Pocket Planets vs Inside Earth
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
Inside Earth
Explore the Earth's interior by virtually peeling back its layers. Understand the composition of the crust, mantle, and core. Learn about tectonic plates, volcanism, and earthquakes.
- Interactive layer peeling
- Tectonic plate visualization
- Volcanism and earthquake explanation
- Compositional learning
- Geological process discovery
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What's inside our planet? Peel away layers to discover their composition. Learn how earth's crust is divided into tectonic plates. Discover how volcanism and earthquakes occur wherever these plates meet.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Inside Earth at none against Pocket Planets's shown. Inside Earth also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 67%) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, rating, update cadence and in-app purchases 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Pocket Planets against 4.7 for Inside Earth. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 22 and 81 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 67% of Pocket Planets's written reviews are positive against 100% of Inside Earth's.
Pocket Planets ships an update every 3 weeks, Inside Earth fortnightly. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Pocket Planets | Inside Earth |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (22 ratings) | 4.7 (81 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 22 | 81 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Fortnightly — better |
| 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 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 66 MB | 190 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ad Lunam Kereskedelmi es Szolgaltato Korlatolt Felelossegu Tarsasag | Sebastian Andre |
Customer experience
Pocket Planets
Inside Earth
In-app purchases
Pocket Planets
No in-app purchases
Inside Earth
No in-app purchases
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