Comparison

RoGold vs VRChat

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

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About

RoGold

Enhance your Roblox experience with a redesigned interface, home screen widgets, event reminders, and alerts. Access trading tools, game stats, and more directly from your iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch.

Highlights
  • Full RoGold V2 redesign
  • Home screen widgets
  • Event reminders and alerts
  • Robux Calculator
  • Apple Watch app
  • Siri and Shortcuts integration
Features
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RoGold - Roblox, Your Way. The first Roblox extension on iOS Safari, now with the full RoGold V2 experience built right into the app. Get the entire RoGold redesign on your iPhone and iPad, alongside home screen widgets, event reminders, trade and outage alerts, and a brand-new Apple Watch app. The Full RoGold Experience: - On iOS 18.4 and later, the full RoGold V2 extension opens full-screen inside the app - Signed in automatically, with full-width layouts on iPad - The Safari extension has been updated to RoGold V2 - My Roblox, Passports, trading tools, the Points shop, themes and much more, right on your phone A Redesigned App: - A new Liquid Glass tab bar - Dark, Light, AMOLED and System themes - A built-in Robux Calculator Home Screen Widgets: - Playtime Widget - See how much you've been playing at a glance - Next Event Widget - Never miss the next Roblox event you're following - Roblox Status Widget - Check whether Roblox is up or down - Recently Played Widget - Jump back into the games you played last - Friends Online Widget - See which of your friends are online - Trade Widget - See your incoming trade totals - Game Stats Widget - Monitor player counts, visits, and favorites for your favorite games with beautiful thumbnails - Game Launcher Widget - Quick launch up to 20 games (per widget) directly from your home screen with customizable layouts - Group Stats Widget - Track member counts for any Roblox group with live group thumbnails - Collectibles Widget - View your total RAP, item count, and top collectibles by value - Stat Widget - Check your Robux balance, friend count, or pending trades without opening Roblox Roblox Events: - Follow Roblox events, with reminders and Live Activities - Search for events, or paste a game link to find its events - Followed events sync with RoGold on your PC Alerts: - Get notified when you receive new inbound trade requests - Outage alerts when Roblox is having problems Siri And Shortcuts: - Ask "Is Roblox down?" with Siri and Shortcuts - A Control Center button for RoGold Apple Watch: - Your avatar, friends, games and items on your wrist - Your RoGold level and daily reward - Live Roblox status, with watch face complications - Sign in to RoGold right on your watch - Developer Edition adds Launch on PC, dev stats, the Studio console and agent notes Authentication: - Connect your Roblox account via OAuth or cookie login - Securely access your personal stats across the app, widgets and Apple Watch Some features require RoGold Ultimate or Developer Edition. Transform your Roblox experience on iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch with the full RoGold redesign, home screen widgets, event reminders and alerts - all in one app!

About

VRChat

Explore a vast virtual universe with millions of user-created worlds and avatars. Connect with friends, play diverse games, and express yourself through custom creations. Experience social interaction and adventure, with or without VR.

Highlights
  • Millions of user-created worlds
  • Customizable avatars
  • Social interaction and meeting new people
  • Diverse range of games and activities
  • VR headset support
  • Companion app for friends
  • World and avatar creation tools
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Welcome to VRChat — a virtual world filled with limitless possibilities. Spend your afternoon dogfighting in fighter jets, before winding down in a treehouse that exists floating in a nebula. Make a new best friend while exploring a haunted mansion, right before playing a hand of cards with a robot, alien, and eight-foot tall wolf. In VRChat, there are hundreds of thousands of worlds, millions of avatars – all created by the users. No matter what you’re into, there’s a space in VRChat for you. And if there isn’t, we’ll give you the tools to make your dream a reality. While not required to join in on the fun, VRChat was built to take advantage of VR headsets in many unique ways. That means avatars that flow with your movement, and systems that work alongside various hardware platforms to provide full-body tracking, finger tracking, and much, much more. Even if you’re jumping in on your phone or tablet, you’ll get to experience the magic of hanging out with people that feel like they’re really there – not just some character on a screen! Use the companion app to keep up with your VRChat friends, or launch into a VRChat world to meet new friends right from your iOS device! There’s something magical around every corner. Come take a look, and see what you find. MEET NEW FRIENDS In VRChat, there’s always something to do – and people to meet there. Visit a planetarium and have a chat about astronomy. Go on a virtual hike through a majestic fantasy forest. Pull up to a car meet, and talk shop with some gearheads. Attend a live music event underneath a chemical storage facility, and talk obscure genres with DJs. Your community – whatever it is – is here. GO ON AN ADVENTURE There are thousands of games to play in VRChat. Try running a kitchen in a busy restaurant, or racing go-karts in zero gravity. Fancy a battle royale? We’ve got those, too. Just probably with a wider diversity of avatars than you’ve ever seen before. It doesn’t matter what you like to play: casual card games, shooters, racing, platformers, puzzles, horror, and of course, endless party games. BUILD YOUR DREAMS Everything here was built by the community using the VRChat SDK. Combined with Unity and Udon, our in-house scripting language, we give our users as much power as possible to build whatever their imaginations can conjure up. But creation isn’t just limited to worlds. VRChat provides a level of creative freedom that is unmatched anywhere else, and nowhere is that reflected best than on the avatars of our users. In VRChat, you can be anything, and explore your identity however you’d like. Want to be an alien? A talking dog? A sentient shoe with glowing bits that react to the beat of music by changing color? I mean, sure, if that’s what you’re about. VRChat is free to download and play on compatible devices. Subscribing to VRC+ grants access to enhanced features. Learn more at https://hello.vrchat.com/vrchatplus Privacy Policy: https://hello.vrchat.com/privacy Terms of Service: https://hello.vrchat.com/legal

Screenshots

RoGold4 screens
VRChat4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: VRChat at Free against RoGold's $0.99. VRChat also leads on rating (4.4 vs 3.8) and update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months). RoGold's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 12) and review sentiment (67% vs 45%). On 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

VRChat is free to download; RoGold costs $0.99 up front. VRChat sells 12 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. RoGold asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

VRChat holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: VRChat has 3.4K ratings behind it against 403, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 67% of RoGold's written reviews are positive against 45% of VRChat's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

RoGold ships an update every 2 months, VRChat weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard10 real differences · 1 level
RoGold versus VRChat: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRoGoldVRChat
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating3.8 (403 ratings)4.4 (3.4K ratings) — better
Positive reviews67.0% of reviews — better45.4% of reviews
Number of ratings4033.4K — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
Best chart rank#16 — better#74
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size77 MB1.1 GB
Age rating4++12
DeveloperAlrovi ApsVRChat Inc.

Customer experience

RoGold

All ratings403 ratings
Positive67.5%
Neutral6.2%
Negative26.3%
Written reviews191 reviews
Positive67.0%
Neutral11.0%
Negative22.0%

VRChat

All ratings3,339 ratings
Positive84.5%
Neutral4.7%
Negative10.8%
Written reviews801 reviews
Positive45.4%
Neutral15.0%
Negative39.6%

Bugs and requests

RoGold

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

VRChat

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Play button not working on iPad
  • Login issues on some accounts

Requested features

3 requests
  • Google login option
  • iPad support
  • Improved compatibility for lower-end devices

In-app purchases

None

RoGold

No in-app purchases

12 purchases

VRChat

Subscriptions2
  • VRChat+ (Monthly)$9.991 Month
  • VRChat+ (Yearly)$99.991 Year
One-time10
  • 600 VRChat Credits$4.99
  • VRChat+ Gift (One month)$9.99
  • 1200 VRChat Credits$9.99
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  • 2400 VRChat Credits$19.99
  • 3000 VRChat Credits$24.99
  • 3600 VRChat Credits$29.99
  • 4800 VRChat Credits$39.99
  • 6000 VRChat Credits$49.99
  • 9000 VRChat Credits$74.99
  • 12000 VRChat Credits$99.99

Questions

Is RoGold free?
RoGold costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is VRChat free?
VRChat is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, RoGold or VRChat?
VRChat is rated higher. RoGold averages 3.8 out of 5 from 403 ratings, while VRChat averages 4.4 from 3.4K ratings.
Do RoGold or VRChat have ads?
Neither RoGold nor VRChat shows ads.
Which is updated more often, RoGold or VRChat?
RoGold ships an update every 2 months, and VRChat weekly. Most recently, RoGold was updated on October 30, 2026 and VRChat on November 1, 2026.
Which is more popular, RoGold or VRChat?
RoGold currently peaks at #16 in the App Store charts, and VRChat at #74. Chart position reflects recent download velocity rather than total install base.

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