# Midnight Planets

> Explore Mars imagery from rovers Curiosity, Spirit, and Opportunity in 3D. (iPhone/iPad app by Midnight Martian.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/midnight-planets/id556474529 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Midnight Martian](https://appshunter.io/developer/284473660)
- Category: Reference, Education
- Price: Free
- Rating: 4.50/5 from 135 App Store ratings · 87 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 7.0 · 15 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2013-05-01
- Data updated: 2026-08-21
- Monetization: free
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/midnight-planets/id556474529/reviews.md

## What is Midnight Planets?

Midnight Planets lets you explore Mars as seen by the Mars Rovers Curiosity, Spirit and Opportunity. It lets you view almost every image returned by the rovers in panoramic context, and provides a number of options for viewing in 3D. The app is an ongoing project in visualizing other worlds, using image data from spacecraft exploring our solar system.

## Key features

- Explore Mars imagery
- View panoramic context
- 3D viewing options
- Curiosity, Spirit, Opportunity rover data
- Spacecraft image visualization

## What do users think of Midnight Planets?

Overall sentiment: mixed

**Pros**

- 🚀 Immersive exploration of Mars
- 👍 Easy to navigate and use
- 💡 Access to high-resolution images
- ✨ Realistic and detailed views
- 🔭 Great for space enthusiasts
- 🗺️ Follows rover paths effectively
- 3️⃣ Offers 360-degree views
- 🤩 Makes you feel like you're on Mars
- 🧠 Informative and educational
- 👍 Smooth running app
- 🌟 Stunning and captivating
- 💯 Killer app for Mars curiosity

**Cons**

- 🐛 App not updating with new rovers (Perseverance)
- 🐛 App stopped updating images (Curiosity)
- 🐛 Loading is very slow
- 🐛 Definition is horrible
- 🐛 Not working after update
- 🐛 Only shows one image
- 🐛 Images take ages to load and disappear
- 🐛 Doesn't recognize data feed
- 🐛 App will not download images 90% of the time
- 🐛 Lacks Google Cardboard support for immersion
- 🐛 Difficulty viewing images from Curiosity at times
- 🐛 App doesn't work on older phones (iPhone 6+)
- 🐛 Shows only a single picture for each site
- 🐛 Stops working after a few days
- 🐛 Black and white images

**Commonly reported bugs**

- Perseverance rover not included
- Curiosity rover images stopped updating
- Slow loading times
- Horrible definition/resolution
- App not working after updates
- Only displays a single image per site
- Images load slowly and then disappear
- Data feed not recognized
- Frequent image download failures
- Connectivity issues with Curiosity images
- App not functioning on older devices
- App stops working after a few days
- Images are black and white

**Most requested features**

- Add Perseverance rover information
- Update with new rover information
- Restore latest Curiosity images
- Add Google Cardboard support
- Add a satellite (MRO) overhead view with tracking
- Allow saving pictures to camera roll
- Improve menu navigation
- Add a spot to view panoramas assembled by NASA

## Recent user reviews (10 of 87)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/midnight-planets/id556474529/reviews.md

### 5/5 — Amazing App!

*2025-12-01, version 1.4*

This app makes it incredibly easy to view everywhere not 1 but 3 mars rovers went and a 360 view of what their cameras see wherever they go.

### 4/5 — App Needs Updating

*2025-03-05*

Had not used the app in a while and was disappointed that Perseverance has been on Mars since 2021 and the app has not been updated with this rover.  Great app with what it has but could have the new rover information.

### 5/5 — Virtual recall

*2025-01-17*

Like being there or as close as you can come until Google street view gets there

### 5/5 — Обновите

*2024-08-24*

Я хочу что бы вы обновили, вы уже 9 лет не обновляете

### 3/5 — Where has the developer gone?

*2023-09-09*

This is, er, was, the COOLEST app for viewing mars curiosity rover pictures!  But it stopped updating about 1000 sols ago.  PLEASE restore this to show the latest curiosity images! And add perseverance to it!

### 5/5 — Sehr zu Empfehlen

*2022-12-20*

Das ist eine sehr gut gemachte App. Mit ein bisschen probieren kommt man auch relativ schnell damit zurecht.

### 1/5 — Fix it!

*2022-05-04, version 1.4*

It’s loading so slow!

### 5/5 — Midnight planets beauty

*2021-12-26*

Midnight planets is extremely beautiful and informative. Can do some close up visual geological surveys of the loads of hi-res images stitched together mosaic style from location to location.

### 5/5 — Very cool.

*2021-11-14*

How more cool could it be than to view another planet close up?

### 5/5 — Amazing

*2021-10-17, version 1.4*

Amazing

## Frequently asked questions about Midnight Planets

### What does Midnight Planets do?

Midnight Planets allows you to explore Mars by viewing images captured by the Mars Rovers Curiosity, Spirit, and Opportunity. It presents these images in panoramic context and offers options for viewing them in 3D.

### What are the key features of Midnight Planets?

Key features include exploring Mars imagery from specific rovers, viewing images in panoramic context, and utilizing 3D viewing options. The app also visualizes other worlds using real spacecraft data.

### Is Midnight Planets free to use?

Yes, based on the provided information, Midnight Planets is a free application. There are no mentions of in-app purchases or advertisements.

### What kind of images can I see in Midnight Planets?

You can view almost every image returned by the Mars Rovers Curiosity, Spirit, and Opportunity. These images are presented in panoramic context, allowing for a more immersive exploration experience.

### Who is this app intended for?

This app is designed for anyone interested in space exploration, particularly Mars, and planetary science. It's for users who want to see and interact with real data from spacecraft missions.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.4 — 2014-10-03

This app has been updated by Apple to display the Apple Watch app icon.

• Updated to support full resolution on iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus
• Updated for iOS 8
• Minor enhancements

### 1.3.1 — 2014-06-07

- Improved view options menu
- Updated app icon

### 1.3 — 2014-03-27

This update is required to support a new filename format for Curiosity Mastcam, MAHLI and MARDI images. Previous versions of the app cannot display images with the new filename format in the panoramic view, so you will need this update in order to see them. Also, the data set for previous versions of the app will stop being updated at some point.

Other changes in this version:

- Some additional support for written content.

- iAd now only appears when viewing the home page in the web view.

- Adjusted brightness of calibrated MER Pancam images to better match background Navcam images.

- Bug fixes and minor improvements.

### 1.2.7 — 2014-01-03

Experimenting with ad placement to get it off the main view.

### 1.2.6 — 2013-12-05

Another fix for asynchronous loading.

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