Space Chunks vs Ryan and Friends
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Space Chunks
Explore stunning images and videos from NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD). Discover daily celestial wonders and access a curated monthly collection with concise explanations.
- Daily NASA APOD image/video
- Monthly curated image/video set
- Short explanations from NASA
- Refreshable content
- Notifications for new content
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"Space Chunks" shows images/videos and a short explanation as described by NASA's APOD. It has a set of 12-15 images or videos with description for the current month and year. The app also shows the image/ video of the day. Please hit the refresh button to check the current image/ video. At the end of every month or 2, the existing images / videos is replaced by a new set of videos and images, that are retrieved from NASA's APOD. A notification is shown when new images are available if the user allows notifications to be displayed for this app.
Ryan and Friends
Discover a world of safe and educational videos for children featuring popular characters and creators. Enjoy fun cartoons, science experiments, DIY crafts, and pretend play designed for the whole family.
- Free kids videos
- Safe content
- Educational shows
- Cartoons
- Science experiments
- DIY crafts
- Exclusive content
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Ryan and Friends brings you free, safe kids videos from Ryan, star of Ryan's World and the hit Nickelodeon show Ryan’s Mystery Playdate – and all of his friends! Watch Ryan and Friends for fun, educational shows, cartoons, and exclusive content! Featuring science experiments, DIY crafts, pretend play, challenges, and tons of other kid-favorite activities that are fun for the whole family. Ryan and his Ryan's World pals – including Combo Panda, Gus the Gummy Gator, and others – team up with Ryan's favorite kid video stars like popular vlogger Jason Vlogs, rising star Marlin ""MarMar"" Chan of MarMarLand, Scratch Garden, and more, for a non-stop learning adventure! The fun never ends with Ryan and Friends! By pocket.watch, home to kid-favorite video stars and family-friendly shows.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Ryan and Friends at Free against Space Chunks's $1.99. Ryan and Friends also leads on ratings volume (14K vs 2). Space Chunks's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and rating (5.0 vs 4.6). On update cadence, in-app purchases, device support 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
Ryan and Friends is free to download; Space Chunks costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Space Chunks holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Ryan and Friends has 14K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Space Chunks ships an update every 3 months, Ryan and Friends every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Space Chunks | Ryan and Friends |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | 4.6 (14K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 89.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 14K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 42 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Gomathy Shankaran | FutureToday Inc |
Customer experience
Space Chunks
Ryan and Friends
Bugs and requests
Space Chunks
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Ryan and Friends
Reported bugs
2 issues- Marmar germs video not loading
- Compatibility issues on older devices
Requested features
3 requests- Add mini-games
- Improve video loading
- More content updates
In-app purchases
Space Chunks
No in-app purchases
Ryan and Friends
No in-app purchases
Questions
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