Pocket Planets vs Solary
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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
Solary
Explore our solar system in augmented reality. View individual planets or the entire system in orbit. Interact with celestial bodies by rotating, scaling, and repositioning them. Enhance your experience with a galaxy background.
- Augmented reality solar system exploration
- View individual planets or the full system
- Interactive planet controls (rotate, scale, move)
- Adjustable rotation animations
- Galaxy background option
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Solary is an AR app which lets you inspect each planet of our solar system. You can choose each planet one by one to check them out closely, or you can choose the whole solar system to experience all the planets orbiting around the sun. During the AR experience you can start and pause rotation animations, move the planets up and down, scale them or rotate them by yourself. If you really want to feel like you're in space, then tap on the galaxy button to enable it as a background.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Pocket Planets at none against Solary's 3. Pocket Planets also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 30 months) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 14.0). Solary's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (100% vs 67%). On price 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
Both are free to download. Solary sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Pocket Planets asks for nothing beyond the download.
Pocket Planets ships an update every 3 weeks, Solary every 30 months. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pocket Planets | Solary |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (22 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 22 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 30 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 66 MB | 109 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ad Lunam Kereskedelmi es Szolgaltato Korlatolt Felelossegu Tarsasag | Gyorgy Borz |
Customer experience
Pocket Planets
Solary
In-app purchases
Pocket Planets
No in-app purchases
Solary
- Tip$0.99
- Big tip$1.99
- Giant tip$2.99
Questions
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