Planetaria vs Doc Player
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Planetaria
Explore a dynamic 3D model of the Solar System, synchronizing with real-time data to show celestial bodies in orbit. Discover planets, dwarf planets, and moons with detailed surface models. Manipulate time to view past and future solar system configurations.
- Interactive 3D Solar System model
- Real-time celestial body positions
- Detailed 3D surface models
- Explore planets, dwarf planets, and moons
- Time manipulation (past/future)
- AR integration
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Explore the celestial worlds of the Solar System with Planetaria, an interactive 3D simulator experience for iPhone, iPad, and Apple Vision Pro. This dynamic scale model of the Solar System synchronizes with real-time data to display the live positions of celestial bodies in their orbits, along with beautiful and detailed 3D models of their surfaces. On your journey through outer space, you can visit the Sun, the 8 planets, 5 dwarf planets, and over 20 major moons. Entire worlds await your discovery, each with their own individual features and environments. You can also fast-forward or rewind time, and see what the Solar System looks like at any time in the past or future. Photos and 3D models provided by NASA/JPL.
Doc Player
Convert articles, PDFs, and web links into spoken audio. Engage with content on the go, with AI-powered Q&A and sentence-by-sentence playback for deeper understanding. Seamlessly integrates with car controls.
- Text-to-speech for articles and PDFs
- Listen to saved links
- AI-powered Q&A on topics
- Sentence-by-sentence playback
- Car steering-wheel button integration
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Listen to articles and PDFs wherever you are. - Upload your documents and listen to them. - Control the playback sentence by sentence and get more time to think. - Ask questions and get great explanations. - Understand the text much faster. - It works with your car’s steering-wheel buttons. Have a question? Tap Ask to start a live conversation with AI about the topic you’re listening to. Website: https://documentplayer.com Privacy Policy: https://documentplayer.com/privacypolicy.txt Terms of Use (Apple Standard EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Planetaria at 50% against Doc Player's 0%. Planetaria also leads on rating (4.7 vs 1.0) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). Doc Player's advantage is price (Free vs $4.99) and update cadence (weekly vs every 5 months). On ads, device support and iOS requirement 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
Doc Player is free to download; Planetaria costs $4.99 up front. Doc Player sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $14.99 per month. Planetaria asks for nothing beyond the download.
Planetaria holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Planetaria has 9 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Planetaria's written reviews are positive against 0% of Doc Player's.
Planetaria ships an update every 5 months, Doc Player weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 2, 2026 and September 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Planetaria | Doc Player |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.7 (9 ratings) — better | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 9 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Vision Pro — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 510 MB | 38 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Joseph Rupertus | JAN PETER METZ |
Customer experience
Planetaria
Doc Player
In-app purchases
Planetaria
No in-app purchases
Doc Player
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