Mars LTE vs Historeum
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Mars LTE
Explore Mars with detailed information about the Perseverance rover's mission. Learn about its search for ancient life, sample collection, and technology testing for future human exploration. Discover the Ingenuity helicopter's groundbreaking flight capabilities.
- Perseverance rover mission details
- Search for ancient microbial life
- Core sample collection and storage
- Technology testing for human exploration
- Ingenuity helicopter flight information
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See Mars the way Perseverance sees it. Mars LTE brings you the raw images sent back by the Perseverance rover from Jezero Crater: rocks, sand ripples, distant hills, the rover's own robotic arm and its shadow on the Martian ground. New photos appear as soon as they are published, and every sol since the February 2021 landing is just a few taps away. BROWSE BY SOL • Opens on the latest sol (Martian day) with photos • Step one sol back or forward, or jump straight to Latest • Pick any Earth date from the calendar and see what the rover captured that sol FILTER BY CAMERA • Navcam, Hazcam, Mastcam-Z, SuperCam, SHERLOC, SkyCam and more • See at a glance how many photos each camera took • Every thumbnail is labelled with the camera that took it FULL-SCREEN VIEWER • Swipe left and right through every photo of the sol • Pinch or double-tap to zoom into the smallest details • See the sol, camera and time each photo was taken • Save your favourites to Photos or share them with friends DESIGNED FOR IPHONE AND IPAD • Dark Mode with a deep-space theme • Pull to refresh • Fast, smooth scrolling with image caching Mars LTE has no ads and doesn't collect any personal data. Images courtesy of NASA/JPL-Caltech. Mars LTE is an independent app and is not affiliated with or endorsed by NASA or JPL.
Historeum
Explore history through interactive courses and primary sources. Access curated lectures with rich historical imagery and documents. A premium learning experience for history enthusiasts.
- Interactive history courses
- Primary source documents
- Museum-grade historical images
- Curated learning content
- American Revolution course
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Historeum is a premium, primary-source oriented interactive history learning app like you've never seen before. Learn from curated courses that are part of a growing collection—starting with our flagship American Revolution course, which features 100 interactive lectures spanning from 1754 to 1791, over 700 museum-grade historical images, and over 450 unique primary sources. Paid subscription required to access non-introductory lectures. Terms of Service: https://historysim.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://historysim.com/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Mars LTE at none against Historeum's 3. Mars LTE also leads on ads (none vs shown). Historeum's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 27 months). On price, rating, ratings volume 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. Historeum sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Mars LTE asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Mars LTE against 5.0 for Historeum. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.
Mars LTE ships an update every 27 months, Historeum every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Mars LTE | Historeum |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 27 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.4 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 96 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Taylan Atasoy | HistorySim LLC |
Customer experience
Mars LTE
Historeum
In-app purchases
Mars LTE
No in-app purchases
Historeum
- HistorySim Pro Monthly Historeum$4.991 Month
- HistorySim Pro Monthly7 Days trial$14.991 Month
- HistorySim Pro Annual$26.991 Year









