Solary vs Mars Today
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Solary
Explore our solar system in augmented reality. View individual planets or the entire system in orbit. Interact with celestial bodies by rotating, scaling, and repositioning them. Enhance your experience with a galaxy background.
- Augmented reality solar system exploration
- View individual planets or the full system
- Interactive planet controls (rotate, scale, move)
- Adjustable rotation animations
- Galaxy background option
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Solary is an AR app which lets you inspect each planet of our solar system. You can choose each planet one by one to check them out closely, or you can choose the whole solar system to experience all the planets orbiting around the sun. During the AR experience you can start and pause rotation animations, move the planets up and down, scale them or rotate them by yourself. If you really want to feel like you're in space, then tap on the galaxy button to enable it as a background.
Mars Today
Access the latest images of Mars from NASA's Curiosity rover. Browse current photos or explore past images from Curiosity, Spirit, and Opportunity by SOL. Bookmark and share your favorite discoveries.
- Latest Mars images from Curiosity
- View past images from Spirit and Opportunity
- Browse by Mars SOL
- Bookmark favorite images
- Easy sharing functionality
- No login required
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Mars Today brings you the latest images of Mars from NASA’s Curiosity rover. You can view the current photos or jump to any Mars SOL to view past photos from Curiosity, Spirit, and Opportunity. Bookmark your favorite images and easily share with your friends. No login required. Explore the red planet today!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Mars Today at none against Solary's 3. Mars Today also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 30 months). On price, review sentiment, ads 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. Solary sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Mars Today asks for nothing beyond the download.
Solary ships an update every 30 months, Mars Today monthly. The most recent releases landed on June 1, 2026 and June 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Solary | Mars Today |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 4 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 30 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 15.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 109 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Gyorgy Borz | James Buckhouse |
Customer experience
Solary
Mars Today
In-app purchases
Solary
- Tip$0.99
- Big tip$1.99
- Giant tip$2.99
Mars Today
No in-app purchases
