Comparison

Micro vs Living Earth

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Micro

Engage in a cooperative board game simulation where players act as healthcare professionals to combat the spread of pathogenic agents in a city. Work together to prevent the population from falling ill using preventive measures and medications.

Highlights
  • Cooperative gameplay
  • Disease outbreak simulation
  • Healthcare professional roles
  • Preventive measures and medications
  • Multiplayer mode
  • Available in 18 languages
Features
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A new way to play Micro-Combat. Play alone, with friends or online! In Micro-Combat you will play the role of doctors, researchers and health-care personnel who have the mission of thwarting the attack of pathogenic agents which can make the population of your city ill. Your objective is to avoid any of the characters in the game losing all of their defenses, and to do this you will have different preventive measures and medications…which are not always enough! Micro-Combat is a cooperative game, so you need to work together in order to win! This App is based on the original idea of the card game that was created by ISGlobal in collaboration with the Laboratori de Jocs, produced and validated with the funding of European Union Joint Action on Antimicrobial Resistance and Healthcare-Associated Infections (EU-JAMRAI). Micro-Combat App has been funded by the EU-JAMRAI and designed in collaboration with ISGlobal. AEMPS and ISGlobal are not responsible for and does not endorse player. Game available in 18 languages in January 2021!

About

Living Earth

Visualize global natural phenomena like earthquakes, hurricanes, wildfires, and auroras on a dynamic 3D globe. Explore detailed event information, replay past geological activity, and receive optional alerts for significant seismic events. All data is sourced from reputable scientific agencies.

Highlights
  • Live earthquake visualization
  • Hurricane and storm tracking
  • Wildfire monitoring
  • Aurora forecast and animation
  • Volcano information
  • Tectonic plate display
  • Historical event replay
Features
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The planet, live: every earthquake ripples where it struck, hurricanes spin with their real forecast tracks, wildfires burn, volcanoes glow, and the aurora dances over the poles — all on a beautiful 3D globe, straight from USGS, NOAA, NASA, and the Smithsonian. Tap anything for its story. A quake card shows the actual USGS ShakeMap and what its magnitude really means. A hurricane card shows the storm photographed from orbit minutes ago. Every one of 1,214 volcanoes carries its photo and geologic history. THE LIVING GLOBE • Live earthquakes, sized and colored by magnitude, rippling as they arrive • Hurricanes and tropical storms with NOAA's forecast track • Wildfires tracked from orbit by NASA • The aurora oval, forecast by NOAA and animated like the real thing • 1,214 volcanoes from the Smithsonian's catalog — recent eruptions glow • Tectonic plate boundaries: flip them on and the quakes explain themselves REPLAY THE WEEK Scrub through the past seven days and watch 400 earthquakes strike in sequence — the Ring of Fire literally draws itself. BENEATH YOU Which tectonic plate are you standing on? How far is the nearest plate boundary? Your nearest volcano? The week's quakes around you? One tap answers, computed entirely on your device. QUAKE ALERTS Optional notifications for significant earthquakes near you and major ones worldwide — no account, nothing sent anywhere. GUIDED TOURS The Ring of Fire in eight stops, and Legendary Earth — Vesuvius, Tambora, the 1960 M9.5, the dinosaur-killing impact, and more — each with real photography. TODAY ON EARTH The planet's day in one glance, on a widget too. Share any event as a poster. All data comes from public scientific agencies: USGS, NOAA, NASA, and the Smithsonian Institution. No account. No tracking. Your location never leaves your device.

Screenshots

Micro4 screens
Living Earth4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Micro at every 2 weeks against Living Earth's every 2 months. Micro also leads on iOS requirement (9.0 vs 17.0). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Micro ships an update every 2 weeks, Living Earth every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Micro versus Living Earth: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMicroLiving Earth
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS9.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size440 MB9 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperAgencia Espa�ola de Medicamentos y Productos SanitariosCinnamon Mobile LLC

Customer experience

Micro

Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Living Earth

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Micro

No in-app purchases

None

Living Earth

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Micro free?
Micro is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Living Earth free?
Living Earth is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Micro or Living Earth have ads?
Neither Micro nor Living Earth shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Micro or Living Earth?
Micro ships an update every 2 weeks, and Living Earth every 2 months. Most recently, Micro was updated on October 24, 2026 and Living Earth on November 1, 2026.

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