Google Cardboard vs Epic Roller Coasters
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.
Epic Roller Coasters
Experience the thrill of a real roller coaster with high-quality graphics and physics simulation. Explore tracks in VR or a "Magic Window" mode, and customize your ride by swapping cars.
- Virtual Reality headset support
- Magic Window mode for non-VR play
- Realistic physics-based simulation
- Customizable car and track combinations
- Race mode for high-speed driving
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This game is primary intended for use with a Virtual Reality headset but you can always experience it in our Magic Window version! Learn more about Google Cardboard! https://www.google.com/get/cardboard/ In Epic Roller Coasters you'll get the same feeling of a real roller coaster with a high level graphics and physics-based simulation. You'll go up and down seeing everything around you with our long range vision capabilities! Now you have the hability to exchange any cars between any tracks! We also offered a simple, lower and unprotected car (like an skate) for you to ride on every coaster with it! RACE MODE! What about to drive all the coasters with any cart as fast as you wish? Check it out!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Epic Roller Coasters at 3.5 against Google Cardboard's 2.8. Epic Roller Coasters also leads on review sentiment (50% vs 27%) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.0). Google Cardboard's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 7) and ratings volume (598 vs 10). On price 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. Epic Roller Coasters sells 7 one-off in-app purchases. Google Cardboard asks for nothing beyond the download.
Epic Roller Coasters holds the better App Store score, 3.5 against 2.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Google Cardboard has 598 ratings behind it against 10, 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 50% of Epic Roller Coasters's.
| Parameter | Google Cardboard | Epic Roller Coasters |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.8 (598 ratings) | 3.5 (10 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 26.6% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 598 — better | 10 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | — |
| Ads | No | — |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | — |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 60 MB | 453 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | B4T Games LP | |
Customer experience
Google Cardboard
Epic Roller Coasters
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
Epic Roller Coasters
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Google Cardboard
No in-app purchases
Epic Roller Coasters
- Armageddon$2.99
- Dread Blood$2.99
- Halloween$2.99
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- Neon Rider$2.99
- Snowland$2.99
- Wyvern Siege$2.99
- Ultimate Pack$9.99
Questions
Is Google Cardboard free?
Is Epic Roller Coasters free?
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