MaPhET vs GlobeViewer PRO
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MaPhET
This app serves as a comprehensive educational tool, offering a powerful calculator with detailed calculation paths, unit conversions, and a vast collection of formulas for math, physics, and chemistry. It also includes tools for date calculations, random number generation, and geometric figure analysis.
- Advanced calculator with calculation path
- Extensive unit conversions
- Collection of math, physics, and chemistry formulas
- Date difference calculation
- Geometric figure analysis
- Random number and letter generator
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Main functions: • Calculator - Basic arithmetic operations, powers, percentages, sine, cosine, tangent, root, logarithm, factorial - Output with calculation path and bracket resolution • Conversion of units of measure - Length, area, volume, temperature, weight, speed, pressure, energy, acceleration, force, power, time, data storage, transfer rate • • Calculation of date differences and adding and subtracting with dates • Random Numbers • Random Letter • Roll the dice • Greek alphabet • Prefixes for units of measure • Number sequences and prime numbers • Calculation of triangles with a calculation path • Mathematical basics • Arithmetic laws, set theory • Equations and functions • Linear functions and quadratic functions • Draw functions • Geometry basics • Angles, triangles, squares, circles • Prisms, cylinders, pyramids, circular cones, spheres • Geometric solids and figures • Physics formulas • Physical quantities and units with value tables • Physical constants • Chemistry formulas and periodic table of elements • Extensive search function
GlobeViewer PRO
Explore Earth with a high-resolution 3D globe and detailed topography maps. View surface and underwater features, track natural events, and discover millions of place names. Offline data caching is available for continued exploration.
- Interactive 3D globe
- High-resolution topography maps
- Surface and underwater views
- Natural event tracking
- Offline data caching
- Millions of place names
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GlobeViewer is a high resolution 3D terrestrial globe with topography and surface maps. This app enables a high-quality view of the surface of our blue planet. It is divided into two areas: the rotatable, global view as an interactive globe and a high-resolution 3D map representation of the Earth's topography. - Interactive 3D globe with surface, underwater and topography maps - High-resolution 3D topography map set of the entire Earth's surface - divided into 22,912 individual tiles. You can load 110 different regions onto the interactive globe, which then present the many individual tiles in a meaningful, connected way and reload them automatically. The app initially only contains the textures for the globe in low resolution. All required downloads are automatically loaded from our server. A total of around 105 GB of data is available. The data remains in the cache on your device for offline use, but can be deleted at any time in the main menu. Furthermore, all events recorded by the GDACS, such as hurricanes, earthquakes, etc., are entered on the globe. The 3D topography map is based on the elevation data from the NASA Terra probe, which recorded 83° of the northern and southern hemispheres between 2000 and 2013 - this is the result of the ASTER3-DEM. With version 0.10.0, the map is enriched with around 7.5 million place names from geonames.org. This means that all the towns, mountains, lakes, deserts and many other geographical features entered there are shown on the map. From version 0.12.0, data from OpenStreetMaps (buildings, borders, streets...) is also available on the tiles - but only for the demos and the purchased maps. Use the tutorial in the app to get started quickly or read the manual to find out which functions are included in this app. Since the app is still under development, some functions may still change. We hope you enjoy using GlobeViewer!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: MaPhET at 67% against GlobeViewer PRO's 0%. MaPhET also leads on price ($1.99 vs $14.99). GlobeViewer PRO's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.0). On update cadence, 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
MaPhET costs $1.99 and GlobeViewer PRO $14.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
MaPhET ships an update every 5 months, GlobeViewer PRO every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MaPhET | GlobeViewer PRO |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 — better | $14.99 |
| Rating | — | 1.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 236 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jens-Peter Bardt | RAB-Software |
Customer experience
MaPhET
GlobeViewer PRO
In-app purchases
MaPhET
No in-app purchases
GlobeViewer PRO
No in-app purchases
Questions
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