Mars Info Lite vs NEOScope
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.
NEOScope
Explore and track celestial objects with real-time data. Examine their size, speed, and proximity to Earth. Discover fascinating details about near-Earth objects.
- Track Near Earth Objects
- Examine size, speed, and close calls
- Utilizes NASA's NeoWs API
- Detailed object information
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Track Near Earth Objects with NASA's NeoWs API. Examine NEO size, speed, close calls & more!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Mars Info Lite at Free against NEOScope's $0.99. Mars Info Lite also leads on ratings volume (200 vs 1) and update cadence (every 3 months vs every 7 months). NEOScope's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.4). On review sentiment, ads, in-app purchases and iOS requirement 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
Mars Info Lite is free to download; NEOScope costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
NEOScope 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. Written reviews point the same way: 96% of Mars Info Lite's written reviews are positive against 100% of NEOScope's.
Mars Info Lite ships an update every 3 months, NEOScope every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Mars Info Lite | NEOScope |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $0.99 |
| Rating | 4.4 (200 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 96.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 200 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 7 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 210 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Viktor Goltvyanytsya | Christopher Bookmyer |
Customer experience
Mars Info Lite
NEOScope
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
NEOScope
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Mars Info Lite
No in-app purchases
NEOScope
No in-app purchases
