Comparison

Animal Class vs Below Me

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

Head to head
About

Animal Class

Explore animal classification with engaging trivia and stunning photography. Features nine categories, including mammals, reptiles, and birds, plus warm-up and bonus rounds.

Highlights
  • Animal classification information
  • Engaging trivia questions
  • Global animal photography
  • Nine distinct categories
  • Warm-up and bonus rounds
Features
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Animal class includes information on how animals are classified, engaging trivia questions, and photography from around the world. There are nine categories to choose from including: mammals, reptiles, amphibians, birds, fish, arthropods, plus a warm-up session and a bonus round.

About

Below Me

This app uses your device's camera to show you countries and geographical features on the other side of the Earth. It provides a live augmented reality view of borders, sea names, and distances, allowing you to explore the planet from your current location or simulate others.

Highlights
  • Live AR view of country borders
  • Distance and direction readouts
  • Offline functionality
  • Simulate locations worldwide
  • Detailed geographical relief
  • Day-night line visualization
Features
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What's on the other side of the horizon? Point your iPhone or iPad at the horizon, tilt it down, and Below Me shows you the countries that lie beyond the curve of the Earth, as if you could look straight through the planet. Below Me isn't a map. It's a window. Every border you see is placed where it really is from where you stand: computed on the WGS84 ellipsoid with great-circle math and projected through the Earth along your line of sight. Tilt further and the countries get farther away. Point straight down and you're looking at your antipode. FEATURES • Live AR view: country borders, sea names, a labelled 10° grid and distance labels floating over your camera image • Crosshair readout: which country or sea you're looking at, how far away it is and in which direction • Info panel you can fold away to a small tag for a clear view • Mini globe showing your position and line of sight, drag it to spin • Outdoor mode that dims the camera for bright daylight • Colour tints for land and seas, thin or bold borders • Choose kilometers or miles • English and German • Works offline. No account, no tracking, no internet needed FREE Explore everything within 5,000 km of where you stand. PRO – ONE-TIME PURCHASE • Whole Earth: range up to 20,000 km, all the way to your antipode • Place search: any country, 34,000 cities offline or any place worldwide via Apple Maps. Up to five red markers, and an arrow guides you there through the Earth • Relief: mountains, shelves and deep-sea trenches as coloured, shaded terrain • Your exact antipode, marked in yellow straight below your feet • Fine borders and coastlines (Natural Earth 1:10M, five times more detail) • Home marker: a red dot shows where home is when you travel • Major cities with distance • Local time at the point you're looking at • Country info card: outline, capital, area, population, currency, calling code, languages • Live day-night line and the sun through the Earth: tilt down at night and see where it's shining right now • Simulate a location: explore the Earth from New York, Tokyo or anywhere else Buy once, keep forever. Family Sharing included. No subscription. For the curious, travellers, teachers, pilots, sailors and anyone who has ever stood on a beach and wondered what lies out there. Requires an iPhone or iPad (iOS 18 or later).

Screenshots

Animal Class4 screens
Below Me4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Below Me at daily against Animal Class's every 6 days. Below Me also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6). Animal Class's advantage is ratings volume (22 vs 1) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 18.0). 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. Animal Class sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Below Me sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Below Me holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Animal Class has 22 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Animal Class ships an update every 6 days, Below Me daily. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Animal Class versus Below Me: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAnimal ClassBelow Me
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (22 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings22 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 6 daysDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size246 MB32 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDarren McNallyMarc Bachmann

Customer experience

Animal Class

All ratings22 ratings
Positive90.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative9.1%
Written reviews12 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral16.7%
Negative8.3%

Below Me

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Animal Class

One-time1
  • Unlock Pro$9.99
1 purchases

Below Me

One-time1
  • Below Me Pro Version$3.99

Questions

Is Animal Class free?
Animal Class is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Below Me free?
Below Me is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Animal Class or Below Me?
Below Me is rated higher. Animal Class averages 4.6 out of 5 from 22 ratings, while Below Me averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Animal Class or Below Me have ads?
Neither Animal Class nor Below Me shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Animal Class or Below Me?
Animal Class ships an update every 6 days, and Below Me daily. Most recently, Animal Class was updated on October 9, 2026 and Below Me on October 10, 2026.

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