Open Blue vs Flash Order
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Open Blue
Explore a sustainable open ocean farm with immersive 360-degree tours. Experience the journey of fish from egg to plate, virtually flying over the ocean and diving deep into the waters off Panama. Discover the care and innovation behind healthy, delicious seafood.
- 360-degree virtual reality tours
- Behind-the-scenes farm exploration
- Ocean flight and deep-water dives
- Experience fish from egg to plate
- Offline video downloads
- Restaurant and retail store locator
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Take a deep dive into the world of sustainable open ocean farming with the Open Blue Virtual Reality Experience. Open Blue will take you behind the scenes on a 360 degree tour of the world’s largest deep water open ocean farm. The Open Blue story was filmed using revolutionary 360 degree cameras, that put you in the center of the action and let you experience Open Blue’s unique, innovative farm like never before. You will fly high over the ocean and dive deep in the clear blue waters 8 miles off the Caribbean coast of Panama with 30,000 Cobia and Lucy the Whale shark. You will see how much care and respect goes into every healthy, sustainable and delicious fish Open Blue raises from egg to plate. This mobile 360 player app allows you to enjoy some of these unique perspectives on your mobile device with or without a cardboard viewer. After installing the app, we highly recommend that you swipe the videos left to download them to your mobile device for the highest quality and offline viewing. We also recommend that you watch the 360 experiences with headphones or earbuds for the best experience. You will also find links to Open Blue’s website where you can search for Open Blue in restaurants or retail stores near you. Additional 360 videos and new app features will be rolled out in the near future.
Flash Order
Streamline your restaurant ordering with this app. It uses App Clip technology to let you scan a QR code or NFC tag and place your order in just a few taps, without needing to log in.
- App Clip enhanced ordering
- QR code scanning
- NFC tag scanning
- Password-free ordering
- Login-free experience
- Quick order submission
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Flash Order provides the easiest ordering experience at your favorite restaurants. Featuring: App Clip enhanced ordering: 1. Scan the QR code or NFC tag at your favorite restaurant 2. The Flash Order powered App Clip launches your ordering experience 3. Place your order Ordering of the future has finally arrived. No passwords, no logins, just a couple taps and your order is submitted.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Open Blue at 100% against Flash Order's 0%. Open Blue also leads on rating (5.0 vs 1.0) and update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 3 months). On price, ratings volume, 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.
Open Blue holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Open Blue's written reviews are positive against 0% of Flash Order's.
Open Blue ships an update every 6 weeks, Flash Order every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Open Blue | Flash Order |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 27 MB | 16 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Wemersive Inc | Mana Pass |
Customer experience
Open Blue
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In-app purchases
Open Blue
No in-app purchases
Flash Order
No in-app purchases
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