Apple Vision Pro

The Apple Vision Pro scores 60/100 — and that number tells you everything about the gap between what's technically impressive and what's actually worth buying.

23 million pixels across dual micro-OLED displays. Eye tracking and hand tracking that feel like magic. The best spatial audio in any headset. Virtual Mac monitors floating in your living room. This is, without question, the most advanced mixed reality hardware ever made. Build quality scores 95/100, performance 90/100.

But value? 25/100. That's the lowest value score in our entire database. At $3,499, it costs 7x more than a Quest 3S and 11x more than a Quest 3S on sale. The external battery pack lasts about 2 hours. It's heavy for extended sessions. The gaming library is tiny compared to Quest. And the "Wait for discount" momentum label with a red signal says it all: this is not a good time to buy.

The price has never dropped from $3,499. Apple doesn't discount. The daily utility score of 40/100 means most people will use it for the wow factor and then put it on a shelf.

Bottom line: Skip unless you're a developer or a professional with a very specific productivity use case — for everyone else, the Quest 3 delivers 80% of the experience at 14% of the price.