Comparison

Mars Walk vs Solar System Scope VR

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

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About

Mars Walk

Embark on an interactive virtual reality tour of the red planet using your smartphone. Explore famous landing sites, witness Martian phenomena like dust storms, and observe scientific missions in action. This educational adventure brings the wonders of Mars directly to you.

Highlights
  • Explore Mars landing sites (InSight, Viking, Curiosity)
  • Experience Martian dust storms
  • Observe InSight's data gathering
  • Visit Viking landers
  • Follow Curiosity's sample collection
Features
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The first people who will visit Mars are sitting in a school today. To help inspire these students, Lockheed Martin created Mars Walk. A virtual reality adventure you can experience using your own smartphone. Mars Walk provides a fun, interactive, and educational tour of the red planet, no special gear required! Explore Mars – on your phone. Download today. If you have a cardboard VR device, download the Virtual Reality version - Mars Walk VR. Thanks to our partners NASA and Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). FEATURES: - Walk the surface of Mars and explore the landing sites for InSight, Viking and Curiosity. - Experience dust storms at the Northern Crater - Observe InSight as it gathers information about Mars - Visit one of the famous Viking landers that landed more than 40 years ago - Follow Curiosity as it navigates the red surface collecting samples

About

Solar System Scope VR

Explore breathtaking destinations within our solar system in virtual reality. Experience the sensation of walking on the Moon or Mars, visit the ISS, and view the night sky from your exact location. Works with or without VR glasses.

Highlights
  • Virtual solar system exploration
  • Visit Moon and Mars landing sites
  • Explore the International Space Station (ISS)
  • View night sky from current location
  • Works with VR glasses and phone screen
  • In development with new features planned
Features
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SolarVR is a new experimental virtual reality (VR) app from the creators of popular Solar System Scope application. SolarVR allows you to literally visit and explore several stunning destinations in our solar system. - Be blown off by the Solar System Virtual Reality Have you ever been curious about the place where the Apollo 11 landed? What about the Curiosity rover? Does your mind often play with the thoughts of how the walking on the Moon or on the Mars feels like? Well, now nothing stands in the way of your thirst to explore. - Not enough? There is also a possibility to visit ISS on its actual position. And furthermore you can scout the virtual night sky exactly as it looks like from your actual position. Pretty cool, right? - It works with and without VR glasses SolarVR operates best with the VR glasses, as it will provide the sensation of being directly in the space. If using VR glasses is not an option for you, this app will turn your phone into a direct window into the space and you can still enjoy similarly great views. - Note SolarVR is still in development, so you can look forward for new features and destinations to visit. - Please give us your feedback If you like our app, or you have some ideas what would you like us to improve, please give our App a rating and a review. We would appreciate it :)

Screenshots

Mars Walk4 screens
Solar System Scope VR4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Mars Walk at 71% against Solar System Scope VR's 14%. Mars Walk also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 39 months). Solar System Scope VR's advantage is rating (4.4 vs 3.9). On price, ratings volume, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Solar System Scope VR sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Mars Walk asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Solar System Scope VR holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 34 and 28 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 71% of Mars Walk's written reviews are positive against 14% of Solar System Scope VR's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Mars Walk ships an update every 2 weeks, Solar System Scope VR every 39 months. The most recent releases landed on September 19, 2026 and August 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Mars Walk versus Solar System Scope VR: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMars WalkSolar System Scope VR
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.9 (34 ratings)4.4 (28 ratings) — better
Positive reviews70.8% of reviews — better14.3% of reviews
Number of ratings34 — better28
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 39 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS10.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size732 MB154 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLockheed MartinINOVE, s.r.o.

Customer experience

Mars Walk

All ratings34 ratings
Positive73.5%
Neutral5.9%
Negative20.6%
Written reviews24 reviews
Positive70.8%
Neutral16.7%
Negative12.5%

Solar System Scope VR

All ratings28 ratings
Positive82.1%
Neutral10.7%
Negative7.1%
Written reviews28 reviews
Positive14.3%
Neutral10.7%
Negative75.0%

In-app purchases

None

Mars Walk

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Solar System Scope VR

One-time1
  • Additional VR views / HQ Maps$5.99

Questions

Is Mars Walk free?
Mars Walk is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Solar System Scope VR free?
Solar System Scope VR is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Mars Walk or Solar System Scope VR?
Solar System Scope VR is rated higher. Mars Walk averages 3.9 out of 5 from 34 ratings, while Solar System Scope VR averages 4.4 from 28 ratings.
Do Mars Walk or Solar System Scope VR have ads?
Neither Mars Walk nor Solar System Scope VR shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Mars Walk or Solar System Scope VR?
Mars Walk ships an update every 2 weeks, and Solar System Scope VR every 39 months. Most recently, Mars Walk was updated on September 19, 2026 and Solar System Scope VR on August 31, 2026.

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