Comparison

Mars Info Lite vs Mars Book

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

Head to head
About

Mars Info Lite

Explore the surface of the Red Planet with an interactive 3D globe. Discover significant locations like volcanoes, craters, and mountains, and view detailed information about each. This version offers a curated selection of points of interest.

Highlights
  • Interactive 3D Mars globe
  • Rotate, tilt, and zoom controls
  • Pinpoint key locations
  • View location details (name, type, size, coordinates)
  • List of selectable locations
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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. Lite version is limited to display 7 locations for each category, i.e. you will see 42 places vs 80 (currently) in a full version.

About

Mars Book

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The Mars Book is an app that is dedicated for observing Mars which will make close approach in summer 2020. Mars will come close to Earth from September 2020 through October 2020. Closest approach will take place on October 6, 2020. Mars Book is a highly useful Mars observing app which will indicate the location of Mars visible in the sky. It shows you why Mars Close Approach will take place, and it is explained readily using animated illustrations and star charts at a viewpoint from outer Space. Mars Close Approaches taking place 23 times from the year 2003 through 2050 will be displayed and apparent retrograde motion of Mars will be displayed. Enjoy Mars Close Approach this summer with the Mars Book app!

Screenshots

Mars Info Lite4 screens
Mars Book3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Mars Info Lite at every 3 months against Mars Book's every 13 months. Mars Book's advantage is iOS requirement (9.0 vs 17.0). On price, 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

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Mars Info Lite ships an update every 3 months, Mars Book every 13 months. The most recent releases landed on September 20, 2026 and September 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Mars Info Lite versus Mars Book: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMars Info LiteMars Book
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (200 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews96.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings200 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 months — betterEvery 13 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS17.09.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size210 MB14 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperViktor GoltvyanytsyaVixen Co.,Ltd.

Bugs and requests

Mars Info Lite

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Pinpoints shifted 90 degrees in longitude
  • Crashes immediately on iPhone 4s

Requested features

4 requests
  • Implement geomorphology data
  • Add ability to zoom out and see Mars alignment with other planets
  • Add VR support
  • Add apps for other planets

Mars Book

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Mars Info Lite

No in-app purchases

None

Mars Book

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Mars Info Lite free?
Mars Info Lite is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Mars Book free?
Mars Book is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Mars Info Lite or Mars Book have ads?
Neither Mars Info Lite nor Mars Book shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Mars Info Lite or Mars Book?
Mars Info Lite ships an update every 3 months, and Mars Book every 13 months. Most recently, Mars Info Lite was updated on September 20, 2026 and Mars Book on September 10, 2026.

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