation where it's dark, and all I had was my phone, and those flashlight apps suddenly become the best thing ever. TapMeasure is the same. I spent this weekend diddling around at my house building this rain barrel setup I've been working on, and I swear it doesn't matter how many tape measures I own or how brightly colored they are I will always misplace one while working on something. (I can't be the only one with this curse.) One thing that's always in my pocket is my phone, and being able to load up TapMeasure and take quick measurements using nothing more than my camera straight up feels like magic. Some of the reviews mention the measurements aren't super accurate, but for my rough cut uses they were perfect. I wouldn't use TapMeasure to bui...