Mars Info Lite vs Live Postcard
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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.
Live Postcard
Experience augmented reality by pointing your device's camera at a special postcard. Watch the postcard come to life with interactive elements, offering a fun and engaging visual experience.
- Augmented Reality experience
- Interactive postcard animation
- Camera-based activation
- Educational visual content
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This app is a Augmented Reality App. After purchasing "Live Postcard" production, point the camera that opens in this application to the postcard. Let the postcard come alive, have fun too! For Live Postcard's and other products: https://atfstore.com/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Live Postcard at 5.0 against Mars Info Lite's 4.4. Live Postcard also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 3 months) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 17.0). Mars Info Lite's advantage is ratings volume (200 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Live Postcard 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.
Mars Info Lite ships an update every 3 months, Live Postcard every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Mars Info Lite | Live Postcard |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (200 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 96.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 200 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 210 MB | 362 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Viktor Goltvyanytsya | ALININ TASARIM FABRIKASI STUDYOSU FILM PRODUKSIYON YAZILIM SANAYI VE TICARET LTD STI |
Customer experience
Mars Info Lite
Live Postcard
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
Live Postcard
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Mars Info Lite
No in-app purchases
Live Postcard
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Mars Info Lite free?
Is Live Postcard free?
Which has better reviews, Mars Info Lite or Live Postcard?
Do Mars Info Lite or Live Postcard have ads?
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