VR Classroom vs Steam Lab VR
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/.
Steam Lab VR
This app enhances physical toy kits with interactive virtual reality experiences. Dig for fossils or explore the universe after building a planetarium. It's a companion to tangible projects, offering immersive digital adventures.
- Interactive VR experiences
- Companion to physical kits
- Fossil digging simulation
- Space exploration
- Hands-on activity integration
- Immersive learning
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STEAM LAB VR combines our physical toys with interactive experiences. Imagine digging out a dinosaur fossil and then visiting fossil rich sites, or building a planetarium and flying through the universe. This app is designed to blend our tangible projects and activities with immersive experiences in virtual reality! Each physical kit comes with an informative book, a fun hands on activity, and VR goggles! This is a companion app for a physical kit.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: VR Classroom at 5.0 against Steam Lab VR's 4.2. VR Classroom also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 8) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 13.0). Steam Lab VR's advantage is ratings volume (13 vs 1) and update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 3 months). 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. Steam Lab VR sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $14.99 per year. VR Classroom asks for nothing beyond the download.
VR Classroom holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Steam Lab VR has 13 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
VR Classroom ships an update every 3 months, Steam Lab VR every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 28, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | VR Classroom | Steam Lab VR |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.2 (13 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 13 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 387 MB | 2.6 GB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Abelana VR Productions Inc | Abacus |
Customer experience
VR Classroom
Steam Lab VR
In-app purchases
VR Classroom
No in-app purchases
Steam Lab VR
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