Space Images vs Space Curiosity
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Latest NASA space images
- Widgets for home screen
- StandBy mode slideshow
- Image notifications
- Search and browse categories
- Bookmark and share images
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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.
Space Curiosity
Explore the cosmos with daily NASA images, track SpaceX launches, and stay updated on the latest space news. Discover the International Space Station's location and calculate your weight on other planets.
- Daily NASA APOD pictures
- SpaceX launch tracker
- Latest space news updates
- ISS real-time tracker
- Interplanetary weight calculator
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Features: - Daily NASA pictures: using the NASA APOD services. - SpaceX launch tracker: this project includes the entire SpaceX GO! experience. - Latest space news: be up-to-date with all space-related recent highlights. - ISS tracker: know exactly when and where the biggest floating space laboratory will be in each moment. - Weight calculator: have you ever wondered about how much would you weight in other worlds?
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Space Images at 4.6 against Space Curiosity's 4.2. Space Curiosity's advantage is iOS requirement (9.0 vs 17.0). On price, ratings volume, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Space Images holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 16 and 6 respectively.
| Parameter | Space Images | Space Curiosity |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (16 ratings) — better | 4.2 (6 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 63.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 16 — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 23 MB | 80 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jet Propulsion Laboratory | Rody Davis |
Customer experience
Space Images
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In-app purchases
Space Images
No in-app purchases
Space Curiosity
No in-app purchases
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