Google Cardboard vs AVR Remote
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Google Cardboard
Experience virtual reality on your iPhone. This app guides you through setting up a compatible viewer and offers initial immersive experiences to explore.
- VR viewer setup
- Introductory VR experiences
- iPhone compatibility
- Cardboard viewer integration
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Cardboard puts virtual reality on your iPhone. The Google Cardboard app helps you set up a Cardboard viewer and includes a few experiences to get you started. To fully enjoy this app you'll need a Cardboard viewer. Learn more and get your own Cardboard viewer at http://g.co/cardboard. Do not use this app while driving, walking, or otherwise by being distracted or disoriented from real world situations that prevent you from obeying traffic or safety laws.
AVR Remote
This application enables motion control for mobile virtual reality experiences. It acts as a remote for a specific VR project, allowing users to calibrate their iPhone for immersive gameplay. Setup is straightforward, requiring the app to be open on the headset and the iPhone placed within it.
- Motion control for mobile VR
- Remote for AVR project
- iPhone calibration
- Simple setup instructions
- Virtual reality integration
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Remote app for AVR, the world tracking motion controls for mobile VR project Setup Instructions: 1. Open the AVR app on your headset 2. Put iPhone at the headset 3. Tap the Calibrate button That's it!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: AVR Remote at 100% against Google Cardboard's 27%. AVR Remote also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 3 months) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). Google Cardboard's advantage is rating (2.7 vs 2.3) and ratings volume (681 vs 3). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
Google Cardboard holds the better App Store score, 2.7 against 2.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Google Cardboard has 681 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 27% of Google Cardboard's written reviews are positive against 100% of AVR Remote's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Google Cardboard ships an update every 3 months, AVR Remote every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Google Cardboard | AVR Remote |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.7 (681 ratings) — better | 2.3 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 26.6% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 681 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 60 MB | 48 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Roland Horvath | |
Customer experience
Google Cardboard
AVR Remote
Bugs and requests
Google Cardboard
Reported bugs
3 issues- Constant spinning/shaking on some devices
- Crashes and freezes on launch
- Incompatibility with certain VR headsets
Requested features
4 requests- More VR games and interactive experiences
- Ability to view own photos/videos in VR
- Support for newer iOS versions
- Improved navigation and controls
AVR Remote
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Google Cardboard
No in-app purchases
AVR Remote
No in-app purchases
