# Google Cardboard — user reviews > 281 indexed App Store user reviews of Google Cardboard by Google, rated 2.80/5 from 598 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/google-cardboard/id987962261/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/google-cardboard/id987962261.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 181 · 4★ 58 · 3★ 60 · 2★ 49 · 1★ 250 ## What do users think of Google Cardboard? Overall sentiment: neutral **Pros** - 🚀 Great VR experience - 🎉 Fun and immersive - 👍 Simulates VR headset well - 🌟 Awesome for the price **Cons** - 🐛 Spinning/glitching issues on newer iPhones - 🤕 Can cause motion sickness - 📺 Limited content/demos - 🔍 Difficult to navigate/interact **Commonly reported bugs** - Constant spinning/shaking on some devices - Crashes and freezes on launch - Incompatibility with certain VR headsets **Most requested features** - More VR games and interactive experiences - Ability to view own photos/videos in VR - Support for newer iOS versions - Improved navigation and controls ## Newest reviews (16 of 281) ### 3/5 — Not compatible with other VRs *2026-06-27, version 3.6* I got a VR thing where you put your phone in or whatever. My VR literally says “works with all VR apps” but no. The VR website doesn’t work and the Google cardboard doesn’t either, even after I paired it. I give this 3 stars because it probably works with a real Google cardboard VR. I hope the developers can find a way to fix this. Thank you for your time. ### 2/5 — Please update! *2026-06-22, version 3.6* I think the app would be great! If I could use it… every time I try to use the explore button it says “can’t connect to servers” ### 2/5 — My review *2026-06-20, version 3.6* I get this app two out of five stars because it doesn’t have anything else to do. I think the app should have something that you can play on like it should have a game inside the app instead of having nothing. ### 3/5 — Why don,t use other vr😑😑😑 *2026-06-09, version 3.6* I don,t have a google cardboard vr so I used a plastic vr and I scanned the QR code and it said couldn’t conect. ### 4/5 — Great but lacks support *2026-02-17, version 3.6* It does everything it says it does very well. However, it doesn’t have very many games for it that work, or even exist in general. This wouldn’t be so bad if YouTube still had PhoneVR support on iOS, but for some reason it’s only on android. Outside of that, it’s a perfect product. ### 1/5 — it’s boring *2026-02-08, version 3.6* it was fun at first but then it says that my headset is not even connected to the internet, you can’t move around even though that’s the point and it just gets boring. 😒😒😒👎👎👎 ### 3/5 — Doesn’t work *2026-01-24, version 3.6* It says something like cannot connect to server check your internet connection when I try to play a demo like what? ### 1/5 — Why just demos *2026-01-19, version 3.6* I just got this app a few days ago but for some reason there’s nothing but demos there’s just places and you can even move like come on who makes a game but without movement and there just images like a museum,aircraft museum,nasa,this and that it just a never ending loop of images there’s no fun in the app just a digital museum. ### 1/5 — Won’t work with iOS 26 *2026-01-04, version 3.6* Pressing the viewer button to get Started does nothing so you can’t use the app at all. ### 4/5 — Could use more! *2025-12-24, version 3.6* Good, but could definitely use some more as the app is already laid down. You could probably go through it all in 30 min. ### 1/5 — Not best but okay *2025-11-01, version 3.5* 1.5 ### 2/5 — It stops at the demos *2025-10-30, version 3.5* Only use for demo purposes, I used it to replace my daydream view but it stopped at the demo part and only with small demo. ### 4/5 — It’s ok *2025-10-02, version 3.5* It’s kinda ya know board ### 2/5 — Bring back old iOS app ! *2025-09-17, version 3.5* Google Cardboard is fantastic technology and makes simple VR amazing for everyone. However, the older app worked much better than the latest version. I’d give older app five stars, but sadly this version falls short of full satisfaction. Google please fix it! ### 4/5 — Needs more demos *2025-08-30, version 3.5* The app is great and all I have the master VR and it’s pretty great. I love the demos, but it just needs more demos. ### 2/5 — NEEDS MORE OPTIONS *2025-08-16, version 3.5* NEEDS MORE OPTIONS!!!!! 😁😁 ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Bad *2026-08-08, version 3.6* Bad bad ### 1/5 — Doesn’t do anything *2026-07-26, version 3.6* Won’t download anything. Server connection fails. Is this a “gone app”? ### 1/5 — Not working *2026-06-24, version 3.6* My dum ahhh can't figure out how to get the right internet connection ### 1/5 — Nothing *2026-06-09, version 3.6* Fails to connect or load anything, unusable except to view the menu screen ### 1/5 — Just sucks *2026-05-31, version 3.6* It’s is pretty cool in the first part, but when you get done with the tutorial, something goes wrong. For me it keeps saying check your connection but like my internet is perfectly fine That’s the end of my review .WARNING:DO NOT GET THIS APP ### 1/5 — Don’t waste time *2026-05-21, version 3.6* The remote that came with vr set is so cheap buttons don’t do what they should and the app is so bad that I never got to play any game complete waste of money ### 1/5 — BIGOTS! Don’t use my hardship! *2026-05-04, version 3.6* Dirty selfish spies! ### 1/5 — Doesn’t work *2026-04-03, version 3.6* I paired this app to my Star Wars immersiverse 2 and didn’t work I retried still didn’t work I dont know why but whenever I press the compass icon it just black screens ### 1/5 — It’s not that cool because it didn’t work *2026-03-22, version 3.6* It wouldn’t connect to my phone at all. ### 1/5 — Doesn’t do anything. *2026-03-09, version 3.6* It just states that there’s no network and does nothing. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Good *2026-06-18, version 3.6* This app is good but there is one more thing every time I go on explore it keeps saying there’s no Wi-Fi problem even though I have Wi-Fi can you fix this? I think the app is updated. I don’t know if it’s outdated. Can you see if you could fix it from. Thank you Respect respectfully Noah Joseph ### 5/5 — The best *2025-12-26, version 3.6* I love how you can move ### 5/5 — It’s a great sim for a vr *2025-08-26, version 3.5* So fun how it simulates an actual vr headset it is awesome ### 5/5 — Games *2025-08-23, version 3.5* I like the pictures that you can click but would be cool if it had games ### 5/5 — Who *2025-08-16, version 3.5* It is brilliant I got it this morning and it’s been a dream come true to get a vr and when I got it was the best ### 5/5 — Very Cool *2025-05-12, version 3.5* I don't have a got a cardboard so I used a cardboard box that is shaped like a vr head set and it works just fine ### 5/5 — Best vr ever *2025-04-26, version 3.5* If you dont have enough money for a vr just get this google vr it is cheap you need a google vr and an iphone and this app. ### 5/5 — So cool app! *2025-04-21, version 3.5* This app is so cool! literally like the button works on the top of the VR headset. It’s so cool! ### 5/5 — I 𝐝𝐨𝐧'𝐭 have a google cardboard *2025-04-08, version 3.5* I 𝐝𝐨𝐧'𝐭 have a google cardboard but i have destekvr and it works so good! ### 5/5 — What? *2025-02-02, version 3.5* This app is so crazy, really realistic not boring by the way !!!! --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-08-30.*