Palindrome vs HandyPlanet
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Palindrome
Discover words and phrases that read the same forwards and backward. Save your findings and share them with friends via email. A simple yet engaging way to explore language.
- Find palindromes
- Save discoveries
- Share via email
- Word game
- Language exploration
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Looking for a time filler or even a new hobby? Let's try to find an new palindrome which is a word or phrase that can be read the same way in either direction (the adjustment of punctuation and spaces between words is generally permitted). You can save what you found and send it via email to a friend.
HandyPlanet
Explore the solar system in stunning 3D. Select planets like Earth or Mars to view them as interactive globes and learn key facts about their size, orbit, and moons. An engaging and simple educational tool for space enthusiasts.
- 3D planet models
- Rotatable globes
- Planet facts (size, distance, day/year length)
- Information on moons
- Interactive solar system exploration
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Bring the solar system to your fingertips in vivid 3D. Choose a planet—Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Venus, or Mercury—tap to view it as a rotatable globe, and explore short facts about size, distance from the Sun, day and year length, and moons. A simple, educational way for anyone to discover the planets.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: HandyPlanet at Free against Palindrome's $0.99. HandyPlanet also leads on update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 22 months). Palindrome's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 18.6). On rating, ratings volume, 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
HandyPlanet is free to download; Palindrome costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 1.0 for Palindrome against 1.0 for HandyPlanet. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.
Palindrome ships an update every 22 months, HandyPlanet every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Palindrome | HandyPlanet |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 1.0 (2 ratings) | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 22 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 18.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 58 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Piet Jonas | ARAKAKI CAIO DAISUKE |
In-app purchases
Palindrome
No in-app purchases
HandyPlanet
No in-app purchases
