Comparison

Mars Info vs Locating Places

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

Head to head
About

Mars Info

Explore the Red Planet with an interactive 3D globe. Discover and learn about key Martian locations like volcanoes, craters, and mountains. View detailed information including size and coordinates for each point of interest.

Highlights
  • Interactive 3D globe with gesture controls
  • Pinpoint 80+ interesting Martian locations
  • Detailed information on locations
  • Zoom, rotate, and tilt controls
  • List of selectable locations
Features
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Explore Mars using simple gestures to rotate a globe, tilt, zoom and select locations. Credits - Viking Orbiter MDIM 2.1 map of Mars - NASA NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio: GMM-3 MOLA (Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter) Topography map GMM-3 Free-Air Mars Gravity map GMM-3 Bouguer Mars Gravity map GMM-3 Crustal Mars Thickness map Features: - Ability to pinpoint about 80 the most interesting areas on the map of Mars, including volcanos, craters, plains, mountains, spacecrafts. - Displaying some information about the location, such as its name, type, short description, size and coordinates. - Ability to select locations on the 3D globe and on the plain list. - Zoom, rotation, tilt of the globe.

About

Locating Places

Features
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The DOST Courseware is a locally-produced, all-original Filipino highly interactive multimedia educational application packages that are conceptualized, digitized and produced as spearheaded by the Science Education Institute (SEI-DOST) in partnership with the Advanced Science and Technology Institute (ASTI-DOST) and in cooperation with the Department of Education (DepEd), Philippine Normal University (PNU) and University of the Philippines-National Institute for Science and Mathematics Education (UP-NISMED), which aims to develop information and communication technology learning innovation to support the upgrading and improvement of science and mathematics education in the country. The DOST Courseware are provided for free to schools and are also made available online as supplemental resources for teachers and student as a fun and interactive approach to e-learning and blended learning. The Grade 7 DOST Courseware is composed of 120 lessons overall, 73 lessons in Science where it covered the domains on: Matter; Force, Motion and Energy, Living Things and Their Environment and Earth and Space while the 60 lessons in Mathematic covered the domains on: Numbers and Number Sense, Patterns and Algebra, and Geometry. The Grade 8 DOST Courseware is composed of 118 lessons overall, 61 lessons in Science where it covered the domains on: Parts and Functions, Ecosystems, Heredity: Inheritance and Variation of Traits, Structures and Functions, Biodiversity, and Evolution, while the 57 lessons in Mathematics covered the domains on: Linear Equations, Quadratic Equations, Rational Algebraic Equations, Integral Exponents, Radicals, Arithmetic Sequence and Geometric Sequence. The themes of the courseware for Grades 7 and 8, Magicademy, Freddy’s Lab and D’nayao will surely amuse the users as they explore these distinct worlds while learning at the same time.

Screenshots

Mars Info4 screens
Locating Places3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Locating Places at Free against Mars Info's $6.99. Locating Places also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.0). On ads, 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

Locating Places is free to download; Mars Info costs $6.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Mars Info versus Locating Places: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMars InfoLocating Places
Price$6.99Free — better
Rating4.3 (159 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews41.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings159 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS17.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size212 MB35 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperViktor GoltvyanytsyaScience Education Institute

In-app purchases

None

Mars Info

No in-app purchases

None

Locating Places

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Mars Info free?
Mars Info costs $6.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Locating Places free?
Locating Places is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Mars Info or Locating Places have ads?
Neither Mars Info nor Locating Places shows ads.

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