Comparison

Asteroom 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

Asteroom

Easily create and share immersive 3D virtual tours using just your phone. Capture panoramas, edit them, and share links across various platforms, including real estate sites and social media. Capture leads and store tours in the cloud for seamless access.

Highlights
  • Create 3D virtual tours with phone
  • Capture 360-degree panoramas
  • Edit and share virtual tours
  • Web and mobile viewing
  • VR headset compatibility
  • Cloud storage and cross-platform access
  • Lead capture for business
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Asteroom is the easiest way to create 3D virtual tours. A 2000 sqft home can be completed in 10-15 minutes. Unlike other time-consuming solutions that require you buy expensive and bulky 3D cameras, Asteroom allows you to do everything including shooting, editing, and sharing the tours on your phone. Asteroom was founded in 2018 in Taiwan. In a short amount of time, it has been voted the best technology to help realtors, builders, photographers, and interior designers to streamline their existing workflows and unlock the new business potentials. Applications including but not limited to: 1. Residential and Commercial Real Estate Listings 2. Interior Design 3. Creating immersive experiences for automobile interiors, exhibitions, retail stores…etc Unique Features: 1. Take 360-degree panoramas with your phone 2. Share the virtual tours links to view on web or mobile or experience it on a VR headset. 3. Share the tours in all channels including MLS, Redfin, Zillow, and social media 4. Capture leads to realize business value 5. Store the tours in the cloud and access them from all platforms Contact us: * Website:https://www.asteroom.com/en/ * FB:https://www.facebook.com/asteroom360VRtour/ * Example:https://www.asteroom.com/en/example * Mail:sales_support@asteroom.com

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

Asteroom4 screens
Simple 360 Cardboard VR Player4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Asteroom at 82% against Simple 360 Cardboard VR Player's 33%. Asteroom also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). Simple 360 Cardboard VR Player's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs every 2 months) and rating (4.4 vs 4.0). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Asteroom sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and Simple 360 Cardboard VR Player sells 16 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Simple 360 Cardboard VR Player holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Simple 360 Cardboard VR Player has 150 ratings behind it against 24, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 82% of Asteroom'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

Asteroom ships an update every 2 months, Simple 360 Cardboard VR Player every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on August 29, 2026 and September 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Asteroom versus Simple 360 Cardboard VR Player: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAsteroomSimple 360 Cardboard VR Player
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (24 ratings)4.4 (150 ratings) — better
Positive reviews81.8% of reviews — better33.3% of reviews
Number of ratings24150 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size242 MB43 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPenpower Technology Ltd.Oleksandr Kazakov

Customer experience

Asteroom

All ratings24 ratings
Positive70.8%
Neutral0.0%
Negative29.2%
Written reviews11 reviews
Positive81.8%
Neutral0.0%
Negative18.2%

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

4 purchases

Asteroom

One-time4
  • 1 month Professional version$24.99
  • 3 months Professional version$74.99
  • 6 month Professional version$149.99
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  • 1 year Professional version$249.99
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 Asteroom free?
Asteroom is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
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, Asteroom or Simple 360 Cardboard VR Player?
Simple 360 Cardboard VR Player is rated higher. Asteroom averages 4.0 out of 5 from 24 ratings, while Simple 360 Cardboard VR Player averages 4.4 from 150 ratings.
Do Asteroom or Simple 360 Cardboard VR Player have ads?
Neither Asteroom nor Simple 360 Cardboard VR Player shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Asteroom or Simple 360 Cardboard VR Player?
Asteroom ships an update every 2 months, and Simple 360 Cardboard VR Player every 5 days. Most recently, Asteroom was updated on August 29, 2026 and Simple 360 Cardboard VR Player on September 20, 2026.

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