BioDive vs Project Lab VR
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
BioDive
Immerse yourself in virtual reality marine biology expeditions. Students act as scientists, exploring diverse ocean ecosystems, collecting data, and documenting their findings in a digital journal to understand environmental impacts.
- Virtual reality ocean exploration
- Scientific inquiry and data collection
- Digital science journal
- Collaboration with peers
- Hypothesis formation
- Diverse marine ecosystems
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In BioDive, students are marine biologists who travel to international dive locations in VR. They will study the impact of abiotic factors on biotic factors across diverse marine ecosystems and then document their learning in their digital science journals in the companion website. As students move through the experience, they go between their own personal digital science journal (https://biodive.killersnails.com/) and expeditions in the field, including the Eastern Atlantic, Eastern Pacific, and Indo-Pacific Oceans. They make observations, collect data, collaborate with fellow scientists, and synthesize their knowledge to write formal hypotheses about the impact of variables on changes to different ocean ecosystems. Players must have access to the digital science journal to view more than the first scene. BioDive was developed by a team of science teachers and scientists to model the process of scientific inquiry and discovery. Students use their devices to make observations and use their laptops to manipulate data and synthesize observations to demonstrate learning. This game was created by an award-winning team co-founded by a practicing marine biochemist. BioDive was developed with support from the National Science Foundation!
Project Lab VR
Explore interactive science lessons and activities in virtual reality. Learn about volcanoes, dinosaurs, the solar system, and human anatomy through immersive experiences with step-by-step instructions.
- Interactive science activities
- Step-by-step instructions
- Virtual reality immersion
- Science lessons
- Volcanoes, dinosaurs, solar system, anatomy modules
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Engage in interactive activities with step instructions and science lessons as we take on volcanoes, dinosaurs, solar systems, and human anatomy, with immersive experiences in virtual reality!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: BioDive at 3.4 against Project Lab VR's 2.2. Project Lab VR's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 4 months) and ratings volume (50 vs 5). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
BioDive holds the better App Store score, 3.4 against 2.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Project Lab VR has 50 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two.
BioDive ships an update every 4 months, Project Lab VR monthly. The most recent releases landed on June 11, 2026 and September 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BioDive | Project Lab VR |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.4 (5 ratings) — better | 2.2 (50 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 19.2% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 50 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 372 MB | 2.0 GB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Killer Snails | Abacus |
Customer experience
BioDive
Project Lab VR
In-app purchases
BioDive
No in-app purchases
Project Lab VR
No in-app purchases
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