Comparison

AR vs Solar System

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

AR

Explore a realistic solar system in augmented reality. View planets and their movements up close in your environment, from your bedroom to the outdoors. A simple and immersive way to learn about space.

Highlights
  • Augmented reality solar system
  • Planet movement visualization
  • Detailed planet information
  • Immersive educational experience
  • Classroom and outdoor use
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Imagine yourself immersed in a solar system and watch closely every movement of planets as you want them to be. A cool and simple way of viewing the solar system! With AR - Solar System, you can explore science in whole new dimension. And look up for the details of every planet. This uses apple's new ARkit, through which you can delve into solar system wherever you want, whether it is your bedroom, classroom and outdoor garden.

About

Solar System

Explore planets, dwarf planets, and moons in your own space using augmented reality. Walk around the solar system, view celestial bodies in scale, and access detailed information about each planet and its moons.

Highlights
  • Augmented reality solar system view
  • Explore planets, dwarf planets, and moons
  • Scale mode for size and distance comparison
  • Detailed planet and moon information
  • Interactive exploration
Features
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Place the Sun on your table or on the floor and walk among the planets in augmented reality. Get close to Saturn's rings, look at Jupiter's moons from below, or find out how far away Pluto really is when the Sun is one metre wide. THREE WAYS TO SEE IT • Learn: everything fits in one room, so you can see every planet at once. • To scale: the planets' sizes are true to each other. Earth is 4 cm, Jupiter 45 cm, and Neptune is 30 metres from the Sun. • Real scale: everything to the same scale. Earth is a 9 mm marble 107 m away; Pluto is more than 4 km from you. Follow the labels to find them. WHERE THE PLANETS ARE TODAY Every planet starts at its real position in its orbit. Speed up time to watch the years pass, or tap Today to come back. REAL PHYSICS • Orbits with their true tilt: Pluto 17°, Eris 44° • Axes that always point the same way, which is what makes the seasons • Moons that always show the same face to their planet • Triton orbiting backwards, and Io, Europa and Ganymede in their 1:2:4 dance • Haumea, the dwarf planet shaped like a rugby ball 21 WORLDS The Sun, the eight planets, five dwarf planets and seven moons. Each one has a fact sheet with NASA figures — diameter, distance, length of the day and the year, temperature, gravity, moons, who discovered it — a size comparison with Earth and a surprising fact. Great for school, for curious minds of every age, and for anyone who has wondered how big space really is. Augmented reality needs an iPhone or iPad with ARKit. On other devices the app opens in 3D mode.

Screenshots

AR4 screens
Solar System4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: AR at 5.0 against Solar System's 3.8. AR also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 67%) and update cadence (every 5 months vs every 107 months). Solar System's advantage is ratings volume (32 vs 2). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

AR holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Solar System has 32 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of AR's written reviews are positive against 67% of Solar System's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

AR ships an update every 5 months, Solar System every 107 months. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
AR versus Solar System: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterARSolar System
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better3.8 (32 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better66.7% of reviews
Number of ratings232 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 months — betterEvery 107 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS11.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size56 MB12 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAkshat GoelLuis Carvajal Hoyos

Customer experience

AR

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Solar System

All ratings29 ratings
Positive62.1%
Neutral6.9%
Negative31.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

In-app purchases

None

AR

No in-app purchases

None

Solar System

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is AR free?
AR is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Solar System free?
Solar System is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, AR or Solar System?
AR is rated higher. AR averages 5.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Solar System averages 3.8 from 32 ratings.
Do AR or Solar System have ads?
Neither AR nor Solar System shows ads.
Which is updated more often, AR or Solar System?
AR ships an update every 5 months, and Solar System every 107 months. Most recently, AR was updated on November 4, 2026 and Solar System on November 2, 2026.

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