Comparison

Pocket Planets vs Planets

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Detailed planet and moon data
  • Astronaut information and missions
  • Real-time space occupancy
  • Launch notifications
  • NASA image gallery
  • Celestial body comparisons
Features
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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

About

Planets

Explore the solar system from your home with this augmented reality app. Place planets anywhere, walk around them, and examine their real surfaces up close. Experience the vastness of space without leaving your house.

Highlights
  • Augmented reality planet placement
  • Explore real planet surfaces
  • Walk through the solar system
  • Interactive planet exploration
  • Place planets anywhere
Features
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Have you ever dreamt of walking through the planets? Have you ever dreamt of touching Jupiter? Mars? maybe Venus or Saturn? now you can do it! Just open the app, touch the screen and put the solar system planets everywhere in your living room, bed room yard or anywhere else you want! look on top of them, stroll through them, you will see their real live surface, look closely at the moon creators touch Saturn rings and much more... This app is designed to give you live experience of all the solar system planets using it real surface view. You can plant the planets anywhere you want, you can walk through them, you can jump over them and most important you can explore them all without having to leave your house!!

Screenshots

Pocket Planets4 screens
Planets4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Planets at none against Pocket Planets's shown. Planets also leads on monetization model (free vs ad-supported). Pocket Planets's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 72 months) and rating (4.6 vs 4.3). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Pocket Planets holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pocket Planets has 22 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pocket Planets ships an update every 3 weeks, Planets every 72 months. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Pocket Planets versus Planets: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPocket PlanetsPlanets
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (22 ratings) — better4.3 (4 ratings)
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings22 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 72 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supportedFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size48 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAd Lunam Kereskedelmi es Szolgaltato Korlatolt Felelossegu TarsasagEran Katsav

Customer experience

Pocket Planets

All ratings22 ratings
Positive86.4%
Neutral4.5%
Negative9.1%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral16.7%
Negative16.7%

Planets

All ratings4 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%

In-app purchases

None

Pocket Planets

No in-app purchases

None

Planets

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pocket Planets free?
Pocket Planets is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Planets free?
Planets is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Pocket Planets or Planets?
Pocket Planets is rated higher. Pocket Planets averages 4.6 out of 5 from 22 ratings, while Planets averages 4.3 from 4 ratings.
Do Pocket Planets or Planets have ads?
Pocket Planets shows ads; Planets does not.
Which is updated more often, Pocket Planets or Planets?
Pocket Planets ships an update every 3 weeks, and Planets every 72 months. Most recently, Pocket Planets was updated on November 7, 2026 and Planets on November 3, 2026.

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