I Am Rover vs Mars LTE
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
I Am Rover
Explore Mars images captured by NASA's Curiosity Rover. Search by camera or date to discover new sights, learn facts about the mission, and save or share photos.
- Explore Mars images
- Search by camera and date
- Learn mission facts
- Save photos
- Share photos
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Discover Mars through the eyes of NASA's Curiosity Rover. Search by camera, date and sol date to explore the images captured by 6 types of cameras throughout the Curiosity Mission. -Learn facts about Mars time and the Curiosity Mission -Explore endlessly through the archived images and discover new sights as photos are added daily -Save interesting photos to your device's Photo Library -Share photos with friends via email from the app
Mars LTE
Explore Mars with detailed information about the Perseverance rover's mission. Learn about its search for ancient life, sample collection, and technology testing for future human exploration. Discover the Ingenuity helicopter's groundbreaking flight capabilities.
- Perseverance rover mission details
- Search for ancient microbial life
- Core sample collection and storage
- Technology testing for human exploration
- Ingenuity helicopter flight information
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See Mars the way Perseverance sees it. Mars LTE brings you the raw images sent back by the Perseverance rover from Jezero Crater: rocks, sand ripples, distant hills, the rover's own robotic arm and its shadow on the Martian ground. New photos appear as soon as they are published, and every sol since the February 2021 landing is just a few taps away. BROWSE BY SOL • Opens on the latest sol (Martian day) with photos • Step one sol back or forward, or jump straight to Latest • Pick any Earth date from the calendar and see what the rover captured that sol FILTER BY CAMERA • Navcam, Hazcam, Mastcam-Z, SuperCam, SHERLOC, SkyCam and more • See at a glance how many photos each camera took • Every thumbnail is labelled with the camera that took it FULL-SCREEN VIEWER • Swipe left and right through every photo of the sol • Pinch or double-tap to zoom into the smallest details • See the sol, camera and time each photo was taken • Save your favourites to Photos or share them with friends DESIGNED FOR IPHONE AND IPAD • Dark Mode with a deep-space theme • Pull to refresh • Fast, smooth scrolling with image caching Mars LTE has no ads and doesn't collect any personal data. Images courtesy of NASA/JPL-Caltech. Mars LTE is an independent app and is not affiliated with or endorsed by NASA or JPL.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Mars LTE at 5.0 against I Am Rover's 4.4. I Am Rover's advantage is update cadence (every 10 months vs every 27 months) and ratings volume (13 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.
Mars LTE holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: I Am Rover has 13 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
I Am Rover ships an update every 10 months, Mars LTE every 27 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | I Am Rover | Mars LTE |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (13 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 88.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 13 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 10 months — better | Every 27 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 9.3 — better | 15.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 20 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jennifer Sipila | Taylan Atasoy |
Customer experience
I Am Rover
Mars LTE
In-app purchases
I Am Rover
No in-app purchases
Mars LTE
No in-app purchases







