MARVLS vs GlobeViewer PRO
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MARVLS
Explore physics and math concepts with interactive augmented reality models. This app brings abstract ideas to life, allowing users to manipulate and understand complex topics through their phone. Requires a printable Merge Cube for an immersive learning experience.
- Augmented reality models
- Interactive physics concepts
- Merge Cube integration
- Topic navigation
- Model manipulation
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View augmented reality model of physics and math concepts through your phone. You'll need a Merge Cube (downloadable from the internet). Click on different button to navigate to different topics. Click on View in AR to view the model. Hold the Merge cube so that your camera can see it well. Move the cube around until you see the model. Click on the buttons to interact with the model. Click the back button to get back to the info screens or to the main screen.
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: MARVLS at 100% against GlobeViewer PRO's 0%. MARVLS also leads on price (Free vs $14.99) and rating (4.8 vs 1.0). GlobeViewer PRO's advantage is update cadence (every 3 months vs every 8 months). On ads, in-app purchases, 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
MARVLS is free to download; GlobeViewer PRO costs $14.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
MARVLS holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: MARVLS has 35 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of MARVLS's written reviews are positive against 0% of GlobeViewer PRO's.
MARVLS ships an update every 8 months, GlobeViewer PRO every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on June 11, 2026 and August 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MARVLS | GlobeViewer PRO |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $14.99 |
| Rating | 4.8 (35 ratings) — better | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 35 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 8 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 208 MB | 236 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Michele McColgan | RAB-Software |
Customer experience
MARVLS
GlobeViewer PRO
In-app purchases
MARVLS
No in-app purchases
GlobeViewer PRO
No in-app purchases








