Epicentral vs Mancos
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Epicentral
Explore global earthquake patterns with real-time data and historical context. View recent seismic events on interactive maps and lists, with detailed summaries and links to official information. Understand current activity within the framework of historical seismicity.
- Real-time earthquake lists
- Interactive earthquake maps
- Daily, weekly, and monthly data views
- Event summaries and details
- Links to USGS earthquake information
- Historical earthquake catalogs
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Epicentral is a network-based educational application that displays lists and maps of earthquakes that occurred during the last day, week, or month. This version runs on iPhones, iPads, and Macs (as an iPad App) but requires iOS 26+ and macOS 26+. The data are served by the U.S. Geological Survey or the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (and three other seismological organizations). List updates take at most a few 10s of seconds. For each event, a summary of the event’s properties and relationship to nearby recent seismicity is presented. When using the USGS feeds, a link to the event-specific USGS earthquake information page is available. Several historical earthquake catalogs (sourced from the US Geological Survey) are included to provide context for more recent earthquakes. These catalogs can be used to put more recent activity in context.
Mancos
Explore the geology of the United States and other regions with this app. Access state geological maps, formation data, and stratigraphic columns. Discover local fossil collections directly from your device.
- Interactive geological maps
- Searchable by name or GPS
- State-level geological data
- Geological formation information
- Regional stratigraphic columns
- Fossil collection discovery
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Mancos brings the geology of the United States and beyond to your iPhone. Tap the map, search by name, or use GPS to instantly locate yourself, show state-level geological maps, the geological formation and the regional stratigraphic column, all supplied by the servers at earth-base.org. Also view any fossil collections from your region, supplied by paleodb.org.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Epicentral at Free against Mancos's $2.99. Epicentral also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 4 months). On review sentiment, ads, in-app purchases 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
Epicentral is free to download; Mancos costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Epicentral ships an update monthly, Mancos every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Epicentral | Mancos |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $2.99 |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (13 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 75.3% of reviews — better | 70.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 13 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 16 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Charles Ammon | Hunt Mountain Software |
Customer experience
Epicentral
Mancos
In-app purchases
Epicentral
No in-app purchases
Mancos
No in-app purchases
