iPano vs Simple 360 Cardboard VR Player
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
iPano
Explore immersive 360° panoramas and QuickTime VR files with this advanced viewer. Rotate your device to look around and zoom in, with options to import and export your creations. Overlay your camera for an augmented reality experience.
- View 360° and QuickTime VR files
- Device rotation for exploration
- Zoom in and out
- Import and export panos
- Full resolution storage
- Augmented reality camera overlay
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"Like looking through a window into another world" -=- The premiere panorama viewer -=- • Designed to give you the best experience, resolution, and functionality possible. • View QuickTime VR files, including objects, and equirectangular 360° • By turning your device you can look anywhere in your image, and zoom in and out. • Import & export your panos from anywhere in iOS. • iPano lets you keep a collection of your panos in full resolution on your device. • Overlay the camera -=- Augmented reality meets panorama viewer. • Please note iPano is a viewer, and does not capture images.
Simple 360 Cardboard VR Player
Experience 360°, 180°, and 3D photos and videos immersively. Explore content by moving your device, and step into your memories with VR mode using a Cardboard-style headset. Capture your own panoramas with guided shooting.
- View 360°, 180°, and 3D media
- Immersive VR mode with head tracking
- Guided panorama capture
- Intuitive gesture controls
- Multiple viewing modes
- On-device processing
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Simple360 is a clean and intuitive way to experience 360°, 180° and 3D photos and videos on iPhone. Open immersive content from your Photo Library and explore it naturally. Move your iPhone to look around, swipe to adjust your view, and pinch to change perspective. Switch seamlessly between standard view, panoramic mode, full 360°, 180°, or VR. Place your iPhone into a Cardboard-style headset and step inside your memories. Head tracking feels smooth and responsive. VR mode removes on-screen controls for a focused, distraction-free experience. Capture your own panoramas with guided shooting built into the app. Follow simple visual cues, take each shot, and save a beautifully stitched panorama directly to Photos. Browse your media in a minimal gallery, adjust how content is displayed, import from other apps, and share effortlessly. Simple360 works entirely on your device. No accounts. No uploads. Just your photos, reimagined in immersive space. https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Simple 360 Cardboard VR Player at 4.4 against iPano's 3.8. Simple 360 Cardboard VR Player also leads on ratings volume (150 vs 21) and update cadence (every 5 days vs every 2 weeks). iPano's advantage is review sentiment (56% vs 33%) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. iPano sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Simple 360 Cardboard VR Player sells 16 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Simple 360 Cardboard VR Player holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Simple 360 Cardboard VR Player has 150 ratings behind it against 21, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 56% of iPano's written reviews are positive against 33% of Simple 360 Cardboard VR Player's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
iPano ships an update every 2 weeks, Simple 360 Cardboard VR Player every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | iPano | Simple 360 Cardboard VR Player |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (21 ratings) | 4.4 (150 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 56.1% of reviews — better | 33.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 21 | 150 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 11 MB | 43 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | WaterSoft | Oleksandr Kazakov |
Customer experience
iPano
Simple 360 Cardboard VR Player
In-app purchases
iPano
- Remove Ads$2.99
Simple 360 Cardboard VR Player
- 50GB$1.991 Month
- Weekly$2.997 Days
- 200GB$4.991 Month
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- Monthly$5.991 Month
- Weekly$5.997 Days
- Weekly$8.997 Days
- 500GB$11.991 Month
- Monthly2 variants$17.991 Month
- 1TB$22.991 Month
- Yearly3 Days trial$34.991 Year
- Yearly1 Year trial$34.991 Year
- Yearly$34.991 Year
- 2TB$39.991 Month
- Custom Brand$24.99
- Lifetime Core$44.99
- Lifetime Core$49.99
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