Comparison

Google Cardboard vs WhoseRound?

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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.

About

WhoseRound?

Easily track who's next to pay for group expenses like coffee, lunch, or drinks. Avoid awkward debates and keep track of rounds with a clean, user-friendly interface. Features include saving favorite groups and historical stats.

Highlights
  • Track who's next up
  • Save favorite crews
  • Add drink or order preferences
  • Historical stats
  • Share session hero cards
  • Fast one-tap logging
  • No accounts required
Features
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WHOSE ROUND? SORTED. You’re at the pub. A few rounds in. Nobody can remember whose turn it is. WhoseRound can. Get your mates around the table and WhoseRound keeps track of who’s buying next, so you can get back to enjoying the night. A BETTER WAY TO DO ROUNDS Your mates sit around your virtual pub table. The WhoseRound token shows exactly who’s up, and one tap keeps the round moving. Someone else got it? No problem. Someone arrived late? Add them in. Don’t want them catching up? Let them join from now. Someone sitting this one out? Skip their rounds without removing them from the table. IT GETS TO KNOW YOUR NIGHTS WhoseRound privately learns the groups, drinks and venues you use most, helping make future nights quicker to set up. Your usual lot. Your usual drinks. Your regular pub. The more you use WhoseRound, the less you need to tell it. YOUR ROUND, EVERYWHERE Keep an eye on whose round it is from your iPhone, Lock Screen, Dynamic Island, widgets and Apple Watch. EVERY NIGHT, REMEMBERED WhoseRound keeps your completed nights and genuine round history, including people who join late, leave early or skip rounds. BUILT FOR REAL NIGHTS OUT • Fair, deterministic round tracking • Add or remove mates at any time • Join From Now or Play Catch-Up for late arrivals • Skip and rejoin the buying rotation • Remember drinks and regular groups • Smart Venue suggestions • Drinks Order for everyone at the table • History of completed nights • Apple Watch support • Lock Screen and Live Activities • Dynamic Island • Home Screen widgets • Siri and App Shortcuts • Works locally when the pub signal lets you down • No accounts • No ads YOUR FIRST ROUND’S ON US WhoseRound is free to download. Full access for new customers requires an auto-renewable WhoseRound Annual subscription, purchased separately in the app. Eligible new customers can try full access free for 7 days. After the free trial, the WhoseRound Annual subscription automatically renews at the price shown in the App Store purchase screen unless cancelled. Existing customers who previously purchased WhoseRound as a paid app retain full access and do not need to subscribe. No ads. No spreadsheets. No arguments about who got the last one. Just one question: Whose round? Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Google Cardboard4 screens
WhoseRound?4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: WhoseRound? at 100% against Google Cardboard's 27%. Google Cardboard's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.6). On price, update cadence, ads and device support 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. WhoseRound? sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $0.99 per year. Google Cardboard asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Google Cardboard ships an update every 3 months, WhoseRound? every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Google Cardboard versus WhoseRound?: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGoogle CardboardWhoseRound?
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.8 (680 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews26.6% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings680 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size60 MB28 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperGoogleDaniel Murdock

Customer experience

Google Cardboard

All ratings598 ratings
Positive40.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews508 reviews
Positive26.6%
Neutral10.0%
Negative63.4%

WhoseRound?

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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

WhoseRound?

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Google Cardboard

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

WhoseRound?

Subscriptions1
  • WhoseRound Annual7 Days trial$0.991 Year

Questions

Is Google Cardboard free?
Google Cardboard is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is WhoseRound? free?
WhoseRound? is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Google Cardboard or WhoseRound? have ads?
Neither Google Cardboard nor WhoseRound? shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Google Cardboard or WhoseRound??
Google Cardboard ships an update every 3 months, and WhoseRound? every 2 months. Most recently, Google Cardboard was updated on October 25, 2026 and WhoseRound? on October 12, 2026.

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