Best Apple Vision Pro Apps (2026)
By @pickwiseThe best Apple Vision Pro apps are the visionOS games, players and tools that reviewers keep recommending. These picks rest on hands-on coverage from Tom's Guide, PCMag, Road to VR, UploadVR, MacStories, AppleInsider and independent writers.
Synth Riders
Ben Lang of Road to VR calls it the closest thing to Beat Saber on the headset, and it turns up on more of the reviewer lists checked for this page than any other app. You catch glowing notes and ride rails with your bare hands, in your own room or fully immersed, across 126 songs. The catch: it comes only through Apple Arcade, so you need that subscription.
- Category
- Music (rhythm game)
- Price
- Free download; needs Apple Arcade
- In-app purchases
- None. Apple Arcade is $6.99 a month or $49.99 a year
- Native visionOS
- Yes, Vision Pro only
- Requires
- visionOS 1.1 or later
- Developer
- Kluge Interactive
Encounter Dinosaurs
Apple's own free demo is the one reviewers hand to first-timers. A wall opens onto the Cretaceous, a butterfly lands on your finger, and life-size dinosaurs react to how you move. Ben Lang at Road to VR calls it the most immersive thing he had seen on the headset. It lasts about five minutes, and he suggests seating nervous guests first.
- Category
- Entertainment
- Price
- Free
- In-app purchases
- None
- Native visionOS
- Yes, Vision Pro only
- Requires
- visionOS 2.0 or later
- Developer
- Apple
djay
Two 3D turntables float in front of you, and you pull records from a floating crate, drop the needle and add effects with your hands. Mark Spoonauer named it the most impressive app he tried in his Tom's Guide review, and Raymond Wong at Inverse had his moment cupping a hand to his ear to cue a track. The app is free, but full Pro access is an in-app purchase.
- Category
- Music
- Price
- Free
- In-app purchases
- Full Access to PRO, listed at $6.99, $29.99 and $49.99
- Native visionOS
- Yes; also on iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch
- Requires
- visionOS 26.0 or later
- Developer
- Algoriddim GmbH
Fantastical Calendar
Joe Chrysler at Atomic Object calls it the best calendar app, and 9to5Mac's Zac Hall wrote that its full visionOS version made the headset a real productivity machine on day one. You can open several calendar windows at once, say today on the left and the whole week on the right. Plenty of its features sit behind Flexibits Premium, a paid subscription.
- Category
- Productivity
- Price
- Free
- In-app purchases
- Flexibits Premium, listed at $6.99 or $56.99
- Native visionOS
- Yes; also on iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
- Requires
- visionOS 2.0 or later
- Developer
- Flexibits Inc.
Super Fruit Ninja
The old phone game becomes a whole-body one: your hands are the blades and the fruit flies at you around the room. Tom's Guide, PCMag and MacStories all picked it, and Mark Spoonauer counts it among the headset's best games, though he found you have to slice more deliberately than he would like. It is an Apple Arcade title, so it needs that subscription.
- Category
- Action
- Price
- Free download; needs Apple Arcade
- In-app purchases
- None. Apple Arcade is $6.99 a month or $49.99 a year
- Native visionOS
- Yes, Vision Pro only
- Requires
- visionOS 1.1 or later
- Developer
- Halfbrick Studios
Blackbox for Vision
From the studio behind the award-winning iPhone puzzler, this version has you poke bubbles, move around the room and think sideways. Joe Chrysler at Atomic Object calls it phenomenal, and Road to VR's Ben Lang says answers look simple once you find them but take real head-scratching. It is sold as early access, at $9.99 plus a $14.99 Full Game in-app purchase, and older guides quote other prices.
- Category
- Puzzle
- Price
- $9.99
- In-app purchases
- Full Game, $14.99
- Native visionOS
- Yes, Vision Pro only
- Requires
- visionOS 2.4.0 or later
- Developer
- Shapes and Stories LLC
Retrocade
David Heaney of UploadVR calls it arguably the best visionOS game yet: life-size arcade cabinets in your room or in a recreated 1980s arcade, with Pac-Man, Galaga and Frogger among them. Launch reviews counted 10 games and the App Store now lists 16. You need Apple Arcade and a Bluetooth gamepad, there is no multiplayer, and Gizmodo's Kyle Barr missed pressing the cabinet buttons himself.
- Category
- Action
- Price
- Free download; needs Apple Arcade
- In-app purchases
- None. Apple Arcade is $6.99 a month or $49.99 a year
- Native visionOS
- Yes; also on iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV
- Requires
- visionOS 26.0 or later
- Developer
- Resolution Games AB
Disney+
The streaming service that went furthest for the headset. PCMag's Will Greenwald points to four detailed 3D theaters and dozens of Disney, Marvel and Star Wars films in 3D, and Mark Spoonauer of Tom's Guide said a 3D Avengers clip had more depth than anything he had seen. The app is free, but you need a Disney+ plan, from $12.49 a month.
- Category
- Entertainment
- Price
- Free
- In-app purchases
- Subscription: Disney+ Basic $12.49 a month; Premium $21.49
- Native visionOS
- Yes; also on iPhone, iPad, Apple TV
- Requires
- visionOS 2.0 or later
- Developer
- Disney
Sky Guide
Sky Guide wraps you in a clear night sky over a city, mountain or ocean scene, with a laser pointer for tracing constellations. Mark Spoonauer of Tom's Guide says it is like having your own planetarium, and Blake Pierce Howse at The Virtual Reviewer calls astronomy apps like it a sure hit with guests and kids. The app is free, with Plus and Pro upgrades sold in-app.
- Category
- Reference
- Price
- Free
- In-app purchases
- Plus $4.99 or $39.99; Pro $8.99 or $59.99; Pro Lifetime $249.99
- Native visionOS
- Yes; also on iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
- Requires
- visionOS 2.0 or later
- Developer
- Fifth Star Labs LLC
Explore POV
Filmmaker James Hustler built this app to show his 180-degree 3D walks through beaches, jungles and mountains, and the library now tops 200 places. PCMag's Will Greenwald found it simple and relaxing, and Kassondra Cloos at Adventure.com saw it as a way to de-stress. Apple named it Vision Pro App of the Year for 2025. Signing in opens dozens of places, and Premium, from $9.99 a month, opens the rest.
- Category
- Photo & Video
- Price
- Free
- In-app purchases
- Premium: $9.99 for 1 month, $24.99 for 3, $44.99 for 6
- Native visionOS
- Yes, Vision Pro only
- Requires
- visionOS 26.0 or later
- Developer
- James Hustler
Puzzling Places
These 3D jigsaws are built from scans of real places, so the finished puzzle is a detailed miniature you can lean into and walk around. Road to VR's Ben Lang found it way more satisfying than he expected, and Sagnik Das Gupta at Beebom gave it 9/10 after solving the free puzzles several times over. Only three puzzles are free, and the rest come in packs at $3.99 each.
- Category
- Puzzle
- Price
- Free
- In-app purchases
- Puzzle Packs #1, #2 and #3, $3.99 each
- Native visionOS
- Yes, Vision Pro only
- Requires
- visionOS 1.0 or later
- Developer
- Realities.io Inc
YouTube for visionOS
Google's official app arrived on February 12, 2026, two years after the headset, and it is free. It is at its best with 360-degree and VR180 video, gathered in a Spatial tab, and plays 8K on the M5 model. For ordinary videos, Wesley Hilliard of AppleInsider found it bare-minimum, with no giant theater mode, so he still watches 2D YouTube in Safari.
- Category
- Entertainment
- Price
- Free
- In-app purchases
- None
- Native visionOS
- Yes, Vision Pro only
- Requires
- visionOS 26.0 or later
- Developer
Pickle Pro
Pickleball on a court laid out in your room, against an AI opponent or a friend, and one of the first games built for the PS VR2 Sense controllers that visionOS 26 added. Jason Snell of Six Colors had a pretty good experience with it, and UploadVR's Ian Hamilton played a full match with a friend in the same room. You can play with hands alone, but the studio strongly recommends the controllers.
- Category
- Sports
- Price
- $7.99
- In-app purchases
- None
- Native visionOS
- Yes, Vision Pro only
- Requires
- visionOS 26.0 or later
- Developer
- Resolution Games AB
Things 3 for Vision
Federico Viticci of MacStories calls it a better version of the iPad app, and Joe Chrysler at Atomic Object simply calls it the best task list. You can spread several Things windows around the room and pair a keyboard for its shortcuts. It is a separate $29.99 app, not included with the iPhone, iPad or Mac versions, and the current release needs visionOS 27.
- Category
- Productivity
- Price
- $29.99
- In-app purchases
- None
- Native visionOS
- Yes, Vision Pro only (separate app)
- Requires
- visionOS 27.0 or later
- Developer
- Cultured Code GmbH & Co. KG
Portal: Remote Play
Portal streams a PS5 or Xbox, or PlayStation, Xbox and GeForce NOW cloud games, to a giant curved screen, and can turn 2D games into 3D with machine learning. AppleInsider's Wesley Hilliard plays his PS5 Pro this way and says the premium tier is worth paying for. Free streaming tops out at 1080p and 60fps, and over Wi-Fi expect some input lag.
- Category
- Entertainment
- Price
- Free
- In-app purchases
- Hardcore Gamer $5.99 a month, $59.99 a year or $199.99 lifetime
- Native visionOS
- Yes; also on iPhone, iPad, Apple TV
- Requires
- visionOS 26.0 or later
- Developer
- OverSoul Ltd
How to choose
To show someone what the headset can do, start with Encounter Dinosaurs and Explore POV. For games, get Synth Riders, or Retrocade if you own a Bluetooth gamepad. For work, Fantastical and Things 3 for Vision are the usual picks. For watching, Disney+ has 3D films in themed theaters, YouTube finally has its own app, and Portal streams a PS5 or Xbox to a giant screen.
Several games here are Apple Arcade titles: free to download, but they need the $6.99-a-month Arcade subscription. Things 3 for Vision is a separate $29.99 app and now needs visionOS 27. Juno, the YouTube app many older guides recommend, was pulled from the App Store in 2024, and Google's own app arrived in February 2026. Netflix still has no Vision Pro app, so it plays in Safari.
visionOS 26 added widgets you pin to walls and support for Sony's PS VR2 Sense controllers, though few games use the controllers yet. visionOS 27, out since September 14, 2026, adds Siri AI and lets you turn panoramas into Environments.
The list is ordered by how many independent reviewers recommend each app, then by price.
Prices checked October 14, 2026.
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