Comparison

Visceral Science vs Star Exploration

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

Head to head
About

Visceral Science

Explore the life cycle of stars and master scientific concepts through an immersive augmented and virtual reality experience. Navigate the cosmos, including planets, galaxies, and black holes, to understand our origins.

Highlights
  • Immersive star life cycle exploration
  • Augmented and virtual reality integration
  • Cosmic navigation (planets, galaxies, black holes)
  • Mastery of scientific concepts
  • Accessible space exploration
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THIS APPLICATION IS DESIGNED TO BE USED TOGETHER WITH A CORRESPONDING VIRTUAL REALITY APPLICATION. Visceral Science is a carefully crafted immersive experience in which students explore and partake in the life cycle of stars and master essential scientific concepts more fully with the help of augmented and virtual reality. The distant cosmos now made accessible, we invite students to navigate our origins alongside planets, galaxies, and black holes.

About

Star Exploration

Features
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1. About Star Exploration Star Exploration is a novel and interesting game of reasoning. The star map is divided into multiple star regions, some of which have a planet with a color of red, yellow, and blue. The purpose of the game is to gather three planets of different colors together through movement, and there is only one aggregated planet in each sector area divided from the center of the circle. 2. How to Play a. Move: Each planet can only move up to one step. The blue planet can move diagonally by one grid, the green planet can move left and right or up and down by one grid, and the red planet can move up, down, left and right by two grid. b. Zoom: Click the + - button to zoom in or out on the star map. Drag and drop star map in the blank space. c. Undo: click the UNDO button in the upper right corner. d. Hint: click the HINT button right above.

Screenshots

Visceral Science4 screens
Star Exploration3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Visceral Science at none against Star Exploration's 1. Visceral Science also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 10 months) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.6). On price, ads and device support 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. Star Exploration sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Visceral Science asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Visceral Science ships an update every 2 months, Star Exploration every 10 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Visceral Science versus Star Exploration: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVisceral ScienceStar Exploration
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.7 (3 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 10 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size598 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAbelana VR Productions Inc振华 许

In-app purchases

None

Visceral Science

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Star Exploration

One-time1
  • Full Version$0.99

Questions

Is Visceral Science free?
Visceral Science is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Star Exploration free?
Star Exploration is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Visceral Science or Star Exploration have ads?
Neither Visceral Science nor Star Exploration shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Visceral Science or Star Exploration?
Visceral Science ships an update every 2 months, and Star Exploration every 10 months. Most recently, Visceral Science was updated on October 24, 2026 and Star Exploration on October 7, 2026.

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