Comparison

Pocket Planets vs Skylob

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

Skylob

Explore the vastness of the observable universe, from its immense size to the accelerating expansion driven by dark energy. Discover how our cosmological horizon is shrinking, making parts of the cosmos permanently unknowable. This app invites contemplation on our place within this cosmic immensity.

Highlights
  • Observable universe scale
  • Dark energy and expansion
  • Cosmological horizon explained
  • Our place in the cosmos
  • Scientific concepts simplified
Features
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The observable universe stretches roughly 93 billion light-years across and holds an estimated one billion trillion stars. Yet the universe's expansion tells a stranger story: dark energy is accelerating galaxies away from one another at rates that exceed the speed of light, shrinking our cosmological horizon: The boundary beyond which no signal can ever reach us, to about 16 billion light-years. Beyond that threshold, the cosmos becomes permanently unknowable. And within all of that immensity, as Carl Sagan so movingly reminded us, we live on a pale blue dot. A single, fragile mote among countless heavenly bodies, most of which have never been named, let alone explored. That vastness isn't cause for despair, it's an invitation.

Screenshots

Pocket Planets4 screens
Skylob4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Skylob at none against Pocket Planets's shown. Skylob also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). Pocket Planets's advantage is ratings volume (22 vs 1) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.0). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

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

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Pocket Planets versus Skylob: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPocket PlanetsSkylob
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (22 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings22 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 3 weeks
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supportedFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size66 MB11 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAd Lunam Kereskedelmi es Szolgaltato Korlatolt Felelossegu TarsasagKyle Cheng

Customer experience

Pocket Planets

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

Skylob

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

In-app purchases

None

Pocket Planets

No in-app purchases

None

Skylob

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pocket Planets free?
Pocket Planets is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Skylob free?
Skylob is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Pocket Planets or Skylob?
Skylob is rated higher. Pocket Planets averages 4.6 out of 5 from 22 ratings, while Skylob averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Pocket Planets or Skylob have ads?
Pocket Planets shows ads; Skylob does not.
Which is updated more often, Pocket Planets or Skylob?
Pocket Planets ships an update every 3 weeks, and Skylob every 3 weeks. Most recently, Pocket Planets was updated on October 11, 2026 and Skylob on October 9, 2026.

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