Comparison

Space Images vs Mars Info Lite

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Space Images

Explore breathtaking images from NASA missions, featuring planets, galaxies, and space technology. This app offers widgets for your home screen and StandBy mode, allowing you to view a slideshow while your device charges. You can also bookmark, search, and share your favorite celestial discoveries.

Highlights
  • Latest NASA space images
  • Widgets for home screen
  • StandBy mode slideshow
  • Image notifications
  • Search and browse categories
  • Bookmark and share images
Features
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Discover stunning new images of space, planets, Mars, asteroids, stars, galaxies, and cutting-edge space technology as they are released each week from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. This new version of Space Images is fully redesigned and optimized for iOS 17, now supporting all widgets, including StandBy, which can display a slideshow while your device is charging. • iTunes Staff Favorite • Top Free App in the App Store Education category Features • From Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, and the icy moons of the outer solar system, get the latest science images of planets, stars, galaxies, robotic explorers, weather, and more. • Opt-in to get once-per-week notifications of the coolest images captured by JPL’s fleet of NASA space probes, including the Ingenuity Mars helicopter and rovers and the James Webb Space Telescope. • View the latest images from space on your home screen using our widgets. • Display a continuous rotating carousel of Space Images on your desk or side table using Standby (iOS 17). • “Like” and bookmark your favorite celestial images and share seamlessly on popular social media platforms. • Search by keyword or browse by these categories: Earth, Mars, Solar System, Stars and Galaxies, Exoplanets, Robotics, and Technology. • Save images to your photo library and share them with your friends.

About

Mars Info Lite

Explore the surface of the Red Planet with an interactive 3D globe. Discover significant locations like volcanoes, craters, and mountains, and view detailed information about each. This version offers a curated selection of points of interest.

Highlights
  • Interactive 3D Mars globe
  • Rotate, tilt, and zoom controls
  • Pinpoint key locations
  • View location details (name, type, size, coordinates)
  • List of selectable locations
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Explore Mars using simple gestures to rotate a globe, tilt, zoom and select locations. Credits - Viking Orbiter MDIM 2.1 map of Mars - NASA NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio: GMM-3 MOLA (Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter) Topography map GMM-3 Free-Air Mars Gravity map GMM-3 Bouguer Mars Gravity map GMM-3 Crustal Mars Thickness map Features: - Ability to pinpoint about 80 the most interesting areas on the map of Mars, including volcanos, craters, plains, mountains, spacecrafts. - Displaying some information about the location, such as its name, type, short description, size and coordinates. - Ability to select locations on the 3D globe and on the plain list. - Zoom, rotation, tilt of the globe. Lite version is limited to display 7 locations for each category, i.e. you will see 42 places vs 80 (currently) in a full version.

Screenshots

Space Images4 screens
Mars Info Lite4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Mars Info Lite at 96% against Space Images's 63%. Mars Info Lite also leads on ratings volume (200 vs 16) and device support (4 vs 2). Space Images's advantage is rating (4.6 vs 4.4). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Space Images holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Mars Info Lite has 200 ratings behind it against 16, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 63% of Space Images's written reviews are positive against 96% of Mars Info Lite's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Space Images ships an update every 4 months, Mars Info Lite every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Space Images versus Mars Info Lite: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSpace ImagesMars Info Lite
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (16 ratings) — better4.4 (200 ratings)
Positive reviews63.0% of reviews96.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings16200 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 3 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV — better
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size23 MB210 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJet Propulsion LaboratoryViktor Goltvyanytsya

Customer experience

Space Images

All ratings15 ratings
Positive93.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative6.7%
Written reviews119 reviews
Positive63.0%
Neutral9.2%
Negative27.7%

Mars Info Lite

All ratings200 ratings
Positive84.5%
Neutral5.5%
Negative10.0%
Written reviews50 reviews
Positive96.0%
Neutral2.0%
Negative2.0%

Bugs and requests

Space Images

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Mars Info Lite

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Pinpoints shifted 90 degrees in longitude
  • Crashes immediately on iPhone 4s

Requested features

4 requests
  • Implement geomorphology data
  • Add ability to zoom out and see Mars alignment with other planets
  • Add VR support
  • Add apps for other planets

In-app purchases

None

Space Images

No in-app purchases

None

Mars Info Lite

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Space Images free?
Space Images is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Mars Info Lite free?
Mars Info Lite is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Space Images or Mars Info Lite?
Space Images is rated higher. Space Images averages 4.6 out of 5 from 16 ratings, while Mars Info Lite averages 4.4 from 200 ratings.
Do Space Images or Mars Info Lite have ads?
Neither Space Images nor Mars Info Lite shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Space Images or Mars Info Lite?
Space Images ships an update every 4 months, and Mars Info Lite every 3 months. Most recently, Space Images was updated on October 20, 2026 and Mars Info Lite on October 21, 2026.

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