Comparison

VAST vs Looking Glass Studio

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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/

About

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.

Highlights
  • 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.

Screenshots

VAST3 screens
Looking Glass Studio3 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

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.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
VAST versus Looking Glass Studio: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVASTLooking Glass Studio
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (6 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings26 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size53 MB97 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperVast LLC.Looking Glass Factory, Inc

Customer experience

VAST

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Looking Glass Studio

All ratings6 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

7 purchases

VAST

Subscriptions7
  • Vast - TheBridgeCo Channel$0.991 Month
  • VAST - Aure Channel$0.991 Month
  • TierOne - Arb$1.991 Month
Show 4 more
  • VAST – Coldpress Channel$1.991 Month
  • VAST Monthly Tier - 178$7.991 Month
  • Live13 - EsatTmls$18.991 Month
  • LiveTier25 - EsatTmls$22.991 Month
None

Looking Glass Studio

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is VAST free?
VAST is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Looking Glass Studio free?
Looking Glass Studio is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, VAST or Looking Glass Studio?
VAST and Looking Glass Studio are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 6 ratings respectively.
Do VAST or Looking Glass Studio have ads?
Neither VAST nor Looking Glass Studio shows ads.
Which is updated more often, VAST or Looking Glass Studio?
VAST ships an update every 6 weeks, and Looking Glass Studio monthly. Most recently, VAST was updated on October 7, 2026 and Looking Glass Studio on October 11, 2026.

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