Visceral Science vs VR Science Lab
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Visceral Science
Explore the life cycle of stars and master scientific concepts through an immersive augmented and virtual reality experience. Navigate the cosmos, including planets, galaxies, and black holes, to understand our origins.
- Immersive star life cycle exploration
- Augmented and virtual reality integration
- Cosmic navigation (planets, galaxies, black holes)
- Mastery of scientific concepts
- Accessible space exploration
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THIS APPLICATION IS DESIGNED TO BE USED TOGETHER WITH A CORRESPONDING VIRTUAL REALITY APPLICATION. Visceral Science is a carefully crafted immersive experience in which students explore and partake in the life cycle of stars and master essential scientific concepts more fully with the help of augmented and virtual reality. The distant cosmos now made accessible, we invite students to navigate our origins alongside planets, galaxies, and black holes.
VR Science Lab
Explore scientific principles through 25 engaging augmented and virtual reality experiments. Learn about chemical reactions, sound waves, and acidity with hands-on activities like volcano eruptions and slime making. Requires a physical kit to activate the AR/VR experiences.
- 25 AR/VR science experiments
- Learn chemical reactions
- Explore sound waves
- Understand acidity
- Hands-on activities
- Augmented and virtual reality integration
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Dive into Professor Maxwell's virtual lab to explore the wonders of science through 25 fun experiments that come alive in augmented and virtual reality! Learn key scientific principles including chemical reactions, sound waves and acidity with integrated AR and VR. Then get hands on with favorite experiments including erupting a volcano, using lemons to light up an LED, making gooey slime and more, all in Professor Maxwell's VR Science Lab! To activate the experiences, simply download the app and hold your phone over the book included in the kit to see Professor Maxwell come to life!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Visceral Science at 5.0 against VR Science Lab's 4.1. VR Science Lab's advantage is ratings volume (13 vs 2). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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.
Visceral Science holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: VR Science Lab has 13 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Visceral Science | VR Science Lab |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | 4.1 (13 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 13 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 598 MB | 976 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Abelana VR Productions Inc | Abacus |
Customer experience
Visceral Science
VR Science Lab
In-app purchases
Visceral Science
No in-app purchases
VR Science Lab
No in-app purchases
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