Mars Info Lite vs Mars Today
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.
Mars Today
Access the latest images of Mars from NASA's Curiosity rover. Browse current photos or explore past images from Curiosity, Spirit, and Opportunity by SOL. Bookmark and share your favorite discoveries.
- Latest Mars images from Curiosity
- View past images from Spirit and Opportunity
- Browse by Mars SOL
- Bookmark favorite images
- Easy sharing functionality
- No login required
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Mars Today brings you the latest images of Mars from NASA’s Curiosity rover. You can view the current photos or jump to any Mars SOL to view past photos from Curiosity, Spirit, and Opportunity. Bookmark your favorite images and easily share with your friends. No login required. Explore the red planet today!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Mars Today at 5.0 against Mars Info Lite's 4.4. Mars Today also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 3 months) and iOS requirement (15.2 vs 17.0). Mars Info Lite's advantage is ratings volume (200 vs 4). On price, review sentiment, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Mars Today 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 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 96% of Mars Info Lite's written reviews are positive against 100% of Mars Today's.
Mars Info Lite ships an update every 3 months, Mars Today monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 20, 2026 and June 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Mars Info Lite | Mars Today |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (200 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 96.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 200 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Monthly — 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 | 15.2 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 210 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Viktor Goltvyanytsya | James Buckhouse |
Customer experience
Mars Info Lite
Mars Today
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 Today
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Mars Info Lite
No in-app purchases
Mars Today
No in-app purchases
Questions
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