Google Cardboard vs YouVisit Experiences
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.
YouVisit Experiences
Explore amazing places in virtual reality with immersive 360° views. Choose your path through interactive scenes, with or without a VR headset. Experience locations as if you were there.
- 360° VR exploration
- Immersive cinematic experience
- Choose your own story path
- Interactive story elements
- Works with or without VR headset
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YouVisit Experiences houses our latest content and allows for you to experience these amazing places in Virtual Reality. Get fully immersed with or without a headset! See whats so special and download now! The experience is so immersive, it's second only to experiencing it in real life. Using the app you can: • Explore in 360° VR with a fully immersive cinematic experience • Choose your own story path as you progress from scene to scene • Interact with story elements as if you were physically there • App works with or without a VR headset
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Google Cardboard at 2.8 against YouVisit Experiences's 2.4. Google Cardboard also leads on review sentiment (27% vs 0%) and ratings volume (680 vs 11). YouVisit Experiences's advantage is iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.0). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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, 2.8 against 2.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Google Cardboard has 680 ratings behind it against 11, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 27% of Google Cardboard's written reviews are positive against 0% of YouVisit Experiences's.
Google Cardboard ships an update every 3 months, YouVisit Experiences every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Google Cardboard | YouVisit Experiences |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.8 (680 ratings) — better | 2.4 (11 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 26.6% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 680 — better | 11 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 60 MB | 234 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | YouVisit LLC | |
Customer experience
Google Cardboard
YouVisit Experiences
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
YouVisit Experiences
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Google Cardboard
No in-app purchases
YouVisit Experiences
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Google Cardboard free?
Is YouVisit Experiences free?
Which has better reviews, Google Cardboard or YouVisit Experiences?
Do Google Cardboard or YouVisit Experiences have ads?
Which is updated more often, Google Cardboard or YouVisit Experiences?
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