Comparison

Mars Walk vs Mars LTE

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

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.

Highlights
  • Perseverance rover mission details
  • Search for ancient microbial life
  • Core sample collection and storage
  • Technology testing for human exploration
  • Ingenuity helicopter flight information
Features
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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.

Screenshots

Mars Walk4 screens
Mars LTE4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Mars LTE at 5.0 against Mars Walk's 3.9. Mars Walk's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 27 months) and ratings volume (34 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Mars LTE holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Mars Walk has 34 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Mars Walk ships an update every 2 weeks, Mars LTE every 27 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Mars Walk versus Mars LTE: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMars WalkMars LTE
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.9 (34 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews70.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings34 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 27 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS10.0 — better15.4
Further details — not scored
Size732 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLockheed MartinTaylan Atasoy

Customer experience

Mars Walk

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

Mars LTE

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Mars Walk

No in-app purchases

None

Mars LTE

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Mars Walk free?
Mars Walk is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Mars LTE free?
Mars LTE is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Mars Walk or Mars LTE?
Mars LTE is rated higher. Mars Walk averages 3.9 out of 5 from 34 ratings, while Mars LTE averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Mars Walk or Mars LTE have ads?
Neither Mars Walk nor Mars LTE shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Mars Walk or Mars LTE?
Mars Walk ships an update every 2 weeks, and Mars LTE every 27 months. Most recently, Mars Walk was updated on November 2, 2026 and Mars LTE on November 3, 2026.

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