Spatial Phone vs Fwrd
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Spatial Phone
Stream your phone's screen and audio directly into your VR headset. Enjoy high-quality video and audio passthrough for activities like reading, watching videos, and listening to music without leaving your virtual environment.
- Phone mirroring in VR
- High-quality video passthrough
- High-quality audio passthrough
- Read PDFs in VR
- Watch videos in VR
- Listen to music in VR
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You can mirror your phone directly in your VR headset. Which offers high quality video and audio passthrough. You can use this to read pdf, watch videos and listen to music without leaving the VR headset.
Fwrd
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Fwrd automatically forwards text messages from your iPhone to Email, Slack, WhatsApp, Discord, Telegram, Microsoft Teams, another phone or iMessage, or your own webhook. Set it up once and every matching SMS is passed on as it arrives. FORWARD VERIFICATION CODES Get one-time passcodes and 2FA codes where you actually are: a work Slack channel, a family WhatsApp chat, your inbox, or a second phone. Great for shared accounts, team logins, and codes sent to a phone you don't carry. CHOOSE WHICH TEXTS GET FORWARDED Filters decide which texts reach Discord, Slack, Microsoft Teams, Telegram and webhooks: only texts with certain words, only texts that look like a verification code, or only at certain hours. Check any filter first with Try a Text. HOW IT WORKS 1. Add a destination in Fwrd. 2. Create one Message automation in Apple's Shortcuts app. Fwrd's in-app guide and setup videos show every tap. 3. New texts that match are forwarded automatically, even while your iPhone is locked. Email, another phone and WhatsApp send through their own Shortcuts actions, with Fwrd handing over the text. Discord, Slack, Microsoft Teams, Telegram and webhooks are sent by Fwrd directly from your iPhone. WORKS WITH ZAPIER, MAKE AND N8N Point a webhook at Zapier, Make or n8n to send each text on to Google Sheets, Notion, or any other app. SEE EVERY DELIVERY Activity shows what was forwarded, where it went, and anything that failed. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account and no Fwrd servers. Texts go straight from your iPhone to the apps you choose, and your forwarding history stays on your iPhone. Forwarding needs your iPhone to be on and online. FREE AND PRO Forward 15 texts a month for free. One text counts once, even when it goes to several destinations. Fwrd Pro removes the limit. Privacy Policy: https://fwrdsms.com/privacy Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Fwrd at 5.0 against Spatial Phone's 2.4. Fwrd also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months). Spatial Phone's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ratings volume (11 vs 1). On price 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. Fwrd sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Spatial Phone asks for nothing beyond the download.
Fwrd holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Spatial Phone has 11 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Spatial Phone ships an update every 2 months, Fwrd every 2 weeks. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Spatial Phone | Fwrd |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.4 (11 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 11 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 21 MB | 159 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Gulzar Ahmed | Alan Tom |
Customer experience
Spatial Phone
Fwrd
In-app purchases
Spatial Phone
No in-app purchases
Fwrd
- Fwrd Pro Monthly$4.991 Month
- Fwrd Pro Annual7 Days trial$29.991 Year
