Mars Rover Tracker vs Earth Maps
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Mars Rover Tracker
Explore the Martian surface from your home with an augmented reality map. Track the current location and heading of the Mars rover, view waypoint information, and interact with the terrain.
- Augmented reality Martian surface exploration
- Interactive 3D terrain map
- Real-time rover location tracking
- Waypoint information display
- Map manipulation (move, scale, rotate)
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Feel like you're exploring the Martian surface right at home with a crisp DTM provided by the University of Arizona. Move, scale, and rotate the map, view info about way points, and track the current location and heading of Mars' newest explorer.
Earth Maps
Explore Earth with high-definition satellite imagery and historical street views. This app offers a detailed 3D globe, allowing you to virtually travel the world and examine terrain, buildings, and roads with exceptional clarity. Discover places online without leaving your home.
- High-definition 3D globe
- Historical street view
- Latest satellite imagery
- Measure area distance
- Oriental compass function
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1. High-definition 3D globe 2. Load map tile data 3. Oriental compass function 4.historical street view 5.Measuring area distance 6.latest satellite imagery World Satellite Map allows you to view any place on Earth using photos taken from satellites. The advantage of the world satellite map over other maps is that the satellite map allows you to consider the surface terrain, forests, rivers, lakes, buildings, roads in sufficient detail with a high degree of detail. With satellite maps, you can travel the world online without leaving your phone. From world satellite map.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Mars Rover Tracker at none against Earth Maps's 4. Mars Rover Tracker also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.8). Earth Maps's advantage is review sentiment (79% vs 50%) and ratings volume (1.2K vs 4). On price, update cadence, 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. Earth Maps sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Mars Rover Tracker asks for nothing beyond the download.
Mars Rover Tracker holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Earth Maps has 1.2K ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 50% of Mars Rover Tracker's written reviews are positive against 79% of Earth Maps's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Mars Rover Tracker ships an update monthly, Earth Maps every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 18, 2026 and September 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Mars Rover Tracker | Earth Maps |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better | 4.8 (1.2K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 78.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 1.2K — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.1 | 14.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 193 MB | 78 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Quentin Reiser | FOXPOI PTE. LTD. |
Customer experience
Mars Rover Tracker
Earth Maps
Bugs and requests
Mars Rover Tracker
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Earth Maps
Reported bugs
2 issues- Historical imagery not loading
- Compatibility issues on older devices
Requested features
3 requests- Dark mode option
- More frequent updates
- Improved historical imagery access
In-app purchases
Mars Rover Tracker
No in-app purchases
Earth Maps
- Week$5.19
- month$14.99
- year$24.49
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- Lifetime$36.49
Questions
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