Extend View vs Black Box VR
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Extend View
This app connects users with fitness coaches for personalized workouts and recovery routines. It features a virtual instructor providing real-time feedback on movements and progress tracking tools to help users achieve their fitness goals. Designed for both trainees and trainers, it supports at-home fitness and physical therapy exercises.
- Connect with fitness coaches
- Real-time virtual instructor feedback
- Workout and recovery tracking
- Progress playback
- Physical therapist-designed recovery exercises
- Client discovery for trainers
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Whether you want an intensive at-home workout or an active recovery routine, Extend View will get you to your fitness goals. We connect trainees with fitness coaches, and keep you accountable with our tracking tools. Unlike any other app, our state-of-the-art virtual instructor gives feedback on at-home workouts in real time. - Meet a fitness coach that works for you. - As a trainer, discover your next client. - Get real time feedback on your movements from our virtual instructor. - Stay accountable. - Track your progress. - Play back workout sessions. Extend View is also built for recovery exercises designed by physical therapists and chiropractors. Our virtual instructor will make sure you’re doing your at-home recovery program accurately, while our tracking tools will keep your exercises consistent, so you can recover quickly and efficiently. To use Extend View, you will need an iPhone 10 or up. You will also need a tripod or similar device to keep your phone upright to get feedback on exercises.
Black Box VR
Experience a revolutionary virtual reality gym that transforms your fitness routine. This companion app allows you to schedule workouts, track detailed performance statistics with AI analysis, and earn in-game rewards. Engage in team quests and customize your virtual experience for a truly immersive workout.
- Schedule workouts and manage membership
- Earn in-game and real-world rewards
- Detailed workout statistics and AI analysis
- In-app currency and item purchases
- Team quests and shared challenges
- Battle deck and power-up information
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At Black Box VR, we are creating the world’s first virtual reality gym experience. You’ll step into a Black Box VR boutique gym and immerse yourself in a whole new way to get fit that will make you never want to visit an outdated gym again. This essential companion app to the virtual reality experience will let you: - Schedule workouts and manage gym membership. - Open game and IRL rewards based on your workout performance. - See detailed statistics and AI analysis of your workouts. - View your available currencies and purchase items to use in your workouts. - Join a team and complete shared quests together for even more rewards. - Get more information about your battle deck, attacks, powerups, sidekicks, arenas and much more! Join the VR Fitness Revolution today!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Extend View at 5.0 against Black Box VR's 4.3. Black Box VR's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 6 weeks). On price, ads, monetization model 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. Extend View sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Black Box VR asks for nothing beyond the download.
Extend View holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Black Box VR has 47 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Extend View ships an update every 6 weeks, Black Box VR fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on June 11, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Extend View | Black Box VR |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better | 4.3 (47 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 62.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 47 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 488 MB | 383 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Extend View Inc | Black Box VR |
Customer experience
Extend View
Black Box VR
In-app purchases
Extend View
- Trainee Subscription14 Days trial$2.991 Month
- Coach Subscription14 Days trial$9.991 Month
Black Box VR
No in-app purchases
