JMARS AR Viewer vs Inside Earth
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
JMARS AR Viewer
Explore planetary surfaces in augmented reality using immersive 3D terrain models. Access datasets for celestial bodies like the Moon, Mars, and Earth. Prepare custom scenes in the desktop version for an enhanced AR experience.
- Augmented Reality exploration
- 3D terrain visualization
- Access to planetary datasets
- Custom scene preparation
- Moon, Mars, Earth data
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Explore planetary terrains in immersive Augmented Reality. Prepare custom 3D terrain scenes in the free desktop-based JMARS app. If you can see it in JMARS you can see it in AR! JMARS provides easy access to datasets for many planetary bodies including but not limited to the Moon, Mercury, Earth, Mars.
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 rating: JMARS AR Viewer at 5.0 against Inside Earth's 4.7. Inside Earth's advantage is ratings volume (81 vs 3). On price, update cadence, ads 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.
JMARS AR Viewer holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Inside Earth has 81 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.
JMARS AR Viewer ships an update monthly, Inside Earth fortnightly. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | JMARS AR Viewer | Inside Earth |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better | 4.7 (81 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 81 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 272 MB | 190 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Robert Likamwa | Sebastian Andre |
Customer experience
JMARS AR Viewer
Inside Earth
In-app purchases
JMARS AR Viewer
No in-app purchases
Inside Earth
No in-app purchases
