Mars Globe vs Solar System
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Mars Globe
Explore the Red Planet with a detailed virtual globe. This app features high-resolution satellite maps, altimeter data, and advanced topographic lighting to showcase Mars' surface. Discover over 1500 annotated features and enjoy an introductory guided tour.
- High-resolution satellite map
- Laser altimeter data
- Advanced topographic lighting
- Annotated surface features
- Introduction and guided tour
- Free exploration
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Take a tour of the mysterious Red Planet. This virtual globe combines a high-resolution satellite map with laser altimeter data and advanced topographic lighting to present the planet Mars as it appears from above. An Introduction and Guided Tour present some of Mars' most intriguing features. You can leave the guided tour and explore Mars as you like; over 1500 surface features have been annotated with information and links. Mars Globe is a must-have app for anyone interested in our solar system.
Solar System
Explore planets, dwarf planets, and moons in your own space using augmented reality. Walk around the solar system, view celestial bodies in scale, and access detailed information about each planet and its moons.
- Augmented reality solar system view
- Explore planets, dwarf planets, and moons
- Scale mode for size and distance comparison
- Detailed planet and moon information
- Interactive exploration
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Place the Sun on your table or on the floor and walk among the planets in augmented reality. Get close to Saturn's rings, look at Jupiter's moons from below, or find out how far away Pluto really is when the Sun is one metre wide. THREE WAYS TO SEE IT • Learn: everything fits in one room, so you can see every planet at once. • To scale: the planets' sizes are true to each other. Earth is 4 cm, Jupiter 45 cm, and Neptune is 30 metres from the Sun. • Real scale: everything to the same scale. Earth is a 9 mm marble 107 m away; Pluto is more than 4 km from you. Follow the labels to find them. WHERE THE PLANETS ARE TODAY Every planet starts at its real position in its orbit. Speed up time to watch the years pass, or tap Today to come back. REAL PHYSICS • Orbits with their true tilt: Pluto 17°, Eris 44° • Axes that always point the same way, which is what makes the seasons • Moons that always show the same face to their planet • Triton orbiting backwards, and Io, Europa and Ganymede in their 1:2:4 dance • Haumea, the dwarf planet shaped like a rugby ball 21 WORLDS The Sun, the eight planets, five dwarf planets and seven moons. Each one has a fact sheet with NASA figures — diameter, distance, length of the day and the year, temperature, gravity, moons, who discovered it — a size comparison with Earth and a surprising fact. Great for school, for curious minds of every age, and for anyone who has wondered how big space really is. Augmented reality needs an iPhone or iPad with ARKit. On other devices the app opens in 3D mode.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Mars Globe at 4.7 against Solar System's 3.8. Mars Globe also leads on update cadence (every 3 months vs every 107 months) and review sentiment (91% vs 67%). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Mars Globe holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Mars Globe has 343 ratings behind it against 32, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 91% of Mars Globe's written reviews are positive against 67% of Solar System's.
Mars Globe ships an update every 3 months, Solar System every 107 months. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Mars Globe | Solar System |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (343 ratings) — better | 3.8 (32 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 90.7% of reviews — better | 66.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 343 — better | 32 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 107 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 7.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 55 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Midnight Martian | Luis Carvajal Hoyos |
Customer experience
Mars Globe
Solar System
Bugs and requests
Mars Globe
Reported bugs
2 issues- Occasional crashes or freezes
- Compatibility issues on older devices
Requested features
4 requests- Add support for other planets and moons
- Integrate real-time data from active Mars missions
- Implement a search function to quickly find locations
- Add an option to view Mars from an Earth-based perspective
Solar System
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Mars Globe
No in-app purchases
Solar System
No in-app purchases
