Comparison

Inside Earth vs Mayon Volcano

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

Head to head
About

Inside Earth

Explore the Earth's interior by virtually peeling back its layers. Understand the composition of the crust, mantle, and core. Learn about tectonic plates, volcanism, and earthquakes.

Highlights
  • Interactive layer peeling
  • Tectonic plate visualization
  • Volcanism and earthquake explanation
  • Compositional learning
  • Geological process discovery
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What's inside our planet? Peel away layers to discover their composition. Learn how earth's crust is divided into tectonic plates. Discover how volcanism and earthquakes occur wherever these plates meet.

About

Mayon Volcano

Features
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Explore Mayon Volcano in Bicol, Philippines, from the rice plain to the summit and into a hidden world beneath the cone. Built from NASA SRTM elevation data and Esri satellite imagery, Mayon Volcano presents a landscape in real-world metre units. Orbit the mountain, move the sun through the day and explore historical eruption scenes. The terrain is an elevation-data model; underground shapes and eruption effects are educational illustrations. YOUR FREE MOUNTAIN Explore the landscape, visit Cagsawa Ruins and nearby communities, compare familiar landmarks for scale, and travel through historical scenes for 1814, 1968, 1984 and 2018. Journey Inside guides you through four stations in a conceptual volcanic interior. Follow a Crystal helps you read the evidence preserved in erupted rock. Classroom resources and the first two stops in each new expedition are free. THE LIVING MOUNTAIN EXPEDITION PACK One optional permanent purchase unlocks three complete investigations, with six stops each. There is no subscription. • The Restless Interior: change relative pressure, crystal content and gas escape to investigate how magma behaves. • Read the Mountain: open a historical 2018 case, compare illustrative seismic traces and learn why observations need context. • The Volcanic Engine: explore arc volcanism, the slow geological carbon cycle and a planetary thought experiment. Established science and the publisher's working thesis are clearly distinguished. ASK THE MOUNTAIN · NEW IN 2.1 Adults aged 18 and older can ask questions at the stops in The Restless Interior. A neutral age screen keeps the AI pilot separate from the experiments and evidence available to younger users. The optional AI guide draws on selected research summaries, shows evidence with its answers and explains uncertainty. Give permission before sending a question; save useful answers as editable notes or report an answer inside the app. Internet access and shared usage limits apply. AI may be wrong and does not describe current volcanic conditions. The permanent pack does not include unlimited AI availability. KEEP THE EVIDENCE WITH THE DISCOVERY Save discoveries in a field journal on your device. Evidence panels link to sources and explain what is observed, inferred, illustrated or unresolved. Experiments are qualitative illustrations, not calibrated simulations or live measurements. A CLEARER, CALMER EXPERIENCE The Living Mountain refines terrain detail, atmospheric light, lava effects and reading screens. Motion and graphics controls let you choose reduced motion or battery saver. Illustrated investigations also work in the readable fallback without WebGL. A MOUNTAIN THAT IS A REAL PLACE The Cagsawa Ruins marker, model and story viewpoint now use a shared corrected location in Busay, Daraga. Local voices and cultural stories will require real contributors, consent and review; this release does not present invented resident testimony. The app is free to download. The Expedition Pack is optional; its local price is shown before purchase. Restore purchases using the same App Store account. Journal progress is saved on this device. Mayon Volcano is an educational visualization. It is not a live monitoring, warning, forecast, evacuation or decision-support tool and is not affiliated with a monitoring agency. For current volcanic activity and safety instructions, follow PHIVOLCS and local authorities.

Screenshots

Inside Earth4 screens
Mayon Volcano1 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Inside Earth at none against Mayon Volcano's 1. Inside Earth also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Mayon Volcano sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Inside Earth asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Inside Earth ships an update fortnightly, Mayon Volcano every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Inside Earth versus Mayon Volcano: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterInside EarthMayon Volcano
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (81 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings81 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 9 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size190 MB40 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSebastian AndreMaha Strategies LLC

In-app purchases

None

Inside Earth

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Mayon Volcano

One-time1
  • Living Mountain Expedition$6.99

Questions

Is Inside Earth free?
Inside Earth is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Mayon Volcano free?
Mayon Volcano is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Inside Earth or Mayon Volcano have ads?
Neither Inside Earth nor Mayon Volcano shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Inside Earth or Mayon Volcano?
Inside Earth ships an update fortnightly, and Mayon Volcano every 9 days. Most recently, Inside Earth was updated on October 24, 2026 and Mayon Volcano on October 29, 2026.

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