Cosmic Rays Live vs ICEcuBEAR
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Cosmic Rays Live
Visualize real-time cosmic ray data from a connected device on your smartphone. Save and replay collected data for later analysis. Explore the universe's energetic particles from anywhere.
- Real-time cosmic ray visualization
- Internet connectivity to Cosmic Rays Cube
- Data saving and re-play functionality
- Smartphone and tablet support
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Using this application you can connect via Internet on your smart phone to the Cosmic Rays Cube and visualize in real-time, the incoming cosmics rays. The data can be saved and re-played whenever you want.
ICEcuBEAR
Explore the cosmos with real-time neutrino alerts. Visualize high-energy particles detected at the South Pole and see their interactions within the detector. Project estimated source directions onto a sky map to understand their origins.
- Real-time neutrino alerts
- Augmented reality visualization
- Neutrino interaction display
- Estimated source direction projection
- Sky map integration
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Augmented reality application to visualise high-energy neutrinos detected at the IceCube Neutrino Observatory, which is located at the South Pole. These neutrinos are fundamental particles traveling through the cosmos, many of which are from outside of our galaxy. Through the app you will receive neutrino alerts in realtime, and will be able to visualise their interaction in the detector, as well as the estimated source direction projected onto a sky map.
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Verdict
Cosmic Rays Live and ICEcuBEAR both sit at 5.0 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of ICEcuBEAR's written reviews are positive against 67% of Cosmic Rays Live's. ICEcuBEAR also leads on ratings volume (7 vs 1). Cosmic Rays Live's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 30 months) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Cosmic Rays Live against 5.0 for ICEcuBEAR. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ICEcuBEAR has 7 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 67% of Cosmic Rays Live's written reviews are positive against 100% of ICEcuBEAR's.
Cosmic Rays Live ships an update monthly, ICEcuBEAR every 30 months. The most recent releases landed on September 7, 2026 and July 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Cosmic Rays Live | ICEcuBEAR |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (7 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 7 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 30 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 223 MB | 242 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | DigitalComoedia srl | Lu Lu |
Customer experience
Cosmic Rays Live
ICEcuBEAR
In-app purchases
Cosmic Rays Live
No in-app purchases
ICEcuBEAR
No in-app purchases
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