Space Images vs Moon Globe HD
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.
Moon Globe HD
Explore Earth's Moon in realistic 3D with this app. View detailed satellite imagery, observe real-time lighting changes, and identify lunar terrain and spacecraft. Switch to Telescope mode to see the Moon from your Earthly perspective.
- Real-time 3D lunar rendering
- Realistic lighting simulation
- Multitouch navigation
- Telescope mode
- Labeled terrain and spacecraft
- Dynamic sky compass
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Hold the Moon in your hands. Moon Globe HD turns your iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad into a precision instrument for viewing Earth's Moon. Satellite imagery and topographic laser altimeter data are combined to render the Moon with realistic lighting in realtime 3D. Use the multitouch screen to manipulate the view. Spin above the surface, or switch to Telescope mode to see the Moon as it appears from your location on Earth. Adjust the display time and watch the sunlight shift over the lunar landscape. A "tag cloud" floats just above the surface, labeling terrain features and spacecraft; touch any label to find out more about that feature. Moon Globe also shows you where the Moon and Sun are in the sky with its dynamic sky compass. PLEASE NOTE: Regular Moon Globe is a smaller download and is free. This HD version has slightly, not extremely, better resolution.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Space Images at Free against Moon Globe HD's $0.99. Moon Globe HD's advantage is review sentiment (91% vs 63%) and ratings volume (150 vs 16). On rating, 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
Space Images is free to download; Moon Globe HD 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 — 4.6 for Space Images against 4.7 for Moon Globe HD. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Moon Globe HD has 150 ratings behind it against 16, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 63% of Space Images's written reviews are positive against 91% of Moon Globe HD's.
Space Images ships an update every 4 months, Moon Globe HD every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Space Images | Moon Globe HD |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $0.99 |
| Rating | 4.6 (16 ratings) | 4.7 (150 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 63.0% of reviews | 90.6% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 16 | 150 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months — better | Every 6 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Best chart rank | — | #200 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 7.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 23 MB | 245 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jet Propulsion Laboratory | Midnight Martian |
Customer experience
Space Images
Moon Globe HD
Bugs and requests
Space Images
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Moon Globe HD
Reported bugs
13 issues- App not updated in 8 years, compatibility concerns
- Support links lead to dead URLs
- Location services don't work accurately
- Terminator line appears fuzzy instead of sharp
- iPad version lacks smooth telescope view access
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- Search feature causes app to exit telescope mode
- Feature search doesn't maintain feature visibility after search
- White text invisible on bright crater areas
- No zoom difference between free and HD versions (reported by some users)
- Unexpected app closure when sharing wiki pages to OneNote
- Aliasing/jagging artifacts along lunar horizon
- Label resolution degrades when zoomed in
- Latitude/longitude perspective feature not functioning
Requested features
21 requests- Mouse and trackpad support for Mac and iPad
- Zoom and scroll buttons for easier navigation
- Update with latest lunar landers and missions
- Topography, gravity, and magnetic field maps
- Moon phase names (full moon, new moon, etc.)
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- Grid overlay for scale reference
- Measurement tool similar to Google Earth
- Higher resolution imagery and greater zoom depth
- Lunar latitude and longitude coordinates display
- Libration information and ephemeris data
- Selenographic co-longitude of sun
- Secondary crater nomenclature
- Ranger spacecraft impact points
- Print and save functionality
- Earth glow simulation option
- Transparent labels to show terrain context
- Improved text contrast with black borders on white labels
- Observing list feature to keep selected features highlighted
- Manual coordinate entry for location
- High-resolution labels when zoomed in
- Automatic location feature improvements
In-app purchases
Space Images
No in-app purchases
Moon Globe HD
No in-app purchases
Questions
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