meta360 vs Simple 360 Cardboard VR Player
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
meta360
Easily add 360-degree photo metadata to your images with a single click. This ensures your spherical photos are correctly recognized on platforms like Facebook and Google Photos. Recover or add essential metadata lost through editing.
- Add 360 photo metadata
- One-click processing
- Facebook 360 photo support
- Google Photos 360 support
- Metadata recovery
- Standard 360 format support
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This app enables your photos to be recognized as 360 photos on Facebook / GooglePhotos etc. The metadata for 360 photos which can be easily removed by photo editing app is recovered/added with one click. The processed photos are recognized as 360 photos on various 360 services. Please make sure that your images are fully 360 degree and leveled (straightened). The metadata follows the most standard 360 format (Google Photosphere XMP).
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 price: Simple 360 Cardboard VR Player at Free against meta360's $3.99. Simple 360 Cardboard VR Player also leads on rating (4.4 vs 1.4) and update cadence (every 5 days vs every 4 months). meta360's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 17) and chart position (#195 vs unranked). On 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
Simple 360 Cardboard VR Player is free to download; meta360 costs $3.99 up front. Simple 360 Cardboard VR Player sells 16 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. meta360 asks for nothing beyond the download.
Simple 360 Cardboard VR Player holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 1.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Simple 360 Cardboard VR Player has 150 ratings behind it against 30, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 16% of meta360's written reviews are positive against 33% of Simple 360 Cardboard VR Player's.
meta360 ships an update every 4 months, Simple 360 Cardboard VR Player every 5 days. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | meta360 | Simple 360 Cardboard VR Player |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $3.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 1.4 (30 ratings) | 4.4 (150 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 16.0% of reviews | 33.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 30 | 150 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | #195 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 9.3 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 17 MB | 43 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Yoichi Hirota | Oleksandr Kazakov |
Customer experience
meta360
Simple 360 Cardboard VR Player
In-app purchases
meta360
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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