VIVE (VIVE Flow) vs Rokid
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
VIVE (VIVE Flow)
Stay connected to your phone's essential alerts while immersed in virtual reality. This app displays notifications for calls, texts, and calendar events directly within your VR headset without disrupting your experience. View them later in a dedicated tab.
- In-VR notifications
- Call alerts
- Text message alerts
- Calendar event reminders
- VIVE tab for later viewing
- Phone-to-VR connection
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Don't miss what's important IRL while you're in VR. To get essential notifications in the world of virtual reality, just connect your phone with your HTC VIVE. Notifications about phone calls, text messages and calendar events pop up without interrupting play and appear in the VIVE tab on your System Dashboard so you can view them later too.
Rokid
Enhance your augmented reality experience with personalized settings and device management. Convert spatial videos, access support resources, and add new devices for exclusive content and updates. Continuous improvements are made to optimize performance.
- Spatial video conversion
- Device management
- Account management
- FAQs and instructional videos
- Exclusive device features
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The Rokid app offers features for each of the supported Rokid devices and allows you to personalize and optimize your AR experience. More features on Rokid are coming soon. We're always making changes to make Rokid even better. Here's what's new in this update: - Spatial Converting: Convert spatial videos captured by the iPhone 15 Pro series into universal left and right 3D videos. - Account: Manage your own Rokid account, and offer supports including FAQs and instrustional videos. - Add Devices: Add your devices to access exclusive features, content, updates, and more. Bonus for the early birds for a limited time! - Bug fixed and general improvements. Your suggestions are always welcome and we will consider them for future updates! Enjoy the updates? Be sure to leave us your review.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Rokid at 2.1 against VIVE (VIVE Flow)'s 1.0. Rokid also leads on update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 5 months). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Rokid holds the better App Store score, 2.1 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 9 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of VIVE (VIVE Flow)'s written reviews are positive against 8% of Rokid's.
VIVE (VIVE Flow) ships an update every 5 months, Rokid every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | VIVE (VIVE Flow) | Rokid |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (4 ratings) | 2.1 (9 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 7.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 9 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.4 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 63 MB | 171 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | HTC Corporation | Shanghai Lingban Technology Co., Ltd |
Customer experience
VIVE (VIVE Flow)
Rokid
In-app purchases
VIVE (VIVE Flow)
No in-app purchases
Rokid
No in-app purchases
