Vision Simulator VR vs VisionLens
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Vision Simulator VR
Experience lens options in 3D before purchase using your actual prescription. This tool provides an accurate simulation of various lens designs and treatments, helping customers choose the best options for their needs.
- 3D lens simulation
- Accurate optical effect representation
- Lens design and treatment simulation
- PAL and INDOOR lens simulation
- Outdoor simulation (tint, polarized, photochromic)
- Coating simulation
- Quick comparison tool
Read full descriptionHide full description
Let your customers experience their lenses before they buy them, right in the store. Using customers’ actual prescription, the Hoya Vision Simulator allows you to provide a highly accurate, 3D representation of the optical effects of various lens designs and treatments. The Hoya Vision Simulator closes the gap between virtual reality and individual reality, giving your customers the opportunity to choose the options that work best for them. The simulation include: - Lens Simulation (PAL, INDOOR) - enRoute - Outdoor Simulation (Tint, Polarised & Photochromic) - Coating Simulation - Quick Comparison
VisionLens
Simulate various vision impairments in real-time using your device's camera. This tool helps patients and students understand conditions like floaters, myopia, and astigmatism by applying adjustable blur and glare effects.
- Real-time blur effects
- Simulate floaters, myopia, astigmatism
- Adjustable diopters and glare
- Migraine aura simulation
- Starburst overlays
Read full descriptionHide full description
Help patients and students “see as they see” with VisionLens. VisionLens applies real-time blur effects to your camera feed, allowing you to demonstrate how floaters, myopia, astigmatism, migraine aura, and other vision issues impact the world. Dial in diopters, cylinder strength, or glare intensity. Why VisionLens: Live camera simulators for floaters, myopia, astigmatism, combined blur glare/halo, and starburst overlays that react to light sources. Intuitive sliders with 0.5D steps. Perfect for optometrists, educators, or anyone explaining corrective lenses or vision issues. VisionLens helps audiences understand what blurred vision really looks like--no specialized hardware required.
Screenshots
Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: VisionLens at 5.0 against Vision Simulator VR's 3.7. Vision Simulator VR's advantage is ratings volume (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 13.0). On price, update cadence, ads 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.
VisionLens holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively.
Vision Simulator VR ships an update every 3 months, VisionLens every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Vision Simulator VR | VisionLens |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1.8 GB | 19 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Hoya Vision Care Europe | Optilima LTD |
Customer experience
Vision Simulator VR
VisionLens
In-app purchases
Vision Simulator VR
No in-app purchases
VisionLens
No in-app purchases
