Pocket Planets vs Live Postcard
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
Live Postcard
Experience augmented reality by pointing your device's camera at a special postcard. Watch the postcard come to life with interactive elements, offering a fun and engaging visual experience.
- Augmented Reality experience
- Interactive postcard animation
- Camera-based activation
- Educational visual content
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This app is a Augmented Reality App. After purchasing "Live Postcard" production, point the camera that opens in this application to the postcard. Let the postcard come alive, have fun too! For Live Postcard's and other products: https://atfstore.com/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Live Postcard at none against Pocket Planets's shown. Live Postcard 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 update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Live Postcard 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.
Pocket Planets ships an update every 3 weeks, Live Postcard every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pocket Planets | Live Postcard |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (22 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 22 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 66 MB | 362 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
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Customer experience
Pocket Planets
Live Postcard
In-app purchases
Pocket Planets
No in-app purchases
Live Postcard
No in-app purchases
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