Comparison

Mars Info Lite vs OrbitWatch

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

OrbitWatch

Features
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Everything in orbit, live, in your hand. OrbitWatch tracks more than 18,000 real satellites and pieces of space debris using open orbital data, computed on your device with the same SGP4 math used by professionals — then turns it into an experience the whole family will fight over. ONE CONTINUOUS UNIVERSE Pinch from street level to the stars. Start at your own neighborhood in real satellite imagery, zoom out through the swarm of satellites circling Earth, keep going to a solar system where every planet sits at its true position today, then out to the Milky Way and our Local Group of galaxies — every stop labeled and explained for curious kids (and adults). WHAT'S ABOVE YOUR HOUSE — RIGHT NOW • My Sky lists every satellite above your horizon this second, with direction and distance. • 48-hour pass predictions for the ISS, Tiangong and your watchlist — with a VISIBLE badge when a pass will be sunlit against your dark sky, so you can actually step outside and see it. • Tap the bell and get a notification 10 minutes before a pass rises. POINT AT THE SKY (AR) Open Sky View and hold your phone up: satellites, their motion trails, the Sun, the Moon with its real phase, the planets and the brightest named stars appear exactly where they are in your sky, over your live camera. A compass ribbon keeps you oriented, and the FIND THE ISS arrow guides your hand until the station enters your view. STORIES THAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED Fly to the real debris of the 2009 satellite collision and watch it reenacted. See the missile tests that made the biggest debris clouds in history. Visit Hubble, the GPS constellation with its relativity-corrected atomic clocks, Starlink, Tiangong — plus a live feed of what launched in the last 30 days, in 2025, and in 2026, and what's about to fall back to Earth. VISIT THE PLANETS Tap any planet to fly to it: 8K NASA-imagery surfaces stream in as you zoom — skim Olympus Mons on Mars, or see Venus's hidden surface through radar. Kid-friendly fact cards on every world. BUILT TO RESPECT YOU No accounts. No ads. No tracking. Your location never leaves your phone — every calculation happens on-device. Orbital data courtesy of CelesTrak; textures from NASA and Solar System Scope. Whether you're a space nerd, a parent with a curious kid, or someone who just saw a strange line of lights in the night sky — OrbitWatch tells you exactly what's up there.

Screenshots

Mars Info Lite4 screens
OrbitWatch4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: Mars Info Lite at 4 against OrbitWatch's 2. On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Mars Info Lite versus OrbitWatch: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMars Info LiteOrbitWatch
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (200 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews96.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings200 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size210 MB13 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperViktor GoltvyanytsyaPEPSIN SELVARAJ

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

OrbitWatch

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Mars Info Lite

No in-app purchases

None

OrbitWatch

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Mars Info Lite free?
Mars Info Lite is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is OrbitWatch free?
OrbitWatch is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Mars Info Lite or OrbitWatch have ads?
Neither Mars Info Lite nor OrbitWatch shows ads.

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