Mars Walk VR vs Virtual Reality Animals!
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
Virtual Reality Animals!
Explore the animal kingdom through immersive 360-degree virtual reality experiences. This companion app requires a physical kit with a book and VR goggles for full functionality, offering detailed views of various animals.
- Immersive 360-degree VR animal experiences
- Detailed views of insects, reptiles, amphibians, and mammals
- Companion app for physical kit
- Requires printed book for full functionality
- Educational content on fauna
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Uncover the marvels of the animal kingdom in unprecedented virtual reality with VR ANIMALS! Featuring over forty, 360 degree VR experiences in incredible detail and stunning realism. Get up close to insects and reptiles, amphibians, birds, mammals and more. Full kit includes a 96 page illustrated DK guide to animals from around the world, jam-packed with fun facts about your favorite fauna. Includes VR googles and your own customizable scratch art kit. This is a companion app. Requires printed book found in physical kit for full functionality.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Virtual Reality Animals! at 3.7 against Mars Walk VR's 2.5. Mars Walk VR's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 3 months) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 13.0). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and ads 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Virtual Reality Animals! holds the better App Store score, 3.7 against 2.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 31 and 38 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 43% of Mars Walk VR's written reviews are positive against 50% of Virtual Reality Animals!'s.
Mars Walk VR ships an update every 2 weeks, Virtual Reality Animals! every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Mars Walk VR | Virtual Reality Animals! |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.5 (31 ratings) | 3.7 (38 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 43.5% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 31 | 38 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 736 MB | 2.1 GB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Lockheed Martin | Abacus |
Customer experience
Mars Walk VR
Virtual Reality Animals!
In-app purchases
Mars Walk VR
No in-app purchases
Virtual Reality Animals!
No in-app purchases
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