Comparison

Space Images vs Spitzer Gallery

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

Spitzer Gallery

Explore stunning images captured by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope. This app offers a gallery of the telescope's mission images, media feeds, and search functionality. View, save, and share high-resolution infrared images.

Highlights
  • Gallery of latest Spitzer images
  • Spitzer, JPL, and NASA media feed
  • Search images and media
  • Full screen image view with pan/zoom
  • Share images and links
  • Save images to device
  • Auto dark/light mode
Features
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On January 30th 2020, NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope will complete its mission. The Spitzer Gallery provides a gallery of images generated by the telescope over the mission lifetime. App Features: - Latest Spitzer Images from NASA Image Archive - Latest Spitzer, JPL and NASA media feed - Search both images and media feed - Full screen image view of Spitzer images with pan/zoom - Share image to Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, Messages, E-Mail, etc. - Save image to your photos library - Share link to Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, Messages, E-Mail, etc. - Auto Dark/Light mode based on your iOS Settings preference The Spitzer Space Telescope is the final mission in NASA's Great Observatories Program - a family of four space-based observatories, each observing the Universe in a different kind of light. The other missions in the program include the visible-light Hubble Space Telescope (HST), Compton Gamma-Ray Observatory (CGRO), and the Chandra X-Ray Observatory (CXO). Spitzer is designed to detect infrared radiation, which is primarily heat radiation.

Screenshots

Space Images4 screens
Spitzer Gallery4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Space Images at 4.6 against Spitzer Gallery's 4.0. Space Images also leads on ratings volume (16 vs 4). Spitzer Gallery's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 4 months) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 17.0). 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

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 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 16 and 4 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Space Images ships an update every 4 months, Spitzer Gallery weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Space Images versus Spitzer Gallery: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSpace ImagesSpitzer Gallery
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (16 ratings) — better4.0 (4 ratings)
Positive reviews63.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings16 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.010.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size23 MB78 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJet Propulsion LaboratoryJose Chavez

Customer experience

Space Images

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

Spitzer Gallery

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Space Images

No in-app purchases

None

Spitzer Gallery

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Space Images free?
Space Images is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Spitzer Gallery free?
Spitzer Gallery is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Space Images or Spitzer Gallery?
Space Images is rated higher. Space Images averages 4.6 out of 5 from 16 ratings, while Spitzer Gallery averages 4.0 from 4 ratings.
Do Space Images or Spitzer Gallery have ads?
Neither Space Images nor Spitzer Gallery shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Space Images or Spitzer Gallery?
Space Images ships an update every 4 months, and Spitzer Gallery weekly. Most recently, Space Images was updated on November 4, 2026 and Spitzer Gallery on November 3, 2026.

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