VR Maker vs Simple 360 Cardboard VR Player
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
VR Maker
Create immersive VR tours from panoramas captured on your smartphone. Easily assemble virtual tours in under 30 minutes and share them via a web link on social media, MLS, or embed them on websites.
- Capture panoramas
- Create VR tours
- 30-minute tour assembly
- Shareable web links
- Embeddable tours
- VR viewing support
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With VR Maker, capture panoramas of real estate, retail, events and turn them into VR tours. You can put a complete virtual tour together within 30 minutes right from your smartphone. You get a web link for each tour which you can easily share on social media, view in virtual reality, add to a multiple listing service (MLS), or embed in a web page.
Simple 360 Cardboard VR Player
Experience 360°, 180°, and 3D photos and videos immersively. Explore content by moving your device, and step into your memories with VR mode using a Cardboard-style headset. Capture your own panoramas with guided shooting.
- View 360°, 180°, and 3D media
- Immersive VR mode with head tracking
- Guided panorama capture
- Intuitive gesture controls
- Multiple viewing modes
- On-device processing
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Simple360 is a clean and intuitive way to experience 360°, 180° and 3D photos and videos on iPhone. Open immersive content from your Photo Library and explore it naturally. Move your iPhone to look around, swipe to adjust your view, and pinch to change perspective. Switch seamlessly between standard view, panoramic mode, full 360°, 180°, or VR. Place your iPhone into a Cardboard-style headset and step inside your memories. Head tracking feels smooth and responsive. VR mode removes on-screen controls for a focused, distraction-free experience. Capture your own panoramas with guided shooting built into the app. Follow simple visual cues, take each shot, and save a beautifully stitched panorama directly to Photos. Browse your media in a minimal gallery, adjust how content is displayed, import from other apps, and share effortlessly. Simple360 works entirely on your device. No accounts. No uploads. Just your photos, reimagined in immersive space. https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Simple 360 Cardboard VR Player at 4.4 against VR Maker's 1.9. Simple 360 Cardboard VR Player also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 3 weeks) and ratings volume (150 vs 28). VR Maker's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 17) and iOS requirement (14.2 vs 17.0). On price, review sentiment, ads and device support 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. Simple 360 Cardboard VR Player sells 16 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. VR Maker asks for nothing beyond the download.
Simple 360 Cardboard VR Player holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 1.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Simple 360 Cardboard VR Player has 150 ratings behind it against 28, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 26% of VR Maker's written reviews are positive against 33% of Simple 360 Cardboard VR Player's.
VR Maker ships an update every 3 weeks, Simple 360 Cardboard VR Player every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and September 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | VR Maker | Simple 360 Cardboard VR Player |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.9 (28 ratings) | 4.4 (150 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 25.9% of reviews | 33.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 28 | 150 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 14.2 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 30 MB | 43 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | iStaging Corp. | Oleksandr Kazakov |
Customer experience
VR Maker
Simple 360 Cardboard VR Player
In-app purchases
VR Maker
No in-app purchases
Simple 360 Cardboard VR Player
- 50GB$1.991 Month
- Weekly$2.997 Days
- 200GB$4.991 Month
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- Monthly$5.991 Month
- Weekly$5.997 Days
- Weekly$8.997 Days
- 500GB$11.991 Month
- Monthly2 variants$17.991 Month
- 1TB$22.991 Month
- Yearly3 Days trial$34.991 Year
- Yearly1 Year trial$34.991 Year
- Yearly$34.991 Year
- 2TB$39.991 Month
- Custom Brand$24.99
- Lifetime Core$44.99
- Lifetime Core$49.99
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