Lay’s Virtual Kitchen vs Ryan and Friends
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Lay’s Virtual Kitchen
Explore new chip flavors through an immersive 360º video experience. A virtual chef guides you through dishes inspired by four finalist flavors, allowing you to view them from all angles. Enhance your viewing with a VR headset or use your phone as a standalone 360º viewer.
- 360º video experience
- Virtual chef guide
- Showcases finalist flavors
- VR headset compatible
- Standalone 360º viewer
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Step into the Lay’s Virtual Kitchen and you’ll be treated to an engaging, one-of-a-kind experience. As our Do Us a Flavor chef walks you through the Daily Specials, feast your eyes on the dishes that inspired our four finalist flavors. • New York Reuben • Greektown Gyro • West Coast Truffle Fries • Southern Biscuits & Gravy The app features a specially made 360º video showcasing this years newest flavors. For the optimal viewing experience, combine your smartphone with a Cardboard VR Unit, or use directly as a 360º viewer. Find out more at https://www.dousaflavor.com/
Ryan and Friends
Discover a world of safe and educational videos for children featuring popular characters and creators. Enjoy fun cartoons, science experiments, DIY crafts, and pretend play designed for the whole family.
- Free kids videos
- Safe content
- Educational shows
- Cartoons
- Science experiments
- DIY crafts
- Exclusive content
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Ryan and Friends brings you free, safe kids videos from Ryan, star of Ryan's World and the hit Nickelodeon show Ryan’s Mystery Playdate – and all of his friends! Watch Ryan and Friends for fun, educational shows, cartoons, and exclusive content! Featuring science experiments, DIY crafts, pretend play, challenges, and tons of other kid-favorite activities that are fun for the whole family. Ryan and his Ryan's World pals – including Combo Panda, Gus the Gummy Gator, and others – team up with Ryan's favorite kid video stars like popular vlogger Jason Vlogs, rising star Marlin ""MarMar"" Chan of MarMarLand, Scratch Garden, and more, for a non-stop learning adventure! The fun never ends with Ryan and Friends! By pocket.watch, home to kid-favorite video stars and family-friendly shows.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Lay’s Virtual Kitchen at none against Ryan and Friends's shown. Lay’s Virtual Kitchen also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 15.6). Ryan and Friends's advantage is ratings volume (14K vs 8) and device support (4 vs 2). On price, rating, review sentiment and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Ryan and Friends holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Ryan and Friends has 14K ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 83% of Lay’s Virtual Kitchen's written reviews are positive against 89% of Ryan and Friends's.
| Parameter | Lay’s Virtual Kitchen | Ryan and Friends |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (8 ratings) | 4.5 (14K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 83.3% of reviews | 89.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 8 | 14K — better |
| Update frequency | — | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — better |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 424 MB | 42 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | PepsiCo, Inc. | FutureToday Inc |
Customer experience
Lay’s Virtual Kitchen
Ryan and Friends
Bugs and requests
Lay’s Virtual Kitchen
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Ryan and Friends
Reported bugs
2 issues- Marmar germs video not loading
- Compatibility issues on older devices
Requested features
3 requests- Add mini-games
- Improve video loading
- More content updates
In-app purchases
Lay’s Virtual Kitchen
No in-app purchases
Ryan and Friends
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Lay’s Virtual Kitchen free?
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