LookAround vs 6D Tracker
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
LookAround
Enhance your flight simulator experience by using your iOS device for head tracking in X-Plane. This app allows you to look around the virtual cockpit hands-free, improving immersion and situational awareness. Basic roll tracking is free, with yaw and pitch tracking available via a one-time purchase.
- Hands-free head tracking for X-Plane
- Uses iOS device camera for face tracking
- Automatic X-Plane discovery
- Roll tracking included for free
- Yaw and pitch tracking via in-app purchase
- Simple setup over Wi-Fi
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Experience virtual reality in X-Plane without any additional hardware! Prop your iOS device running LookAround - Sim under your monitor and your head movements are magically reflected in X-Plane. Want help lining up the runway when turning to final? Simply rotate your head towards to the runway! Want to look at the beautiful mountain range on your right? Just rotate your head to the right! LookAround - Sim uses face tracking to let you look around in X-Plane simulator hands-free. Extremely simple setup: - Download LookAround - Sim on your iOS device. - Run X-Plane on your computer and start a new flight. - Verify your iOS device is connected to Wifi and on the same network as your computer running X-Plane. - Launch LookAround - Sim and it will auto-magically discover X-Plane! No need to figure out IP addresses and ports! LookAround - Sim is free to to download to try Roll tracking - tilt you head sideways and watch it reflected on your simulator. Yaw and pitch tracking can be enabled through a simple one time In-App purchase. LookAround - Sim requires X-Plane 10.40 and above. Head Roll tracking is only supported with X-Plane 11 and above. For optimal setup, try to place the iOS device and your Wifi router as close as possible. Additional, having a wired connection from your Wifi router to the X-Plane computer also helps with minimizing latency and delays.
6D Tracker
Enhance your gaming with head tracking using your device's front camera. Look around your game environment naturally without extra hardware. Supports numerous popular simulators and games.
- Head position and orientation tracking
- Uses front camera only
- No additional hardware needed
- Connects to opentrack client
- Individual sensitivity controls
- Rotation offset compensation
- Supports any device orientation
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6D Tracker captures the position and orientation of your head and sends it to your favorite (supported) game or simulator, allowing you to look around in a more immersive and natural way. It connects to your computer using the opentrack client and works using only the front camera on your device, without the need for any additional hardware. Main features include: - A sleek UI that allows you to quickly apply and reset position/rotation offsets in any dimension. - Individual sensitivity controls for each of the 6 tracked dimensions. - Rotation offset compensation. - Support for any device orientation. - Toggles for quickly hiding the viewfinder and dimming the screen. Supported games include: - Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 - Assetto Corsa - X-Plane - BeamNG.drive - Dirt Rally 2.0 - Elite: Dangerous - iRacing - Star Citizen - ...and many more (more information inside the app)
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: LookAround at 3.3 against 6D Tracker's 2.0. LookAround also leads on ratings volume (6 vs 1) and iOS requirement (10.3 vs 15.0). 6D Tracker's advantage is review sentiment (50% vs 38%). On price, update cadence, 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. LookAround sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and 6D Tracker sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
LookAround holds the better App Store score, 3.3 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: LookAround has 6 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 38% of LookAround's written reviews are positive against 50% of 6D Tracker's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
LookAround ships an update every 5 weeks, 6D Tracker every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on June 9, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | LookAround | 6D Tracker |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.3 (6 ratings) — better | 2.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 37.5% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 6 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 10.3 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 32 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Mutual Image LLC. | Diogo Ribeiro |
Customer experience
LookAround
6D Tracker
In-app purchases
LookAround
- XPlane Yaw & Pitch$9.99
6D Tracker
- Full version unlock$2.99
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