Mars Walk VR vs Planet Orbiter VR
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Mars Walk VR
Embark on an educational virtual reality tour of the red planet. Explore Martian landscapes, visit historic landing sites, and witness scientific instruments in action. This immersive experience brings the wonders of Mars directly to your smartphone.
- Explore Mars surface and landing sites
- Experience Martian dust storms
- Observe scientific instruments on Mars
- Visit historic Viking landers
- Follow Curiosity rover's sample collection
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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 in a stunning VR experience. Explore Mars – on your phone. Download today. A cardboard VR device is required. 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 and Viking as they gather 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
Planet Orbiter VR
Explore breathtaking views of Earth, Mars, and the Moon from low orbit. Fly around celestial bodies and discover famous landmarks or distant corners. Enjoy an immersive experience with or without VR glasses.
- Low orbit exploration
- Views of Earth, Mars, and Moon
- VR headset support
- Non-VR mode available
- Detailed planet surface data
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So far away and yet so close. The breathtaking view on Earth, Mars and Moon, the lower orbit. Fly around the planet, visit the most distant corners or the most famous ones. Let your curiosity take over and enjoy views on Earth, Mars and Moon based on extensive planet surface data. It is about you in the lower orbit. With VR glasses and without You will get the most thrilling experience from Planet Orbiter VR with VR glasses. Don't have VR glasses around right now? There is still a great visit of lower orbit ahead of you. Note Planet Orbiter VR is still in development, we are looking forward to bringing you more new lower orbit experience.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Planet Orbiter VR at 100% against Mars Walk VR's 43%. Planet Orbiter VR also leads on rating (4.3 vs 2.5). Mars Walk VR's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 5 months). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Planet Orbiter VR sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Mars Walk VR asks for nothing beyond the download.
Planet Orbiter VR holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 2.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Mars Walk VR has 31 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 43% of Mars Walk VR's written reviews are positive against 100% of Planet Orbiter VR's.
Mars Walk VR ships an update every 2 weeks, Planet Orbiter VR every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Mars Walk VR | Planet Orbiter VR |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.5 (31 ratings) | 4.3 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 43.5% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 31 — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 736 MB | 109 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Lockheed Martin | INOVE, s.r.o. |
Customer experience
Mars Walk VR
Planet Orbiter VR
In-app purchases
Mars Walk VR
No in-app purchases
Planet Orbiter VR
- Additional lower orbit views$5.99
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