Earth's Core vs GlobeViewer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Earth's Core
Explore the internal structure of our planet with a detailed view of Earth's layers. Discover the composition, temperature, and depth of each section, from the crust to the core. This educational tool provides a fascinating look beneath your feet.
- Visualize Earth's internal structure
- Explore planet layers
- Discover layer temperatures
- Learn layer depths
- Detailed look inside the planet
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The Earth's Core App lets you see our planet’s internal structure. Just point your mobile to the center of the Earth and experience a deep look inside our planet. Right beneath your feet, thousands of kilometers deep, lies a giant ball of molten Iron as hot as the surface of the sun! Explore the Layers of the Earth and their names, discover the temperature and depth of each layer. Feedback and ideas: please send to support@cosmic-watch.com
GlobeViewer
Explore Earth with a high-resolution 3D globe and topography maps. View surface, underwater, and topographical details, with real-time event overlays. Access extensive geographical data for offline use.
- Interactive 3D globe
- High-resolution topography maps
- Surface and underwater views
- Real-time event overlays
- Offline data caching
- Extensive place names and geographical features
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GlobeViewer is a high resolution 3D terrestrial globe with topography and surface maps. This app enables a high-quality view of the surface of our blue planet. It is divided into two areas: the rotatable, global view as an interactive globe and a high-resolution 3D map representation of the Earth's topography. - Interactive 3D globe with surface, underwater and topography maps - High-resolution 3D topography map set of the entire Earth's surface - divided into 22,912 individual tiles. You can load 110 different regions onto the interactive globe, which then present the many individual tiles in a meaningful, connected way and reload them automatically. The app initially only contains the textures for the globe in low resolution. All required downloads are automatically loaded from our server. A total of around 105 GB of data is available. The data remains in the cache on your device for offline use, but can be deleted at any time in the main menu. Furthermore, all events recorded by the GDACS, such as hurricanes, earthquakes, etc., are entered on the globe. The 3D topography map is based on the elevation data from the NASA Terra probe, which recorded 83° of the northern and southern hemispheres between 2000 and 2013 - this is the result of the ASTER3-DEM. With version 0.10.0, the map is enriched with around 7.5 million place names from geonames.org. This means that all the towns, mountains, lakes, deserts and many other geographical features entered there are shown on the map. From version 0.12.0, data from OpenStreetMaps (buildings, borders, streets...) is also available on the tiles - but only for the demos and the purchased maps. Use the tutorial in the app to get started quickly or read the manual to find out which functions are included in this app. Since the app is still under development, some functions may still change. We hope you enjoy using GlobeViewer!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Earth's Core at 100% against GlobeViewer's 33%. Earth's Core also leads on rating (4.3 vs 3.4) and in-app purchases (none vs 11). GlobeViewer's advantage is update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 70 months). On price, ratings volume, device support and iOS requirement 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. GlobeViewer sells 11 one-off in-app purchases. Earth's Core asks for nothing beyond the download.
Earth's Core holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 5 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Earth's Core's written reviews are positive against 33% of GlobeViewer's.
Earth's Core ships an update every 70 months, GlobeViewer every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Earth's Core | GlobeViewer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (4 ratings) — better | 3.4 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 33.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 5 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 70 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| 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 | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 54 MB | 236 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Celestial Dynamics AG | RAB-Software |
Customer experience
Earth's Core
GlobeViewer
In-app purchases
Earth's Core
No in-app purchases
GlobeViewer
- 4K & Polar Regions$0.99
- 4K & South America$2.99
- 4K & Pacific$2.99
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- 4K & Japan/Korea/Taiwan$2.99
- 8K & North America$4.99
- 8K & Australia$4.99
- 8K & China$4.99
- 8K & Russia$4.99
- 8K & Europe$4.99
- 8K Pass$8.99
- Professional Version$14.99
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