Space Dreams vs VR Universe
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Space Dreams
Explore our solar system and learn about NASA's tools in an immersive virtual reality experience. Discover planets, celestial bodies, and the technology used for space exploration.
- Explore the solar system
- Learn about NASA tools
- Immersive VR experience
- Discover planets and celestial bodies
- Visit a comet
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This virtual reality (VR) experience allows you to discover space like you never have before, and to expand your Kennedy Space Center (KSC) experience. Venture into our solar system to explore the different planets, and see the tools that NASA has used and will use to explore past the bounds of our planet. • Explore the solar system • Learn about the tools NASA uses • Immersive VR experience • Learn about several planets and celestial bodies in our solar system • Even visit a comet
VR Universe
Explore the universe with interactive augmented and virtual reality experiences. Learn about space, planets, and the International Space Station through hands-on projects like building a planetarium and launching a rocket. Bring educational content to life by holding your device over a special book.
- Augmented and virtual reality experiences
- Interactive space exploration
- Hands-on science projects
- Learn about planets and the solar system
- Bring educational content to life
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Join Professor Maxwell to explore the wonders of our universe with dozens of projects that come alive in augmented and virtual reality! Journey through space to learn about the Sun, our Solar System, planets, the International Space Station and more while experiencing it first-hand in immersive VR. Then get hands on with projects including launching a rocket, building a planetarium and creating a sundial to tell the time, all in Professor Maxwell’s VR Universe! To activate the experiences, simply download the app and hold your phone over the book included in the kit to see Professor Maxwell come to life!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Space Dreams at fortnightly against VR Universe's every 5 months. VR Universe's advantage is rating (4.1 vs 3.7) and ratings volume (30 vs 6). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
VR Universe holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: VR Universe has 30 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Space Dreams ships an update fortnightly, VR Universe every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Space Dreams | VR Universe |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (6 ratings) | 4.1 (30 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 60.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 6 | 30 — better |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 226 MB | 1.2 GB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kennedy Space Center | Abacus |
Customer experience
Space Dreams
VR Universe
In-app purchases
Space Dreams
No in-app purchases
VR Universe
No in-app purchases
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