VAST vs Looking Glass Studio
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
VAST
This app serves as a digital hub for creators and brands to showcase their content, including images, videos, live streams, and blogs. Users can curate their own channels, discover and follow other creators, and subscribe to premium content. It aims to connect creators directly with their audiences.
- Create and curate digital channels
- Share images, videos, and audio
- Discover and follow other creators
- Subscribe to premium content
- Direct creator-audience connection
- Live streaming capabilities
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VAST is where creators, publishers and brands bring everything they make into one place — and where fans get closer to it than anywhere else. Build your channel. Organise your work into Chapters and publish images, videos, audio, links and full livestreams. Add Behind-The-Scenes video and audio to any post, so your audience sees how the work actually gets made. Go live from your phone. Start a stream straight from the app, and keep the replay on your channel afterwards. Set your own terms. Offer free posts, paid one-off posts, or membership tiers with the benefits you choose. Your audience subscribes to the tier that fits them. Discover and follow. Explore channels by what you're into, follow the creators you care about, like and comment, and share anything worth passing on. For fans: • Follow channels free and never miss a post • Subscribe for members-only posts, streams and BTS • Buy a single post without committing to a membership • Watch live as it happens, or catch the replay For creators: • Publish images, video, audio, links and livestreams • Broadcast live from the phone in your hand • Build membership tiers with custom benefits • See your subscribers, followers and sales in one place • Curate a Main Square of featured work at the top of your channel All the content people love, in one place, with a direct connection between creators and audiences. The Future is VAST! Privacy Policy: https://vast.app/privacy/ Terms of Use (EULA): https://vast.app/terms/
Looking Glass Studio
This application transforms various video formats, including Cinematic Mode and RGBD media, into holographic experiences for a specific display. It allows filmmakers and developers to showcase their 3D visual creations without the need for VR headsets.
- Holographic video playback
- Supports Cinematic Mode
- Supports RGBD media
- Supports Quilt media
- No VR headset required
- 3D visual experience
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A video player for your Looking Glass display, transforming Cinematic Mode, RGBD, and Quilt media into life-like holograms. Whether you’re a filmmaker shooting with Apple’s Cinematic Mode or a developer innovating with RGBD depth data, Looking Glass Studio seamlessly brings your creations to the Looking Glass for an awe-inspiring 3D visual experience. Requires a Looking Glass holographic display. Does not require any headsets, as always.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Looking Glass Studio at none against VAST's 7. Looking Glass Studio also leads on ratings volume (6 vs 2). VAST's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.6). On price, rating, review sentiment and update cadence 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. VAST sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Looking Glass Studio asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for VAST against 5.0 for Looking Glass Studio. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 6 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
VAST ships an update every 6 weeks, Looking Glass Studio monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | VAST | Looking Glass Studio |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (6 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 6 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 53 MB | 97 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Vast LLC. | Looking Glass Factory, Inc |
Customer experience
VAST
Looking Glass Studio
In-app purchases
VAST
- Vast - TheBridgeCo Channel$0.991 Month
- VAST - Aure Channel$0.991 Month
- TierOne - Arb$1.991 Month
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- VAST – Coldpress Channel$1.991 Month
- VAST Monthly Tier - 178$7.991 Month
- Live13 - EsatTmls$18.991 Month
- LiveTier25 - EsatTmls$22.991 Month
Looking Glass Studio
No in-app purchases









