Comparison

Mars Info Lite vs Voyager

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

Voyager

Explore ancient environments by visiting real-world locations and completing interactive challenges. Uncover historical landscapes, ancient life, and geological conditions through engaging tasks and virtual threats. This app offers an immersive educational experience, allowing you to learn about Earth's past in a unique, gamified way.

Highlights
  • Location-based challenges
  • Interactive historical reconstructions
  • Time-based virtual threats
  • Resource management (water, oxygen, fuel)
  • Offline Voyage capability
  • Downloadable Voyages
  • Multimedia educational content
Features
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Download Voyages and play them in the actual environment, by following the provided route to places where you will encounter challenges, relating to what that place was like and what lived there many millions of years ago. The challenges involve answering task questions for which you obtain a score. The answers to the tasks are to be found both in what you find at the task sites and in the information provided by the app. This information is provided as reconstructions of what scientists think a place was like long ago, plus the life forms that may have existed there, the weather conditions and the ancient geography of the planet at the ti. In addition to answering the tasks, you receive unpredictable virtual threats, that you have to answer against the clock or suffer a significant penalty. For your Voyage you have supplies of water, oxygen and fuel. Your virtual water and oxygen supplies will be steadily drained based on the rock you are traveling over and the climate and composition of the atmosphere at the time that rock was formed. Your fuel level is based on the battery level of your device. Your final Voyage score is based on many factors, including the level of your supplies when you complete the Voyage with and whether you have attempted to cheat in any way. The app and its Voyages could be used in this educational game playing style, or be used to explore the geology of a Voyage area. Normally tasks can only be answered by actually being within the task zone (geofence), but it is possible to work out a code to unlock a Voyage so it may be undertaken anywhere - except you will never obtain a score as high as that for actually going to the places. Each Voyage is supported by a map, with task sites and basic safety and amenity information, along with photos, diagrams, audio video and animation. The app comes with one built-in 'demo' Voyage which is unlocked by default. Other Voyages, as they become available, can be downloaded over the cellular network or WiFi. You can always delete these Voyages when you are done with them. When using the app out on a Voyage you do not require cellular (phone) or WiFi connectivity. The app does require GPS to determine your location when doing a Voyage for real, but for no other purpose.

Screenshots

Mars Info Lite4 screens
Voyager4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Voyager at 5.0 against Mars Info Lite's 4.4. Voyager also leads on iOS requirement (11.0 vs 17.0). Mars Info Lite's advantage is ratings volume (200 vs 1). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Voyager holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Mars Info Lite has 200 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Mars Info Lite ships an update every 3 months, Voyager every 2 months. Both last shipped on November 2, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Mars Info Lite versus Voyager: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMars Info LiteVoyager
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (200 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews96.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings200 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS17.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size210 MB112 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperViktor GoltvyanytsyaMichael Brooks

Customer experience

Mars Info Lite

All ratings200 ratings
Positive84.5%
Neutral5.5%
Negative10.0%
Written reviews50 reviews
Positive96.0%
Neutral2.0%
Negative2.0%

Voyager

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

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

Voyager

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Mars Info Lite

No in-app purchases

None

Voyager

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Mars Info Lite free?
Mars Info Lite is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Voyager free?
Voyager is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Mars Info Lite or Voyager?
Voyager is rated higher. Mars Info Lite averages 4.4 out of 5 from 200 ratings, while Voyager averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Mars Info Lite or Voyager have ads?
Neither Mars Info Lite nor Voyager shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Mars Info Lite or Voyager?
Mars Info Lite ships an update every 3 months, and Voyager every 2 months. Most recently, Mars Info Lite was updated on November 2, 2026 and Voyager on November 2, 2026.

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