HW Media vs Explore360
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
HW Media
This app provides streaming news, sports, arts, and events from Harvard-Westlake School. Access live and archived content across various channels including academics, athletics, and performing arts.
- Live and archived streaming content
- Multiple content channels
- News, sports, arts, and events coverage
- Academics and parent programming
- Alumni and summer content
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HW Media is the streaming news, sports, arts, and events app of Harvard-Westlake School in Los Angeles. HW Media works like any other streaming service (but it's free!). Watch HW Media livestreams and archived recordings across several different channels of content. Channels include Admission and Ambassadors Athletics (livestream games, Coach's Corner, and more) Academics including real in-class video of your favorite teachers Arts videos from instrumental and choral music to Black Box plays and mainstage musicals, jazz and coffee house performances, art gallery tours, and so much more Westflix Life at HW Summer Parents including affinity group programming Alumni We're adding content every week, so please check back for new programming. Terms of Service: https://media.hw.com/tos Privacy Policy: https://media.hw.com/privacy
Explore360
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Explore360 turns your iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Vision Pro into a window onto the world — a curated collection of stunning 360° panoramas from Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository, shared under open licences by photographers around the globe. Step inside each scene and look around in every direction, from mountain summits and historic town squares to sweeping coastlines, grand interiors, and city streets at night. Browse beautifully • A fast, edge-to-edge grid of tiny-planet previews you can scroll endlessly. • Filter and sort to surface exactly the views you want. • Tap the heart to keep your favorites close. Explore on a map • See where every panorama was taken on an interactive world map. • Pin a spot with several shots and pick the one you like best. Explore the streets • Drop a pin on the map and step into the 360° view at street level — optionally in full resolution for razor-sharp detail. • Now including user-contributed 360° photos from places no camera car ever reached — mountain tops, trails, indoor spots. • Heart your favorite spots and find them again in the List and on the Map. Step inside • Open any photo to a true 360° view and drag to look around — no roll, no distortion. • Zoom in to inspect the details, then jump to the next, previous, or a random panorama. • On Apple Vision Pro the scene wraps completely around you in full immersion, with a comfort vignette as you turn. Watch together • Share a panorama over FaceTime with SharePlay so everyone explores the same view. • Or create a Room and let others join by name — no FaceTime required (optional password). • Point things out with a laser pointer: everyone gets their own color, labelled with their name. • GeoGame: start a multiplayer guessing game — everyone lands on the same random street-level spot and guesses the place on the map; closest wins. With a 3-2-1 start, timer, scoreboard and a winner podium. Contribute your own • Sign in and upload your own 360° panoramas — with a title, description and map location, for everyone to see. • Set the front so others see the best part first. • You decide whether others may save each one. Make it your own • Import your own equirectangular (2:1) panoramas from Photos or Files. • Organize them into saved lists that sync across your devices via iCloud. • See your geotagged panoramas right on the world map. • Frame any region of a panorama and export it as its own flat image to share or save. Understand every place • Titles and descriptions are translated into your language and shown instantly — with one tap to see the original. • An optional info panel shows the location, capture date, camera, and a map of where the shot was taken. Designed to feel effortless • Native SwiftUI and RealityKit throughout, tuned for each device. • A clean, quiet interface that gets out of the way of the view. Sit back, look up, and travel the planet — one 360° panorama at a time.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: HW Media at Free against Explore360's $1.99. HW Media also leads on iOS requirement (16.6 vs 26.0). Explore360's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 3 months). On ads, in-app purchases 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
HW Media is free to download; Explore360 costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
HW Media ships an update every 3 months, Explore360 every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | HW Media | Explore360 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $1.99 |
| Rating | 5.0 (11 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 11 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple TV | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Vision Pro — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 68 MB | 26 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Harvard-Westlake School | Marcel Wlotzka |
In-app purchases
HW Media
No in-app purchases
Explore360
No in-app purchases
Questions
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