Comparison

Aquarium VR vs BioDive

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Aquarium VR

Explore a vibrant underwater world with a virtual aquarium. Interact with diverse marine life, including sharks and clownfish, and learn fascinating facts about each species by gazing at them. This immersive experience requires a VR headset.

Highlights
  • Virtual underwater exploration
  • Interactive marine life
  • Learn about fish species
  • Requires VR headset
  • Educational content
Features
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Take a journey under the sea to discover what lies beneath our virtual aquarium. This interactive aquarium features sharks, clown fish and many more. Look deeper to learn more about the ethereal sea life in the pacific ocean. If you want to discover what type of fish is in our virtual reality aquarium, gaze at the specific fish to reveal their description. This app requires Virtual Reality Headset. Interactive Aquarium app is brought to you from the creators of EON Experience VR. Download more of our virtual reality and augmented reality apps at the app store. www.eonreality.com | www.eonreality.com/eevr

About

BioDive

Immerse yourself in virtual reality marine biology expeditions. Students act as scientists, exploring diverse ocean ecosystems, collecting data, and documenting their findings in a digital journal to understand environmental impacts.

Highlights
  • Virtual reality ocean exploration
  • Scientific inquiry and data collection
  • Digital science journal
  • Collaboration with peers
  • Hypothesis formation
  • Diverse marine ecosystems
Features
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In BioDive, students are marine biologists who travel to international dive locations in VR. They will study the impact of abiotic factors on biotic factors across diverse marine ecosystems and then document their learning in their digital science journals in the companion website. As students move through the experience, they go between their own personal digital science journal (https://biodive.killersnails.com/) and expeditions in the field, including the Eastern Atlantic, Eastern Pacific, and Indo-Pacific Oceans. They make observations, collect data, collaborate with fellow scientists, and synthesize their knowledge to write formal hypotheses about the impact of variables on changes to different ocean ecosystems. Players must have access to the digital science journal to view more than the first scene. BioDive was developed by a team of science teachers and scientists to model the process of scientific inquiry and discovery. Students use their devices to make observations and use their laptops to manipulate data and synthesize observations to demonstrate learning. This game was created by an award-winning team co-founded by a practicing marine biochemist. BioDive was developed with support from the National Science Foundation!

Screenshots

Aquarium VR4 screens
BioDive3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: BioDive at 3.4 against Aquarium VR's 3.1. Aquarium VR's advantage is ratings volume (96 vs 5) and iOS requirement (7.0 vs 12.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

BioDive holds the better App Store score, 3.4 against 3.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Aquarium VR has 96 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Aquarium VR versus BioDive: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAquarium VRBioDive
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.1 (96 ratings)3.4 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews34.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings96 — better5
Update frequency—Every 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS7.0 — better12.0
Further details — not scored
Size87 MB372 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperEON RealityKiller Snails

Customer experience

Aquarium VR

All ratings96 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral10.4%
Negative39.6%
Written reviews52 reviews
Positive34.6%
Neutral11.5%
Negative53.8%

BioDive

All ratings5 ratings
Positive60.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative40.0%

Bugs and requests

Aquarium VR

Reported bugs

11 issues
  • App crashes or shuts off
  • Screen turns off or locks
  • App won't load or open
  • Fish teleporting
  • Fish not showing information
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  • Blurry screen
  • Eyes hurt
  • Phone turning off
  • App doesn't support certain devices
  • App doesn't recognize power saving settings
  • Shark moving too fast

Requested features

13 requests
  • Ability to walk around and explore
  • More interactive elements
  • Additional facts and information about creatures
  • Ability to move between different seascapes
  • More diverse seascapes and longer fish loops
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  • Higher quality graphics
  • Menu for headset setup and navigation
  • Missions and objectives
  • Ability to collect items and take them to a lab
  • Land-based activities
  • Discoverable and nameable unknown places
  • Explore coral reefs
  • Fix bug with shark speed

BioDive

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Aquarium VR

No in-app purchases

None

BioDive

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Aquarium VR free?
Aquarium VR is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is BioDive free?
BioDive is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Aquarium VR or BioDive?
BioDive is rated higher. Aquarium VR averages 3.1 out of 5 from 96 ratings, while BioDive averages 3.4 from 5 ratings.
Do Aquarium VR or BioDive have ads?
Neither Aquarium VR nor BioDive shows ads.

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