vCastSender vs Showtime VR Controller
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
vCastSender
Stream live recordings, share your screen, photos, videos, and annotations wirelessly to ViewSonic Interactive Flat Panels and other devices. Facilitates seamless wireless presentations and collaborative work, eliminating the need for cables.
- Wireless screen sharing
- Live recording streaming
- Direct annotation
- Photo and video sharing
- Camera feed sharing
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ViewBoard® Cast by ViewSonic ViewBoard® Cast is designed for wireless presentations and wireless collaboration – say goodbye to wires for good! Using the vCastSender iOS app, will allow you to not only stream live recordings and annotate directly onto ViewSonic Interactive Flat Panels, but also share your screen, photos, videos, annotations, and camera to different ViewSonic Interactive Flat Panels and other devices. Let the collaborations begin!
Showtime VR Controller
This application allows for the remote management and synchronized playback of multiple VR headsets. It supports 360-degree videos, graphics, and photos, making it ideal for business presentations, marketing events, and VR theater solutions.
- Remote VR headset management
- Synchronized content playback
- 360-degree video and photo support
- Slideshow functionality
- Business presentation tool
- Kiosk solution
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Showtime VR enables remote management of many VR headsets. The solution includes a 360 player which is installed on smartphones and is able to play 360 degrees videos (both 2D and 3D) and 360 graphics and photos (panoramas) up to 8192x4096px as a slideshow. This is a controller application. The controller application is installed on a iPad/iPhone. The content can be played synchronically on all headsets or asynchronically. Showtime VR is designed for business professional presentations, marketing campaigns activations, movie shows - VR theatre solution, kiosk solutions – little involvement of staff, fair presentations, events - everywhere where you need to have full control over the VR headsets and the content presented on them, where you have to manage remotely the VR headsets and would like to present the VR content in synchronic way.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Showtime VR Controller at 3.2 against vCastSender's 2.4. Showtime VR Controller also leads on update cadence (every 3 months vs every 5 months). vCastSender's advantage is ratings volume (33 vs 5). 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.
Showtime VR Controller holds the better App Store score, 3.2 against 2.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: vCastSender has 33 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two.
vCastSender ships an update every 5 months, Showtime VR Controller every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on July 5, 2026 and July 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | vCastSender | Showtime VR Controller |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.4 (33 ratings) | 3.2 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 14.8% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 33 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 | 11.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 24 MB | 38 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ViewSonic International Corp. | Showtime VR Sp. z o.o. |
Customer experience
vCastSender
Showtime VR Controller
In-app purchases
vCastSender
No in-app purchases
Showtime VR Controller
No in-app purchases
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