FarSight XR vs Pocket Planets
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
FarSight XR
Experience interactive augmented reality with this app. Bring educational products like reptile books, anatomy displays, and solar system posters to life with 3D models, videos, and sound. Engage with content through interactive quizzes and explore from any angle.
- Interactive 3D models
- Video and sound integration
- Augmented reality quizzes
- Explore from any angle
- Content comes to life with camera
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Use the FarSight XR app to experience our interactive augmented reality enhanced products: • Reptiles & Amphibians: An Augmented Reality Popup Book • Tide Pools: An Augmented Reality Book • Human Anatomy Interactive Augmented Reality Display • Our Solar System: An Augmented Reality Poster The products are available here: https://farsightxr.com/app_discover/ See still images turn into videos, complete with sound. See interactive 3D models emerge from the pages or posters. Touch interactive elements to learn more and see 3D animations. Take an interactive quiz in Augmented Reality. Launch the app on your iPhone or iPad and aim the camera at the product to see the content come to life. Move your device near the product to get a closer look. Move farther from the product to get a wider view. For the interactive 3D models, you can move or walk around to view the model from any angle. Enjoy!
Pocket Planets
Explore our solar system with detailed information on planets, moons, and astronauts. Track who is currently in space and receive notifications for new launches. Access NASA images and compare celestial body characteristics.
- Detailed planet and moon data
- Astronaut information and missions
- Real-time space occupancy
- Launch notifications
- NASA image gallery
- Celestial body comparisons
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Pocket Planets gives you all the information you need about our solar system and human activity in space. Learn more about all 565 astronauts who been to space. What was their mission? How long had they been up there? See who is in space now! Get notified when somebody goes into space. Get up to date information about every planet and moon in the solar system. Including: - Physical characteristics: mass, radius, density, gravity, escape velocity - Orbital characteristics: real-time distance from the Sun and Earth, orbital period, orbital speed, eccentricity, apsis, periapsis, visualise orbit - Atmosphere: pressure, atmospheric composition - Images from Nasa - Moons: compare their size and distance
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Pocket Planets at every 3 weeks against FarSight XR's every 5 months. Pocket Planets also leads on monetization model (ad-supported vs free with in-app purchases). FarSight XR's advantage is ratings volume (243 vs 22). On price, rating, review sentiment and ads 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 — 4.7 for FarSight XR against 4.6 for Pocket Planets. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: FarSight XR has 243 ratings behind it against 22, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 67% and 67% positive.
FarSight XR ships an update every 5 months, Pocket Planets every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | FarSight XR | Pocket Planets |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (243 ratings) — better | 4.6 (22 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | 66.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 243 — better | 22 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 305 MB | 66 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | FarSight XR, LLC | Ad Lunam Kereskedelmi es Szolgaltato Korlatolt Felelossegu Tarsasag |
Customer experience
FarSight XR
Pocket Planets
In-app purchases
FarSight XR
No in-app purchases
Pocket Planets
No in-app purchases
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