Comparison

All About Apple vs Magic Globe · Explore Earth

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

Head to head
About

All About Apple

Explore the history of Apple products from 1976 to today. This app brings the museum's collection to your pocket, featuring reconditioned, fully functional devices. Stay updated on museum news and events.

Highlights
  • Interactive journey through Apple history
  • Discover reconditioned, functional Apple products
  • Museum collection in your pocket
  • Stay updated on news and events
  • Guide to Apple products from 1976 to present
Features
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All About Apple Museum is an exciting and interactive journey through the history of Apple from its beginnings in 1976 to the present day. Visit the museum with the app and discover the history and curiosities of the Apple products on display that have been recovered and reconditioned fully functional and, more unique than rare, to be used by visitors. You will always have the museum's collection in your pocket and can keep up to date with news and events organised by All About Apple volunteers.

About

Magic Globe · Explore Earth

Explore a 3D Earth with interactive features like spoken country introductions, fun facts, and landmark photos. This app offers hands-free gesture and voice control for an engaging, offline educational experience for children.

Highlights
  • Spinnable 3D globe with country facts
  • Hands-free gesture and voice control
  • Explore world landmarks
  • Discover sea creatures
  • Offline functionality
  • Bilingual (English/Chinese)
Features
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Magic Globe turns your iPhone or iPad into a beautiful, hands-on 3D Earth that curious kids can explore for hours — no ads, no in-app purchases, and completely offline. Spin the globe with a finger, or with hand gestures in the air, tap any country to hear a friendly introduction, and discover the amazing world we live in. WHAT'S INSIDE • A gorgeous spinnable 3D globe — 177 countries, each with a warm spoken introduction and fun facts • Hands-free gesture control — wave to spin, pinch to zoom, point to pick a country (front camera, all on-device) • Voice control — just say "take me to France" or "zoom in" • Realistic Earth mode — see the real deserts, forests, snow and oceans from space • 114 world landmarks — the Great Wall, the Taj Mahal, the Eiffel Tower and more, each with a real photo • Ocean World — dive under the sea and meet 60 sea creatures, matched to the real ocean you tapped • Zoom in to see provinces and states with crisp borders • A little surprise when your child finds their own country • Fully bilingual — English and Chinese, with real voice narration in both MADE FOR KIDS, LOVED BY PARENTS • No ads, ever • No in-app purchases • No accounts, no sign-up • Collects no data and works completely offline • The camera is used only for hand gestures, on your device — nothing is recorded or shared Magic Globe is a calm, screen-time-worthy way for children to fall in love with geography, animals, and the wonders of our planet.

Screenshots

All About Apple3 screens
Magic Globe · Explore Earth4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: All About Apple at Free against Magic Globe · Explore Earth's $0.99. Magic Globe · Explore Earth's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months). On rating, ratings volume, in-app purchases 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

All About Apple is free to download; Magic Globe · Explore Earth costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for All About Apple against 5.0 for Magic Globe · Explore Earth. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

All About Apple ships an update every 2 months, Magic Globe · Explore Earth fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
All About Apple versus Magic Globe · Explore Earth: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAll About AppleMagic Globe · Explore Earth
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supported — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size48 MB56 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAlessio Ferraro师兵 杜

Customer experience

All About Apple

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Magic Globe · Explore Earth

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

All About Apple

No in-app purchases

None

Magic Globe · Explore Earth

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is All About Apple free?
All About Apple is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Magic Globe · Explore Earth free?
Magic Globe · Explore Earth costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, All About Apple or Magic Globe · Explore Earth?
All About Apple and Magic Globe · Explore Earth are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do All About Apple or Magic Globe · Explore Earth have ads?
All About Apple shows ads; Magic Globe · Explore Earth does not.
Which is updated more often, All About Apple or Magic Globe · Explore Earth?
All About Apple ships an update every 2 months, and Magic Globe · Explore Earth fortnightly. Most recently, All About Apple was updated on October 9, 2026 and Magic Globe · Explore Earth on October 7, 2026.

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