Alien Planets vs KnowScroll
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side β with what reviewers say about each.
Alien Planets
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Alien Planets is a field guide to worlds that do not orbit our Sun. Somewhere out there, a year can last a few days, a sky can hold two suns, and a planet can be so close to its star that its surface is a permanent storm. This app turns those distant discoveries into something you can actually browse. Open it and move through confirmed exoplanets and the stars they circle. Each world comes with the details that make it real: how large it is, how massive, how long it takes to orbit, how far away it sits, and how it was found. Set a planet next to Earth or Jupiter and the scale snaps into place. A βsuper-Earthβ stops being a label and starts looking like a place. The catalog keeps growing. New observations revise old numbers, and planets once listed as candidates become confirmed. Alien Planets stays with that living record, written in plain language, so you can follow the nearest known worlds, the strangest orbits, and the thin band astronomers call the habitable zone without getting lost in a research paper. Save the planets you want to come back to. Then keep going. The galaxy is full of new worlds, and most of them still have a story waiting.
KnowScroll
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You meant to check your feed for 5 minutes and lost an hour. Knowscroll keeps the swipe and changes what is on the card: full-screen Wikipedia articles, one after another. Choose the languages and topics you care about, then open the feed. Each card shows an article's lead image, title, and summary. Tap it to read the full piece. The For You tab learns from the cards you read, like, and save, then mixes in more of what holds your attention. Knowledge in 13 languages Wikipedia has millions of articles. Knowscroll draws from 13 editions: English, Vietnamese, Japanese, French, German, Spanish, Chinese (Simplified and Traditional), Korean, Portuguese, Thai, Indonesian, and Hindi. The free plan can follow 2 languages at a time; Premium unlocks all 13. 15 topics cover history, science, technology, philosophy, geography, literature, art, music, film, health, sports, religion, mathematics, society, and food. The same topic through another culture Compare cards place an article and its counterpart from another language edition side by side. On the free plan they appear every 5 to 8 cards. Premium brings one every 2 to 4. Test what you remember Trivia turns articles into 5 questions with 4 answers each. Play the daily set, or answer questions drawn from pieces you have already read. Premium unlocks Trivia. Keep what you want to read again Double-tap a card to bookmark it. The free plan keeps up to 10; Premium removes the limit. Search helps when you want a specific subject instead of a surprise. Free, with a one-time upgrade It is free to download, and ads keep it that way. Premium is a single purchase: it removes ads, unlocks Trivia and all 13 languages, lifts the bookmark limit, and shows Compare cards every 2 to 4 cards. Your data No account, no sign-up. Bookmarks and preferences stay on your device. On iPhone you can back them up to iCloud and restore them on another device. Requires iOS 16.4 or later. Download Knowscroll and give your next scroll something worth reading. Privacy Policy: https://blueducklabs.xyz/apps/knowscroll/privacy/ Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: KnowScroll at Free against Alien Planets's $9.99. KnowScroll also leads on update cadence (every 8 days vs every 24 months) and iOS requirement (16.4 vs 27.0). Alien Planets's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). On device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS
KnowScroll is free to download; Alien Planets costs $9.99 up front. KnowScroll sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Alien Planets asks for nothing beyond the download.
Alien Planets ships an update every 24 months, KnowScroll every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Alien Planets | KnowScroll |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $9.99 | Free β better |
| Update frequency | Every 24 months | Every 8 days β better |
| Ads | No β better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No β better | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad β better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 27.0 | 16.4 β better |
| Further details β not scored | ||
| Size | 51 MB | 74 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jose Leal | Vu Viet Duc |
In-app purchases
Alien Planets
No in-app purchases
KnowScroll
- Lifetime Premium$49.99
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