Comparison

RICOH360 Tours vs Simple 360 Cardboard VR Player

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

RICOH360 Tours

Create professional 360° virtual tours for real estate and commercial properties. This cloud-based platform offers AI-powered virtual staging, marketing video creation, and lead generation tools. Easily embed tours, add annotations, and track viewer engagement.

Highlights
  • Create interactive 360° virtual tours
  • AI Virtual Staging for properties
  • Automatic marketing video creation
  • Lead generation tools
  • Viewer engagement analytics
  • Embed tours on websites
  • Branding customization
Features
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Create high-quality, easy-to-use Virtual Tours! RICOH360 Tours is a cloud-based platform to create interactive 360° Virtual Tours for homes and commercial properties. Real estate agents and photographers can not only create professional-looking 360° Virtual Tours in minutes but can automatically Virtual Stage the properties and create Marketing Videos. KEY FEATURES: • SIMPLE, FAST & EASY: Setup, capture and have your listing online instantly. Once complete, tours can be linked to MLS or website or shared on social media or email • AI VIRTUAL STAGING*: The AI Virtual Staging is a new feature that automatically arranges virtual furniture on 360° images of vacant rooms through Artificial Intelligence. • LEAD GENERATOR*: Get your buyer or viewer leads directly into your RICOH360 Tours admin dashboard with the Lead Generator feature • MARKETING VIDEO*: With the AI Video Maker, you can automatically create a marketing video for Youtube or Facebook • ANALYTICS: You can see the Virtual Tour viewer engagement and customer metrics that other platforms don’t make available to you • ANNOTATIONS*: You can showcase aspects of your tour with Annotations. You can add text or images to highlight features such as high-end appliances, or a recent remodel • EMBED TOURS*: Embed tours on your website using the embedded tags that are automatically generated • BRANDING FEATURES: We enable you to create branding for yourself using Brand Banner*, Tripod Cover, Business Card, Profile Picture • 2D IMAGE CROPPING*: 2D images can be cropped from 360° images • TEAM FUNCTION*: Create and manage multiple team members with our teams feature • CAMERAS: Supports RICOH THETA Z1, X, V, SC2, and S Invest in the tool that matters. Engage buyers, impress sellers and learn more about your customers. Get started with your free trial today. * These features are managed on the web app but can be viewed on mobile or mobile app

About

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.

Highlights
  • View 360°, 180°, and 3D media
  • Immersive VR mode with head tracking
  • Guided panorama capture
  • Intuitive gesture controls
  • Multiple viewing modes
  • On-device processing
Features
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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/

Screenshots

RICOH360 Tours4 screens
Simple 360 Cardboard VR Player4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Simple 360 Cardboard VR Player at 4.4 against RICOH360 Tours's 3.6. Simple 360 Cardboard VR Player also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs fortnightly). RICOH360 Tours's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 17) and review sentiment (57% vs 33%). On price, ratings volume, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Simple 360 Cardboard VR Player sells 16 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. RICOH360 Tours asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Simple 360 Cardboard VR Player holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 76 and 150 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 57% of RICOH360 Tours's written reviews are positive against 33% of Simple 360 Cardboard VR Player's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

RICOH360 Tours ships an update fortnightly, Simple 360 Cardboard VR Player every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on August 14, 2026 and September 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
RICOH360 Tours versus Simple 360 Cardboard VR Player: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRICOH360 ToursSimple 360 Cardboard VR Player
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.6 (76 ratings)4.4 (150 ratings) — better
Positive reviews57.4% of reviews — better33.3% of reviews
Number of ratings76150 — better
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS14.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size52 MB43 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRicoh Co., Ltd.Oleksandr Kazakov

Customer experience

RICOH360 Tours

All ratings76 ratings
Positive64.5%
Neutral3.9%
Negative31.6%
Written reviews54 reviews
Positive57.4%
Neutral3.7%
Negative38.9%

Simple 360 Cardboard VR Player

All ratings150 ratings
Positive84.0%
Neutral4.7%
Negative11.3%
Written reviews21 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral28.6%
Negative38.1%

In-app purchases

None

RICOH360 Tours

No in-app purchases

16 purchases

Simple 360 Cardboard VR Player

Subscriptions13
  • 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
One-time3
  • Custom Brand$24.99
  • Lifetime Core$44.99
  • Lifetime Core$49.99

Questions

Is RICOH360 Tours free?
RICOH360 Tours is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Simple 360 Cardboard VR Player free?
Simple 360 Cardboard VR Player is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, RICOH360 Tours or Simple 360 Cardboard VR Player?
Simple 360 Cardboard VR Player is rated higher. RICOH360 Tours averages 3.6 out of 5 from 76 ratings, while Simple 360 Cardboard VR Player averages 4.4 from 150 ratings.
Do RICOH360 Tours or Simple 360 Cardboard VR Player have ads?
Neither RICOH360 Tours nor Simple 360 Cardboard VR Player shows ads.
Which is updated more often, RICOH360 Tours or Simple 360 Cardboard VR Player?
RICOH360 Tours ships an update fortnightly, and Simple 360 Cardboard VR Player every 5 days. Most recently, RICOH360 Tours was updated on August 14, 2026 and Simple 360 Cardboard VR Player on September 20, 2026.

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