Insta360 EVO vs Simple 360 Cardboard VR Player
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Insta360 EVO
Edit and share your 180° 3D or 360° footage directly from your phone. Preview, control, and transfer shots wirelessly. Create cinematic edits with intuitive tools like TimeShift and smooth camera panning.
- Wireless preview and control
- Transfer footage via WiFi
- Intuitive editing tools
- Cinematic TimeShift effect
- Smooth camera panning
- One-touch social sharing
- HoloFrame 3D playback
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The Insta360 EVO app – A full editing room to accompany your EVO. Connect to EVO to preview and control your 180° 3D or 360° shots. Once you’re done capturing memories, send your shot right back to your phone over WiFi for editing and sharing. 3D video straight from your phone. Pop the HoloFrame accessory onto your phone and watch as your 3D content jumps to life — no glasses needed. It’s simple, mind-blowing and feels like magic. All in the app. Editing EVO makes it easy. Just shoot, trim and hone in on the heart of the moment with a range of intuitive editing tools. With 360°, choose the best parts of your shot and create cinematic edits with the app after the fact. Try dropping points throughout your clip in the editing interface. The camera will follow along, panning smoothly to wherever you want. Adjust the speed of different parts of a clip on a whim with TimeShift. Highlight key moments with cinematic slow-mo, or speed things up to suit the rhythm of the scene – the app always keeps playback smooth. Share Share your 360 shots to any social app with one touch, or upload your 180° 3D video right to YouTube. Check out the Insta360 Community in the app, they’re great! - Compatibility: Subject to the Insta360 official website compatibility list. Stop by and learn more at: www.insta360.com Having some issues? Let us know at support@insta360.com
Simple 360 Cardboard VR Player
Experience immersive 360°, 180°, and 3D photos and videos on your iPhone. 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.
- Immersive 360°, 180°, and 3D photo/video playback
- Cardboard VR headset support with head tracking
- Guided panorama capture
- Multiple viewing modes (standard, panoramic, 360°, 180°, VR)
- Intuitive gesture controls (move, swipe, pinch)
- Minimal media gallery and import/sharing options
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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. https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ https://agemoware.com/privacy-policy-simple360.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Simple 360 Cardboard VR Player at 4.4 against Insta360 EVO's 2.7. Simple 360 Cardboard VR Player also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 5 weeks) and ratings volume (150 vs 17). Insta360 EVO's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 10) and review sentiment (57% vs 33%). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Simple 360 Cardboard VR Player sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Insta360 EVO asks for nothing beyond the download.
Simple 360 Cardboard VR Player holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 2.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Simple 360 Cardboard VR Player has 150 ratings behind it against 17, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 57% of Insta360 EVO'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.
Insta360 EVO ships an update every 5 weeks, Simple 360 Cardboard VR Player every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Insta360 EVO | Simple 360 Cardboard VR Player |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.7 (17 ratings) | 4.4 (150 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 56.9% of reviews — better | 33.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 17 | 150 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 445 MB | 44 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Insta360 | Oleksandr Kazakov |
Customer experience
Insta360 EVO
Simple 360 Cardboard VR Player
Bugs and requests
Insta360 EVO
Reported bugs
19 issues- App crashes when downloading files
- App crashes when entering camera album
- App crashes when switching between photo and video modes
- App crashes when connecting to camera
- App crashes when accessing library
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- App crashes when trying to export
- App crashes when trying to pair camera
- App hangs on exit screen
- Holoframe function not working
- Landscape viewing is limited and doesn't frame properly
- No sound when saving data
- 3D viewer not working correctly on iPhone 11
- Side by side option not sized properly
- Holoviewer option requires constant eye tracking
- App only works in portrait mode
- Link to Facebook not working
- Download speed is extremely slow
- Button problems on iPhone 12 Pro
- App crashes at the end of file download
Requested features
16 requests- Fix app crashes
- Improve stability
- Add landscape mode for iPad
- Add Arabic language support
- Add Russian language support
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- Add battery percentage display
- Add more editing options
- Allow editing of EVO/ONE X files in ONE R app
- Add ability to join clips
- Improve performance on iOS
- Fix sound issues
- Fix 3D viewer sizing
- Fix Holoviewer functionality
- Fix Holoframe functionality
- Add 16:9 button for photos
- Improve music selection
Simple 360 Cardboard VR Player
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Insta360 EVO
No in-app purchases
Simple 360 Cardboard VR Player
- 50GB$1.991 Month
- Weekly$2.997 Days
- Monthly$5.991 Month
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- 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
Questions
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