Expeditions Pro vs 3D
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Expeditions Pro
Explore immersive virtual reality tours and create your own educational expeditions. This app offers offline access, annotation tools, and the ability to import and view public or professional tours. Future updates will include video playback and playlist creation.
- Free VR tours
- Create custom tours
- Import existing tours
- Offline functionality
- Annotation tools
- Classroom tour leading
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Expeditions Pro provides Free VR Tours and Expeditions in fully immersive Virtual Reality. The same great features you are used to – Classroom content, working offline, instant annotation and simple touch interface that worked so well. * Import previously created Tours * Create your own Tours * View public and professional Tours * Lead Tours in the classroom Plus we’ll be adding a number of great new features education have been asking for year, such as Video Playback and playlist creation.
3D
Transform real-world objects into virtual 3D models for educational purposes. Capture artwork, artifacts, and everyday items to view in augmented reality or share digitally with others.
- Scan real-world objects into 3D models
- Create virtual replicas
- View scans in augmented reality
- Share 3D creations
- Integrates with Merge EDU
- Add labels and descriptions
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With Scanner, you can turn real-world objects into virtual 3D creations. Whether it’s an art project, a fossil, a historic artifact from your community, or a cherished family heirloom, scanning these objects lets you preserve and explore them in a whole new way. See your scans come to life by editing them in Object Builder. Study every detail, share them with others, or even hold on a Merge Cube. Every scan becomes a digital keepsake, ready to explore, learn from, or use as inspiration for your next creation.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: 3D at 4.9 against Expeditions Pro's 3.0. 3D also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 75%) and update cadence (every 5 months vs every 18 months). Expeditions Pro's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.0). On price, ratings volume, 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.
3D holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 11 and 9 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of Expeditions Pro's written reviews are positive against 100% of 3D's.
Expeditions Pro ships an update every 18 months, 3D every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Expeditions Pro | 3D |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (11 ratings) | 4.9 (9 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 11 — better | 9 |
| Update frequency | Every 18 months | Every 5 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 127 MB | 594 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Singleton Technology Ltd | Merge Apps |
Customer experience
Expeditions Pro
3D
In-app purchases
Expeditions Pro
No in-app purchases
3D
No in-app purchases
