Comparison

Mars Walk vs MoonBase Explorer

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

Head to head
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

MoonBase Explorer

Features
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Discover the architecture of a polar station in a realistic lunar environment, with its cylindrical habitat modules, hydroponic greenhouses, radiation shields, walkways and passages protected from solar radiations, lunar landing area, photovoltaic panels rising over 100 m above the ground to provide permanent solar energy... Explore freely the Moon Base in a lunar environment of almost one square kilometer, interact with resident astronauts and teleport directly to 6 sites near the station or in the surrounding craters and valleys.

Screenshots

Mars Walk4 screens
MoonBase Explorer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Mars Walk at 10.0 against MoonBase Explorer's 17.0. On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Mars Walk versus MoonBase Explorer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMars WalkMoonBase Explorer
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.9 (34 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews70.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings34 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS10.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size732 MB757 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLockheed MartinOlivier Boisard

In-app purchases

None

Mars Walk

No in-app purchases

None

MoonBase Explorer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Mars Walk free?
Mars Walk is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is MoonBase Explorer free?
MoonBase Explorer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Mars Walk or MoonBase Explorer have ads?
Neither Mars Walk nor MoonBase Explorer shows ads.

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