AR vs Planets
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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.
Planets
Explore the solar system from your home with this augmented reality app. Place planets anywhere, walk around them, and examine their real surfaces up close. Experience the vastness of space without leaving your house.
- Augmented reality planet placement
- Explore real planet surfaces
- Walk through the solar system
- Interactive planet exploration
- Place planets anywhere
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Have you ever dreamt of walking through the planets? Have you ever dreamt of touching Jupiter? Mars? maybe Venus or Saturn? now you can do it! Just open the app, touch the screen and put the solar system planets everywhere in your living room, bed room yard or anywhere else you want! look on top of them, stroll through them, you will see their real live surface, look closely at the moon creators touch Saturn rings and much more... This app is designed to give you live experience of all the solar system planets using it real surface view. You can plant the planets anywhere you want, you can walk through them, you can jump over them and most important you can explore them all without having to leave your house!!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: AR at 5.0 against Planets's 4.3. AR also leads on update cadence (every 5 months vs every 72 months) and iOS requirement (11.1 vs 16.0). On price, ratings volume, 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.
AR holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 4 respectively.
AR ships an update every 5 months, Planets every 72 months. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | AR | Planets |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | 4.3 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 4 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months — better | Every 72 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.1 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 56 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Akshat Goel | Eran Katsav |
Customer experience
AR
Planets
In-app purchases
AR
No in-app purchases
Planets
No in-app purchases
