The 5 Best (Free) VR Smartphone Apps

Want to experience virtual reality for the first time? A mobile VR headset is a fun and relatively inexpensive solution! With a mobile VR headset, you can play exciting 360-degree videos that immerse you in the virtual world. All you need is your own smartphone and a mobile VR headset (available from €19.95).

In this blog, we highlight the 5 best free VR apps that you can download on your mobile phone. Of course, there are many other applications you can use with a smartphone and mobile VR headset, but these 5 apps provide a good overview of the possibilities available to you.

Google Cardboard is one of the first mobile VR apps on the market. The app has been developed since the rise of VR technology and still offers plenty of possibilities for new users. The application is designed to showcase the capabilities of VR and is recommended for people who want to enter the VR world for the first time.

Cardboard Camera, not to be confused with Google Cardboard, allows users to create their own 360-degree photos and play them back in a mobile VR headset. The application is very easy to use and is a great first step in creating 360-degree videos. Use your phone to take a beautiful 360-degree photo or video, for example, of your living room, and view it with a mobile virtual reality headset.

The Within VR app neatly arranges the best VR videos for you. With this app, you can watch the most beautiful virtual reality videos on your phone. Within combines the best stories with VR technology and is therefore recommended for anyone starting with mobile virtual reality.

If you are looking for a mobile application to watch films and series in VR, then Netflix VR is the right choice. The application works just like Netflix on your television. You turn on your smartphone screen, slide it into the mobile VR headset, and enjoy the best 360-degree films available.

No list of the best VR apps would be complete without Discovery VR. It is the official app of Discovery Channel and is available for all smartphones and tablets with Android 4.0+ and iOS 7+ respectively. Discovery VR offers a range of videos in various environments that are normally difficult to reach, but show them without limits in the virtual world.

YouTube is one of the best online sources for free VR videos. Like other VR apps, YouTube VR is also available for free. To enjoy YouTube VR videos, all you need is your smartphone and a mobile VR headset. However, we also recommend having a Bluetooth controller or remote, so you can easily switch between videos without having to remove your smartphone from the headset each time.