VR Classroom vs McGraw Hill AR
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
VR Classroom
This assistant app enhances a virtual reality educational experience focused on atoms and orbitals. It allows teachers to independently access multi-user VR sessions, control scene flow, and interact with virtual objects. The tool is designed to make scientific concepts intuitive and easy to grasp in a collective learning environment.
- Enhances VR educational experiences
- Teacher mobile access to multi-user VR
- Control scene flow
- Interact with virtual objects
- Supports collective learning environments
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Assistant app to VIRTUAL CLASSROOM: ATOMS AND ORBITALS - the first of a kind educational virtual reality experience designed for group visits to location-based virtual reality venues from schools, summer camps, education centers, and for everyone else who wants to experience how virtual reality makes scientific concepts intuitive and easy to grasp in a collective learning environment. The assistant app allows independent a mobile access for teachers into a multi-user VR experience and provides a possibility to control the flow of scenes and to interact with objects in it. The app does not operate as a virtual reality display but instead, it supports and enhances a virtual reality session experienced by guests of location-based VR venues, and works as a supporting tool for teachers and other presenters. For more information on access please visit https://www.abelanavr.com/.
McGraw Hill AR
This educational app uses augmented reality to make learning engaging through interactive, multisensory activities. It covers a wide range of subjects for grades 3-12, gamifying complex concepts to promote deeper understanding. Features include collaborative play and Spanish language options.
- Augmented reality learning experiences
- Gamified activities for abstract concepts
- Covers Math, Science, Social Studies, ELA
- Group Play for collaborative learning
- Spanish language support
- Activities for grades 3-12
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This award-winning app brings learning to life through bite-sized, multisensory activities that promote deep, conceptual learning. The app leverages augmented reality to gamify challenging and abstract concepts, helping students learn through play. A growing library of activities cover 3-12th grade Math, Science, Social Studies, and ELA. A Group Play option for select activities offers collaborative opportunities, Spanish versions of activities are available via Settings, and web versions of activities can be found at mharonline.com. Examples of activities across subjects: - Math: Slope: Calculate slope to help an animated skateboarder make their jump. - Social Studies: Boston Massacre: Experience the Boston Massacre from various witness viewpoints - Science: Human Eye: Dissect the human eye to explore its different parts - ELA: Romeo and Juliet: Transform Romeo & Juliet’s balcony scene to create your own AR version of what happened Math - Cross Sections - Nets - Rotations - Slope - One-Step Equations - Two-Step Equations - Growth Functions - Parallel & Skew Lines - Pythagorean Theorem in 3D - Reflections - Graph Theory - Quadratic Functions (group activity included) - Coordinate Plane - LCM - Equivalent Fractions - Ratios - Game Theory (group activity included) - Divide with Remainders - Add and Subtract Fractions Social Studies - Vikings - Boston Massacre - Westward Expansion - Parthenon - Space Race (group activity included) - Trench Warfare - Silk Road - Industrial Revolution - Civicstown - Machu Picchu - Pyramids - Stickball - Grocery Go! - The Colosseum - Civil War - Panama Canal - Deforestation in the Amazon - Map Dash! (group activity included) Science - Human Eye - V8 Engine - Photosynthesis - Circulatory System - Respiratory System - Glaciers - Law of Reflection (group activity included) - Periodic Table - Simple Machines - Sonic Shapes - Tornado Factory - Fibonacci Forest Quest - Fireworks Factory - Animal Cell Lab - Big Dig - Seismic Shake - Electric Escape - Bird Beak Bonanza (group activity included) ELA - Romeo & Juliet - The Great Race - GrammarBot: Modifiers
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: McGraw Hill AR at 77 against VR Classroom's 1. VR Classroom's advantage is iOS requirement (8.0 vs 13.0). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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.
VR Classroom holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: McGraw Hill AR has 77 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
VR Classroom ships an update every 3 months, McGraw Hill AR every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 28, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | VR Classroom | McGraw Hill AR |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.8 (77 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 77 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 387 MB | 127 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Abelana VR Productions Inc | McGraw-Hill School Education Group |
Customer experience
VR Classroom
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In-app purchases
VR Classroom
No in-app purchases
McGraw Hill AR
No in-app purchases
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