Space Images vs NEOScope
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.
NEOScope
Explore and track celestial objects with real-time data. Examine their size, speed, and proximity to Earth. Discover fascinating details about near-Earth objects.
- Track Near Earth Objects
- Examine size, speed, and close calls
- Utilizes NASA's NeoWs API
- Detailed object information
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Track Near Earth Objects with NASA's NeoWs API. Examine NEO size, speed, close calls & more!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Space Images at Free against NEOScope's $0.99. Space Images also leads on ratings volume (16 vs 1). NEOScope's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 63%) and rating (5.0 vs 4.6). On update cadence, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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; NEOScope costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
NEOScope holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Space Images has 16 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 63% of Space Images's written reviews are positive against 100% of NEOScope's.
Space Images ships an update every 4 months, NEOScope every 7 months. Both last shipped on November 4, 2026.
| Parameter | Space Images | NEOScope |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $0.99 |
| Rating | 4.6 (16 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 63.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 16 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months — better | Every 7 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 23 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jet Propulsion Laboratory | Christopher Bookmyer |
Customer experience
Space Images
NEOScope
In-app purchases
Space Images
No in-app purchases
NEOScope
No in-app purchases
