Connected Earth vs pxSat3D
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Connected Earth
Explore global transportation and communication networks. Visualize roads, railways, shipping lanes, and flight routes, along with submarine internet cables, to understand Earth's interconnectedness. Gain a unified perspective of our planet and the systems that link us.
- Global transportation visualization
- Communication network mapping
- Interactive Earth view
- Submarine cable layer
- Unified planet perspective
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Discover how we travel and communicate across the globe. Planet Earth is interconnected in countless ways. Explore this connectedness from a global perspective. Visualize overlaying roads, railways, navigable rivers, shipping lanes, and flight routes to uncover how we move across the planet. Dive into the intricate relationships between transport and communication networks. Activate the internet connection layer to reveal submarine cables and see how the world's populated areas interact. Gain insight into the incredible systems that link us together and raise awareness of the amazing planet we call home. Learn to see the world as one unified planet, where we are all interconnected and together.
pxSat3D
Visualize real-time satellite orbits around Earth. Explore the density of specific satellite types in orbit. Performance may vary on older devices.
- Real-time satellite tracking
- Visualize satellite orbits
- Quantify satellite types
- Space traffic visualization
- Educational space data
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This application will show the space traffic with the satellites currently orbiting . You can visualise the quantity of satellite for one type. Note : on older devices, displaying of numerous objects can be slow.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: pxSat3D at 100% against Connected Earth's 33%. pxSat3D also leads on rating (4.5 vs 4.0) and update cadence (every 3 months vs every 91 months). Connected Earth's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2). 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
Both are free to download. pxSat3D sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Connected Earth asks for nothing beyond the download.
pxSat3D holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 2 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 33% of Connected Earth's written reviews are positive against 100% of pxSat3D's.
Connected Earth ships an update every 91 months, pxSat3D every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Connected Earth | pxSat3D |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (3 ratings) | 4.5 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 91 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 63 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Celestial Dynamics AG | P'tit Xav |
Customer experience
Connected Earth
pxSat3D
In-app purchases
Connected Earth
No in-app purchases
pxSat3D
- Tip$0.99
- Tip$2.99
Questions
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