Comparison

Castlerama vs VRoid Mobile

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

Head to head
About

Castlerama

Experience a photorealistic 3D exploration of a charming Italian-inspired town. Navigate through detailed settings using touch and sight, blurring the lines between the real and imaginary. Immerse yourself in a world designed to trick your senses into believing it's all real.

Highlights
  • Photorealistic 3D environment
  • Italian-inspired town setting
  • Touch and sight navigation
  • Immersive sensory experience
  • Unreal Engine powered
Features
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Castlerama takes you on a photorealistic walk through a beautiful, detailed and accurately lit 3D setting. Merging real and imaginary elements, it draws inspiration from the charming town of Assisi, in Italy. You are left to find your own way around by touch and sight alone. Exploring a whole world becomes a matter of lifting your fingers. Our goal? To fool your eyes and brain considering it all real. When you go back with your memory to the day you first opened this Mentalbox, you will think it was you on the cobblestone, you in the alleys, you in the catacombs... While developing Castlerama, we had to face the fact that newer devices such as iPhone4s and iPad2s are very different from their predecessors, iPhone3GSs and iPads, in that the former have twice as much memory. In order to have the app run on all devices, we had to compromise quite a bit, pushing the old devices to their limits (risking crash if other applications are left running) while keeping the new devices well behind their capabilities. Powered by Unreal Engine.

About

VRoid Mobile

Design unique 3D characters with customizable features and clothing. Capture stunning photos of your creations in real-world AR or virtual environments. Share your personalized avatars and enjoy group photo sessions.

Highlights
  • Create customizable 3D avatars
  • Adjust facial and body features
  • Dress avatars in various outfits
  • AR camera for real-world photos
  • Virtual camera for in-app photos
  • Group photo sessions with chat
Features
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VRoid Mobile is an avatar camera app that allows you to create 3D characters, change clothes, and take photos. ■ Create your own 3D avatar! Not only can you freely combine face, hair and body parts, Parts can be adjusted freely just by moving the slider! The size of the head, the length of the limbs, the color of the eyes and the color of the hair can also be changed to your liking. Create your own original 3D avatar! ■ Choose avatar “clothes” and enjoy fashion! VRoid Mobile offers a lot of “avatar wear” designed for 3D avatars. Coordinate clothes that suit your avatar and enjoy fashion! Fashionable avatar wear by cutting-edge creators of “virtual fashion” will also appear one after another! ■ In the real world & virtual space! You can shoot "Avatar Photo"! How to show the completed avatar to everyone? VRoid Mobile is equipped with a full-featured “Avatar Camera” function that enables “emo” filters and stylish photo processing! "AR camera" that can call 3D avatar in the real world and take pictures, VRoid is a “virtual camera” that lets you take photos in the virtual space inside your mobile You can enjoy two shooting modes. Take a photo of your avatar and share it on SNS! In addition, virtual cameras can be played simultaneously by up to four people! Avatars in the studio can have a text chat. Let's gather together and enjoy group photo shooting! * "AR Camera" can only be used with ARKit compatible models. * Supported environments and devices may change in future updates. * This information is current as of July 26, 2019. * Operation is not guaranteed on all devices.

Screenshots

Castlerama3 screens
VRoid Mobile4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Castlerama at 4.3 against VRoid Mobile's 3.3. Castlerama also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 14) and ads (none vs shown). VRoid Mobile's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 19 months) and ratings volume (420 vs 16). On price, review sentiment 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. VRoid Mobile sells 14 one-off in-app purchases. Castlerama asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Castlerama holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: VRoid Mobile has 420 ratings behind it against 16, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 51% of Castlerama's written reviews are positive against 48% of VRoid Mobile's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Castlerama ships an update every 19 months, VRoid Mobile monthly. Both last shipped on October 7, 2026.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Castlerama versus VRoid Mobile: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCastleramaVRoid Mobile
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (16 ratings) — better3.3 (420 ratings)
Positive reviews51.3% of reviews — better48.4% of reviews
Number of ratings16420 — better
Update frequencyEvery 19 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS6.0 — better11.0
Further details — not scored
Size237 MB135 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperCODENRAMApixiv Inc.

Customer experience

Castlerama

All ratings16 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral18.8%
Negative6.3%
Written reviews238 reviews
Positive51.3%
Neutral15.1%
Negative33.6%

VRoid Mobile

All ratings420 ratings
Positive53.8%
Neutral15.0%
Negative31.2%
Written reviews548 reviews
Positive48.4%
Neutral17.9%
Negative33.8%

User reviews

Castlerama

From 16 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Amazing graphics
  • 🌄 Atmospheric environment
  • 🐴 Interesting details (e.g. cows, horse)
  • 👍 Great potential

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Crashes and stability issues
  • 🔍 Limited exploration area
  • 🌑 Dark and difficult to see
  • 🕹️ Clunky controls

VRoid Mobile

From 420 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Quick and easy to use
  • 👍 Decent character customization options
  • 🎨 Fun and creative
  • 💡 Potential for mobile VTubing

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Frequent crashes and glitches
  • 🔒 Restrictive login requirements
  • 📦 Limited customization compared to PC version
  • 🎨 Lack of diverse skin tones and hair options

Bugs and requests

Castlerama

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Crashes on startup or during gameplay
  • Falling through the world in certain areas
  • Compatibility issues with older devices

Requested features

5 requests
  • Expand the explorable area
  • Add more interactive elements
  • Improve lighting and visibility
  • Optimize controls and movement
  • Introduce a day/night cycle

VRoid Mobile

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Login and account creation issues
  • Frequent crashes when trying to access certain features
  • Failure to load clothing and other assets

Requested features

5 requests
  • More clothing, hair, and accessory options
  • Ability to import custom models and textures
  • Face tracking and animation features
  • More diverse backgrounds and scenes
  • Multiplayer and social features

In-app purchases

None

Castlerama

No in-app purchases

14 purchases

VRoid Mobile

One-time14
  • 100コイン$0.99
  • 200コイン$1.99
  • 300コイン$2.99
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  • 400コイン$3.99
  • 500コイン$4.99
  • 600コイン$5.99
  • 700コイン$6.99
  • 800コイン$6.99
  • 1000コイン$9.99
  • 900コイン$9.99
  • 1100コイン$9.99
  • 1200コイン$11.99
  • 2000コイン$19.99
  • 5000コイン$49.99

Questions

Is Castlerama free?
Castlerama is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is VRoid Mobile free?
VRoid Mobile is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Castlerama or VRoid Mobile?
Castlerama is rated higher. Castlerama averages 4.3 out of 5 from 16 ratings, while VRoid Mobile averages 3.3 from 420 ratings.
Do Castlerama or VRoid Mobile have ads?
VRoid Mobile shows ads; Castlerama does not.
Which is updated more often, Castlerama or VRoid Mobile?
Castlerama ships an update every 19 months, and VRoid Mobile monthly. Most recently, Castlerama was updated on October 7, 2026 and VRoid Mobile on October 7, 2026.

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