Fossil Hunt vs Vesa Terra
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Fossil Hunt
Explore the prehistoric world with this augmented reality app. Bring dinosaurs to life in your environment, excavate virtual fossils, and learn fascinating facts about each creature. Unlock special dinosaurs by visiting participating museums.
- Augmented reality dinosaur encounters
- Virtual fossil excavation
- Learn real-life dino facts
- Unlock special dinosaurs at museums
- Interactive 3D dinosaur models
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Fossil Hunt is a dino-riffic Augmented Reality (AR) app. You'll see dinosaurs come alive in the world around you through your phone or tablet. You can play Fossil Hunt at home or at participating museums where you can unlock extra dinosaurs! Print the markers that come with the app and place them around the house. Then aim your device at the marker to see a digsite appear. Tap to excavate the digsite and swipe to dust off a cool virtual dino fossil with a cool real-life dino fact. Then, your fascinating dino fossil turns into a stomping, snorting dino that you can play with in the world around you! If you play at home you’ll meet: Baby Triceratops, Kentrosaurus, and Psittacosaurus. If you play at a participating museum you can span special markers at the museum to meet: Tyrannosaurus rex, Triceratops, Spinosaurus, Stygimoloch, Futalognkosaurus, and Quetzalcoatlus. Happy Fossily Hunting! Fossil Hunt is brought to you by Sinking Ship Entertainment (Dino Dana, Endlings, Odd Squad, Annedroids)
Vesa Terra
This application helps users understand their environmental impact by estimating the effects of daily activities. It provides insights into personal and collective standing on climate change, and potential future scenarios.
- Estimates environmental impact of daily activities
- Raises awareness about climate change
- Shows personal environmental standing
- Illustrates collective environmental standing
- Projects future environmental scenarios
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This is an app made to raise awareness about climate change. It estimates the impact of your daily life activities on our environment, and tells you where you stand, where we stand, and where we may go from here.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Fossil Hunt at fortnightly against Vesa Terra's every 14 months. Fossil Hunt also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.6). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
Fossil Hunt ships an update fortnightly, Vesa Terra every 14 months. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | Fossil Hunt | Vesa Terra |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (3 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 14 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 282 MB | 35 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sinking Ship Interactive Inc. | Shyamala Pandey |
Customer experience
Fossil Hunt
Vesa Terra
In-app purchases
Fossil Hunt
No in-app purchases
Vesa Terra
No in-app purchases
Questions
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