Paint with Planets! vs Pocket Planets
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Paint with Planets!
Explore and create with a variety of public domain graphic images. This app provides a platform for users to engage with different visual elements.
- Public domain graphic images
- Planet images from NASA
- Creative exploration
- Educational content
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Special thanks for the public domain graphic images from Pinterest, KissClipart, memegene.net, pinclipart.com, clipart-library.com and for the planet images from NASA.
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 rating: Pocket Planets at 4.6 against Paint with Planets!'s 3.7. Pocket Planets also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 9 months) and ratings volume (22 vs 3). Paint with Planets!'s advantage is ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (100% vs 67%). On price, in-app purchases, 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Pocket Planets holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pocket Planets has 22 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 100% of Paint with Planets!'s written reviews are positive against 67% of Pocket Planets's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Paint with Planets! ships an update every 9 months, Pocket Planets every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Paint with Planets! | Pocket Planets |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (3 ratings) | 4.6 (22 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 66.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 22 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 9 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 14 MB | 66 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Robert L Zimmelman | Ad Lunam Kereskedelmi es Szolgaltato Korlatolt Felelossegu Tarsasag |
Customer experience
Paint with Planets!
Pocket Planets
In-app purchases
Paint with Planets!
No in-app purchases
Pocket Planets
No in-app purchases
Questions
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