Simple 360 Cardboard VR Player vs DepthVR
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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/
DepthVR
Easily convert 2D videos into side-by-side 3D for VR headsets. Adjust 3D strength and focus depth, then export with various quality and codec options. Preserves original audio.
- Import videos from photo library
- Adjustable 3D strength and focus depth
- Side-by-side (SBS) export options
- Multiple export quality and codec settings
- Scene presets for VR viewing
- Edge repair and temporal smoothing
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DepthVR is a 3D content conversion tool for VR headset viewers. Import regular photos, spatial photos, or 2D videos from your photo library, tune the 3D conversion settings, then export SBS 3D images or videos back to Photos for playback in compatible VR players and headsets. Features: - Import photos and videos from Photos - Convert regular photos into SBS 3D images or SBS 3D videos - Convert spatial photos into SBS 3D images or videos when stereo information is available - Convert regular 2D videos into side-by-side SBS 3D videos - Generate a 10-second video preview before exporting - Scene presets for VR headset viewing, people, scenery, and motion - Adjustable 3D strength and focus depth - Half SBS and Full SBS export options - Fast, standard, and high-quality export modes - H.265 and H.264 codec options - Edge repair, temporal smoothing, and depth contrast controls - Preserves the original audio track when the source video includes audio
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: DepthVR at 5.0 against Simple 360 Cardboard VR Player's 4.4. DepthVR also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 17). Simple 360 Cardboard VR Player's advantage is ratings volume (150 vs 3). On price, update cadence, ads 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. Simple 360 Cardboard VR Player sells 16 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. DepthVR asks for nothing beyond the download.
DepthVR holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Simple 360 Cardboard VR Player has 150 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 5 days. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Simple 360 Cardboard VR Player | DepthVR |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (150 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 150 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days | Every 5 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 43 MB | 60 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Oleksandr Kazakov | 功亮 张 |
Customer experience
Simple 360 Cardboard VR Player
DepthVR
In-app purchases
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
DepthVR
No in-app purchases
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