Future Earth vs Connected Earth
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Future Earth
Explore potential future geological changes on Earth over the next 250 million years. This app visually depicts the evolution of continents and oceans based on scientific understanding of plate tectonics and geologic history.
- Future geological simulations
- Continental evolution visualization
- Oceanic change depiction
- Plate tectonics based predictions
- 250 million year timeline
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Would you like to continue your travels forward in time? Well, jump on the Ancient Earth time machine app and travel forward in time to see how the world might change in the next 250 million years. This version of Ancient Earth vividly illustrates how continents and oceans might evolve. How long will the Atlantic Ocean continue to open? Is the world likely to see a new supercontinent? If so, what will it look like? Based on accumulated knowledge of plate motion and geologic history, Future Earth presents one possible future of the world’s continents.
Connected Earth
Explore global transportation and communication networks. Visualize roads, railways, shipping lanes, and flight routes, along with submarine internet cables, to understand Earth's interconnectedness. Gain a unified perspective of our planet and the systems that link us.
- Global transportation visualization
- Communication network mapping
- Interactive Earth view
- Submarine cable layer
- Unified planet perspective
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Discover how we travel and communicate across the globe. Planet Earth is interconnected in countless ways. Explore this connectedness from a global perspective. Visualize overlaying roads, railways, navigable rivers, shipping lanes, and flight routes to uncover how we move across the planet. Dive into the intricate relationships between transport and communication networks. Activate the internet connection layer to reveal submarine cables and see how the world's populated areas interact. Gain insight into the incredible systems that link us together and raise awareness of the amazing planet we call home. Learn to see the world as one unified planet, where we are all interconnected and together.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Connected Earth at Free against Future Earth's $1.99. Connected Earth also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 14.0). Future Earth's advantage is rating (4.6 vs 4.0) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 91 months). On ads, in-app purchases and device support 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
Connected Earth is free to download; Future Earth costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Future Earth holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Future Earth has 49 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 60% of Future Earth's written reviews are positive against 33% of Connected Earth's.
Future Earth ships an update every 2 months, Connected Earth every 91 months. The most recent releases landed on September 10, 2026 and August 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Future Earth | Connected Earth |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.6 (49 ratings) — better | 4.0 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 60.0% of reviews — better | 33.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 49 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 91 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 31 MB | 63 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Thomas L. Moore | Celestial Dynamics AG |
Customer experience
Future Earth
Connected Earth
In-app purchases
Future Earth
No in-app purchases
Connected Earth
No in-app purchases
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